Winter Weather Advisory is over
January 2nd, 2013 at 4:54 pm by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
Winter Weather Advisory until 4 PM Thursday for 1-4″ of snow and some slick roads. The more significant accumulations will be west and northwest of Kent County. As of 10:30 PM, it’s snowing lightly in Muskegon, Montague and Mears (Oceana Co.). An inch or less from Grand Rapids to the southeast. In any case, there will be slick spots around for the morning commute, especially along the lakeshore north of Saugatuck/Holland. There may be another inch of snow Sunday AM. No big storms. The upper level flow remains west to east, keeping the real Arctic Air north of Michigan. Afternoon temperatures early next week will be in the mid-upper 30s. The last 2 days were the coldest back-to-back days (high temperatures) since last Jan. 20-21.
I look at the “Weather Advisory” as a “Chance of Snow”. 1- 4 inches? That is normal winter weather in Michigan isn’t it?
im about done with the cold & snow and it’s only jan 2nd.
Bill, just a head’s up: your title is misspelled.
yea…whats an advisroy…….is Bill now trying to be like TWC and naming storms….lol
I did the update in about 20 seconds before my first weather “hit” – didn’t have a chance to proof it…fixed now!
bill you dont have to explain 99 percent of us understand and respect you its the 1 percent that have to nit pick
Just had to give ya a hard time is all.
Todd, I respect Bill…but I hardly call a professional met spelling “advisory” incorrectly as “knit-picking”. Geesh, the dumbing down of American society…
I’m buying the WWA. It will probably get cancelled again and most people will be lucky to see an inch of snow! NO SNOW PATTERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
so who knows the REAL time the snow will start in the lakeshore counties? wood says 5-6am, NWS says 12-1am……..STILL a big spread.
Some time between 12 and 6 a.m.
Yea cause the latest graphic on the news was 1 inch by 12am, then another inch by 6am…..thats some REAL light snow showers at 1 inch per 6 hrs……..Guess ill just stay up. Have to bring my son to the bus station at 8am, fit in plowing at some point in there (if we get 2″)……
Haha…well the NWS is saying 1/2 inch per hour rates.
mmmm….yea I think ill go dust off the weather rock….he will be right for sure!
Probably will be 10 or 11 AM
Fyi gr and kent wont be included in this rj.
Good Day,
How about between improbable and never… I mean with the way things are going so far, why not?
(Insert sarcasm.)
Steelie
I cannot wait until the blog posts don’t include the phrase “no big storms” I am still holding out hope we will get a couple before spring.. it is only January 2.
Id take a tstorm over snow any day. We had to suffer a lack of storms during the spring/summer/fall so you guys can suffer a snow drought.
Lol fixxxer. If it makes it any bettrr it’s not snowing where I am now (cedar springs)
Good Day,
Who knows? March could end up being the “Bizarro” to last year’s “Superman” of warmth.
Steelie
Well I let everyone know how much snow I get up here!! Looks like I’m in the sweet spot!!! I’m guessing 3-4 inches!!!
Don’t count on much if anything since the Nws already issued the advisory so probably 1″ or less
Well with the lake enhancement I can just about bet on it, but who knows maybe I’m just crazy…
Well I sure do hope for you for the best!
5 more days til Rocky’s blizzard prediction.
I am glad that you that are paying attention, however I said the week of 1-7-13, so I have up until the 13th of January! ROCK ON arcturus!
We are currently experiencing the WORST WINTER in HISTORY. Bring on the SNOW, COLD and more SNOW! The temps were not to bad today. It would have been much nicer if the temps would have been about 5 to 10 degrees colder along with about 6 inches of SNOW! This winter is horrible!
Your a broken record. At least during the summer your nothere.
hows the “golfing” going?
No golf right now, however I am planning on getting some rounds of golf in latter this month. No cold or snow and above average temps in the forecast so golfing is right around the corner!!
Who has noticed that the Kent County SkyWarn training date was announced today? February 21st, Grandville Middle School auditorium…
Since there are no winter storms in sight, I might as well imagine some spring storms…
Why bother, the past two seasons have been lackluster here.
Some people might enjoy learning a thing or two about thunderstorms, even if they don’t get hit by them.
Bullocks! :p
Channel 13 says 1-2 west of gr.
And you listen to them?
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=grr&storyid=91166&source=0
HEAVIER SNOW BANDS SHOULD SHIFT INLAND THURSDAY MORNING AS WINDS
SHIFT WESTERLY WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE… BUT INTENSITY SHOULD
DECREASE CONSIDERABLY IN THE AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE MID
LEVEL TROUGH. THE COUNTIES ONE ROW INLAND FROM THE LAKESHORE…
KENT/NEWAYGO/LAKE… COULD ALSO SEE SOME HEAVIER BANDS DEVELOP IN
THE WRN SECTIONS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING… BUT WAS NOT
CONFIDENT ENOUGH TO INCLUDE THEM IN THE ADVISORY ATTM.
*From West Michigan Forecast Discussion*
And one more quick update for today. Possible cool down about January 11-12… Which means Rocky’s prediction may be correct if we can get any moisture.
I wish I was a weather expert, like the bloggers on here.
LOL, Mike it’s a Breeze….CUE: Eric Clapton/JJ Cale-Call Me The Breeze – YouTube
► 4:44► 4:44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8uk7vlk0sE
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I like Skynyrd’s version better.
AGREE
JJ Cale wrote it. As well as Cocaine, After Midnight, and many many other great songs… A very underrated musician!
I say we throw them all in the tracking center.. give storm team 8 the week off….. Storm Team8 Amish Mafia Edition
Hey Bill did you see this, Al Gore selling current tv. Typical Al just doing it for the money.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/al-gore-sell-current-tv-al-jazeera-article-1.1231907
From one “Al” to another “Al”. Kyle pointed out that the local news shows in G.R. have more audience than Current TV has over the entire world! They’ll do Al Jazeera news and dump the global warming rants. Also, Al Jazeera is owned by Qatar, which has gotten rich off of oil money. So, Al Gore is being paid with oil money. How ironic is that! Plus, this deal got done right before the new taxes kicked in!
Well I guess Granholm will have to fall back on her teaching career at Berkely to make ends meet. I can just imagine what kind of drivel she’s spouting there.
Granholm?!lol…yeah, she just LOVES Mi sooooo much, she couldn’t help but MOVE away! At least we won’t have to worry about 15%+ unemployment for awhile…though i’d bet more than 15% of her students never attend class;)
Good Day,
It has been reported that Al Jazeera has purchased Current and will create Al Jazeera – NY. Therefore, Current T.V. is no more:
http://money.cnn.com/2013/01/03/news/al-jazeera-current/index.html?iid=Lead
Steelie
So if Al does it for the money, it’s wrong? You rightjob nuts do everything for money. Shouldn’t you be proud of him?
hey bdbc I voted dem in the election all Al cares about is money the the climate. Time for you to grasp reality.
I am sure your all thrilled about the movie “Promised Land” even though it was funded by United Arab Emirates.
Just pointing out the irony…Al getting all that oil money…and for a station that nobody watches. Reminds of his fanatical claims about rising sea levels…then he goes out and buys oceanfront property!
Lake enhanced snow has started here. Nice flake size…hoping to wake up to a nice amount in the morning. Good night, all.
tily little flake here. Off to bed, gotta drive to GR in the AM
**tiny**
Where’s the snow?