Two years ago today the Arctic fart arrived that morning (facing East towards Chilliwack). Took this pic when there was temp was about 35F. Not a lick of wind until ~15 minutes later. By midnight it was down to 10F.

Nice GEFS improvements

The official snowfall for yesterday here at Grand Rapids was 3.4” it was a very wet snow as temperatures with around 34 during the snowfall but it was heavy enough to accumulate on the grass and there is around 1” of snow on the grassy areas. The overnight low did drop down to 26 here in my yard but there was not much I the way of new snow overnight and with a reading of 26 there is just very light snow falling here at 6:20 AM. AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI KEY MESSAGES ONE MORE BURST OF SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS MORNING QUITE UNSETTLED THIS WEEK WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES ON THE WAY Detailed Forecast for Grand Rapids Today Snow showers likely, mainly before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Tonight Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Monday Partly sunny, with a high near 37. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Monday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Tuesday Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. South southwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tuesday Night Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Wednesday Snow showers, mainly after 7am. High near 32. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Wednesday Night A chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Thursday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Friday Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Friday Night Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Saturday Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. We now have 10 days of January 2026 in the record books and the mean at Grand Rapids so far is a mild 30.4 that is a departure of +4.1° the highest reading so far is 60 on the 9th and the lowest is 8 on the 2nd there has been a total of 1.89” of precipitation that is +1.03” for the 1st ten days of the month. There has been 7.3” of snowfall that is exactly average for this far into the month. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 35/28 there was 0.33” of precipitation and 3.4” of wet snow fall. The highest wind gust was 31MPH out of the W. For today the average H/L is 31/19 the record high of 58 was in 2018 the coldest high of 6 was in 1912 the record low of -21 was in 1979 the warmest low of 39 was in 2018 the wettest was 2.02” in 2020 the most snowfall of 6.9” was in 1991 the most on the ground was 17” in 1999. Some weather history for January 11th 1918 A tremendous blizzard completely immobilized the Midwest, stopping mail service for two weeks. The vast storm then moved through the Great Lakes Region and the Ohio Valley. Winds reached 60 mph at Toledo OH, and the temperature plunged from 28 above to 15 below zero during passage of the cold front. (David Ludlum) Here in Grand Rapids the storm brought a total of 15” of snow the snow depth reached 22” and the low dropped to -14. And in 1990 Strong northwesterly winds associated with a deep low pressure system crossing the Upper Great Lakes Region ushered cold air into the central U.S. Winds gusted to 72 mph at Fort Dodge IA, and wind gusts reached 75 mph at Yankton SD. Snow and high winds created blizzard conditions in northwestern Minnesota. Squalls produced heavy snow in parts of Upper Michigan and northern Lower Michigan, with 16 inches reported at Wakefield. (National Weather Summary) (Storm Data)

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GFS also mostly sticking to its guns. Need ensemble improvements soon. Way out op range still