Some weather history for November 24th in Southern Lower Michigan 1950: A massive storm moves through the northeast United States, producing blizzard conditions and record low pressure, and drawing extremely cold arctic air south across Michigan. The bitterly cold air results in high temperatures only around 10 degrees, with record lows down to nine below zero at Grand Rapids. 2004, a potent storm system lifted out of the Southern Plains and moved through the Central and Eastern Great Lakes region this particular Thanksgiving Eve. The precipitation started as rain but changed to snow as the cold air filtered into the storm. Snowfall rates exceeded an inch per hour for a period, as thundersnow was reported. Due to the convective nature of the wet snow, snowfall accumulations varied significantly within and across the counties, generally ranging from 2 to 8 inches. Gusty northeast winds of 30 to 40 mph further aggravated the situation, causing scattered power outages, and reducing visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less at times. Some of the higher snowfall reports that were received included Poseyville (Midland county), 9.2 inches; Auburn (Bay county), 6.4 inches; 7 miles west of Flint (Genesee county), 8.1 inches; Fairgrove (Tuscola county), 5.0 inches; Elba Township (Lapeer county), 5.7 inches; Howell (Livingston county), 5.5 inches; Saginaw (Saginaw county), 8.2 inches; Bennington (Shiawassee county), 6.5 inches. 1950, the high temperature for the day only reached 15 degrees in Flint. This is the record lowest maximum temperature for November in Flint.

The official H/L yesterday at GR was 45/40 there was 0.01” of rainfall there was no sunshine. The highest wind speed was 22 MPH out of the NW. For today the average H/L is 44/30 the record high of 66 was set in 1931 the coldest high of 11 was set in 1950 the record low of -9 was set in 1950 the warmest low of 55 was set in 2001. The wettest was in 1973 with 1.09” the most snowfall of 9.7” was in 2004 the most on the ground at 7AM was 5” in 2000. Last year the H/L was 34/23. We now only have 7 days left in November 2024 the mean this month is now at 47.1 that is +5.8 the highest for the month is 68 and the lowest so far is 28. There has been 2.79” of precipitation that is a departure of +0.33” there has been 0.2” of snowfall that is a departure of -42”

Maybe we can get a proper giant rex block out there in the sweet spot in a few weeks. Pinch off a few lows from it that cut inland from Gold Beach to Burns.

Close. I always hate seeing that little cutoff low near California. Seems to hold back retrogression on the west coast portion of the ridge.

Nope!