The overnight low here in my yard was +2 it may have gotten down to +1 at the airport if so a new record low will be set for Grand Rapids for December 8th The current reading at GRR is +3 so that would be just off of the record low of +2 set in 2005. Some weather history for December 8th 1938 - The temperature at La Mesa, CA, soared to 108 degrees to set a U.S. record for the month of December. (The Weather Channel) and in 1987 - A cold front crossing the northwestern U.S. continued to produce high winds along the coast, and heavy snow blanketed parts of the western U.S. Snowfall totals in the mountains of western Nevada ranged up to 18 inches at Heavenly Valley, and near the Boreal Ski Resort, and winds at Reno NV gusted to 56 mph. Thunderstorms over southern Florida deluged the Florida Keys with up to five inches of rain. Strong winds, gusting to 48 mph at Gage OK, ushered wintry weather into the Central High Plains. Goodland KS, which one day earlier was 63 degrees, was blanketed with two inches of snow. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data). The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 27/40 there were 46 HDD’s 0.13” of precipitation fell as 1.4” of snowfall. 5” remain on the ground. For today the average H/L is 38/27 the record high of 64 was in 1966 the coldest high of 17 was in 1909 the record low of 2 was in 2005 the warmest low of 47 was in 1946 the wettest of 0.78” was in 1980 the most snowfall of 4.5” was in 1937 the most on the ground is 9” in 1909. Detailed Forecast for Grand Rapids Today Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values as low as -2. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Tonight A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Tuesday Snow and freezing rain likely, possibly mixed with sleet before 11am, then snow likely between 11am and 4pm, then a slight chance of drizzle and snow after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35. West southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible. Tuesday Night Snow, possibly mixed with drizzle before 7pm, then rain and snow. Low around 30. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Wednesday Snow, possibly mixed with rain before 1pm, then a chance of snow. High near 37. West southwest wind 11 to 13 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Wednesday Night A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Thursday A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Thursday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Friday Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Friday Night Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Saturday A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Saturday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Sunday A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 22.

Seems like our office ain’t buying this shift

The Night Shift 6z GEFS 850s show that the operational was an outlier by 17.9c.... As expected. Still pretty colors!

Nice find. That would be a major backdoor blast. 850s Day 10-16. Eugene, -12c, PDX -14c, Seattle -16c, The Dalles -19c, Moses Lake -20c, Spokane -20c

GFS threw us a bone at hr 300+