I will take 50 degrees and rain at this point… however it looks like we will get cold, windy and DRY weather back, ugh.

KEY MESSAGES COLDER AIR AND LOCALIZED HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT BANDS THROUGH TONIGHT SNOW SHOWERS FRI THROUGH TUE, ESPECIALLY WEST OF U.S.-131 The temperature held around 40 overnight but has now dropped to 30 here in my yard with a few snow flurries. I would not expect too much snow here in Grand Rapids today as the wind will be mostly out of the north to northeast. The weekend should see colder temperatures and several chances of some snow. Detailed Forecast Today Snow showers likely, mainly between 7am and 8am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 22 by 3pm. North northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Tonight A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Thursday A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. North northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Thursday Night Snow showers, mainly after 1am. Low around 20. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible. Friday Snow showers. High near 33. South wind 9 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches. Friday Night Snow showers. Low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible. Saturday Snow showers. High near 25. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Saturday Night Snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Sunday Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 21. Sunday Night Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. M.L.King Day Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. Monday Night Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Tuesday A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 16. We are now at the halfway point of meteorological winter. So far this meteorological winter (since December 1st ) there has been 4.81” of precipitation that is a departure of +1.22” there has been 22.8” of snowfall a departure of 7.4” for the cold season the snowfall is now at 34.1” a departure of -3.5” there have been 1642 HDD’s for a departure of +59 the mean temperature so far this meteorological winter is 28.3° for a departure of just +.3° The official H/L 45/31 there was a trace of rainfall there was a reported trace of snow on the ground the highest wind gust was 40 MPH out of the SW. For today the average H/L is 31/19 the record high of 53 was in 1928 the coldest high of 7 was in 1929 the record low of -13 was in 2015 the warmest low of 37 was in 1932. The wettest was 0.89” in 1940 the most snow fall of 7.6” was in 2024 the most snow on the ground was 23” in 1979. Some weather history for January 14th 1979 Chicago, IL, was in the midst of their second heaviest snow of record as, in thirty hours, the city was buried under 20.7 inches of snow. The twenty-nine inch snow cover following the storm was an all-time record for Chicago. (David Ludlum) And in 1987 Arctic cold invaded the north central U.S. By evening blustery northwest winds and temperatures near zero at Grand Forks ND were producing wind chill readings of 50 degrees below zero. (National Weather Summary)

wtf euro ai is just a perma ridge

what

Nah, but it was close. Hoping the Night Shift 6z GEFS results in some improvements.