Started as very heavy snow around 2 am. Then pelting thundersleet. Now Visibility is about 1/10th of a mile

14” for RFD? not happening.

The Ides of March. The overnight low and current temperature here in MBY is 31, at the current time it there is a light freezing mist falling but not much more. To day should see high temperatures in the low 60’s here in GR and range from the upper 60’s to upper 40’s across central lower Michigan. Showers are the main type of precipitation today and tonight it will be windy. Tomorrow looks to have some snow showers but here in GR not much accumulations are expected. It will turn colder for Monday and Tuesday before warming up later in the week. A major winter storm is on tap in far northern lower Michigan and the UP. KEY MESSAGES WINDY, WARMER, SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORM TODAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW MONDAY INTO TUESDAY DRIER AND WARMING UP INTO THE WEEKEND Detailed Forecast Today Showers likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 20 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible. Tonight Showers, mainly before 5am. Low around 27. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Monday Snow showers, mainly after 8am. Patchy blowing snow after noon. Temperature falling to around 26 by 5pm. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Monday Night Snow showers, mainly before 2am. Patchy blowing snow before 11pm. Low around 17. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tuesday A 10 percent chance of snow showers before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. West northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Tuesday Night A 40 percent chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Wednesday A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Wednesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Friday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 47. The official H/L yesterday was 37/25 there was a trace of snowfall the highest wind gust was 26 MPH out of the NW. For today the average H/L is 44/27 the record high of 75 was in 1990 the coldest high of 20 was in 1997 the record low of 5 was in 1897 the warmest low of 52 was in 2012. The most rain fall of 1.31” was in 1943 the most snowfall of 5.2” was in 1912 the most snow on the ground was 11” in 1904. The sunrise time today is 7:54AM and the sunset time is 7:49PM. Some weather history for March 15th A severe blizzard struck North Dakota and Minnesota. The blizzard hit on a Saturday night while many are traveling, and thus claimed 71 lives. Winds gusted to 75 mph at Duluth MN, and reached 85 mph at Grand Forks ND. Snow drifts twelve feet high were reported in north central Minnesota. A cold front traveling 30 mph crossed Minnesota in just seven hours. (15th-16th) (David Ludlum) (The Weather Channel) and in 1990, Low pressure crossing the Upper Mississippi Valley produced high winds from the Northern and Central Plains to the Great Lakes Region and Ohio Valley. Winds gusted to 73 mph at Iowa City IA, and wind gusts reached 79 mph at Waukesha WI. Winds of 75 mph were reported around Rapid City SD, with gusts to 100 mph. Up to a foot of snow was reported in western Iowa, western Minnesota, and extreme eastern North Dakota. Blizzard conditions were reported in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

06z Euro jumped into Illinois with the heavier snow tonight. The UK did as well.

A few more... pretty epic there.