The current temperature and overnight low here in my yard so far is 24 with clear skies. For the 1st time this month there was a trace of snowfall yesterday. The next 7 days look to generally turn colder there is a storm system on Sunday but we should be in the warmer side of that system with rain and maybe a rain snow mix looking like the primary event here in the GR metro area. There could be some wind as well. KEY MESSAGES FRIDAY: RAIN/SNOW AND WINDY SUNDAY-MONDAY: SIGNIFICANT LATE-WINTER STORM POSSIBLE Detailed Forecast Today Sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Tonight Rain and snow showers. Low around 32. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Friday Snow showers likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 38. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible. Friday Night A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West northwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Saturday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Saturday Night Snow showers likely, mainly after 2am. The snow could be heavy at times. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches. Sunday Rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain, becoming all rain after 2pm. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 48. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Sunday Night Rain showers before 8pm, then rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Monday Snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Blustery. Monday Night Snow showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. Tuesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Tuesday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. Wednesday Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. The official H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 38/31 there was 0.37” of rainfall and a trace of snowfall. The highest wind gust was 37 MPH out of the NW. For today the average H/L is 43/26 the record high of 76 was in 1990 the coldest high of 18 was in 2022 the record low of 2 was in 1948 and 1993 the warmest low of 53 was in 1990. The most rainfall of 2.35” was in 1902 the most snowfall of 2.3” was in 1923 the most snow on the ground was 11” in 2014 and 1978. The sunrise time today is at 7:59 AM and the sunset time is 7:45 PM We now have 11 days of March 2026 in the record books and the mean temperature at Grand Rapids is 40.1 that is a departure of +8.0 the highest temperature for the month is 71 and the lowest is 11. There has been 2.63” of rainfall and just a trace of snowfall. The total snowfall for the season remains at 74.2” Some weather history for March 12th 1988. A powerful storm produced high winds and heavy snow in the Upper Mississippi Valley and the Upper Great Lakes Region. Winds gusting to 70 mph produced snow drifts six feet high in Minnesota, and sent twelve foot waves on Lake Superior over the breakwalls of the ship canal at Duluth MN. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) 1990, Unseasonably warm weather prevailed from the Southern and Central Plains to the Southern and Middle Atlantic Coast, with afternoon highs in the 70s and 80s. Seventy-six cities reported record high temperatures for the date. Downtown Baltimore MD was the hot spot in the nation with a record high of 95 degrees, which smashed their previous record for the date by nineteen degrees. Other record highs included 89 degrees at Washington D.C. and 90 degrees at Raleigh NC. (The National Weather Summary)

I thought for sure we would start seeing lower totals but GFS and ICON still showing 30-40 inches plus Should start getting into NAM territory today

lol only mention about tonight by the NWS is maybe an inch in the foothills. Seems like they’re fully buying into the euro. Might be worth atleast mentioning some snow down to 500’ in some places on their end? I know the euro is pretty d*mn good and most of these snow maps are overdoing it but some places with just a little elevation could get something.

7 hours and no power still.

Idk why the ridge has been lacking staying power for this part of the country. It’s not like we have some raging -EPO or any excessive amount of high latitude blocking either, so not sure what the deal is with this recurring trough out east and ridges getting squashed. Long range does look mild overall, but I feel like it should be even warmer than what’s currently being modeled. Is this related to some lingering SSW effect? Just feels off to have this +TNH-like pattern ongoing still.