Snow!!! Got to be the last snow of the season.

[MN Fisher]

This is getting ridiculous. Original forecast was for 1-2 inches on Saturday, now they're saying 6-9 inches.

 

Still 2-feet of ice on most of the lake even with the near 50 temps we've had. It's gonna be June before I get my canoe in the water (whine)

[RPreeb]

3 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Not exactly the way I wanted to start off the day ~ Winter Storm Watch

Going to really shorten the pre-spawn.

A-Jay

Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Charlevoix-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency-
Alpena-
Including the cities of Petoskey, Cheboygan, Rogers City, 
Charlevoix, Mancelona, Gaylord, Atlanta, and Alpena
405 AM EDT Thu Apr 12 2018

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...Heavy mixed precipitation possible. Total snow
accumulations of 10 to 16 inches and ice accumulations of up to
four tenths of an inch are possible.

* WHERE...Portions of Northern Lower Michigan.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday afternoon.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Travel could be very difficult to
impossible. Significant reductions in visibility are possible.
Power outages and tree damage due to the ice are possible as
well.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant
snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue
to monitor the latest forecasts.

We have the winter storm watch for tomorrow (Friday), with potential blizzard conditions (5-8 inches of snow and 40 mph wind) in the afternoon.  I have to drive 20 miles to take my wife to physical therapy (just had a total knee replacement on Monday).  I hope that it's either not as bad as forecast, or it holds off until we get home about noon.  It's no fun on a highway in the plains even in a fairly average snowstorm.  In a blizzard, the whole world disappears in a big white.  With the post op meds she is on, it's not an option to not go home after PT.

[A-Jay]

On 4/12/2018 at 12:13 PM, RPreeb said:

We have the winter storm watch for tomorrow (Friday), with potential blizzard conditions (5-8 inches of snow and 40 mph wind) in the afternoon.  I have to drive 20 miles to take my wife to physical therapy (just had a total knee replacement on Monday).  I hope that it's either not as bad as forecast, or it holds off until we get home about noon.  It's no fun on a highway in the plains even in a fairly average snowstorm.  In a blizzard, the whole world disappears in a big white.  With the post op meds she is on, it's not an option to not go home after PT.

Ugh ~ Hope it's not so bad and your wife's Knee-Hab goes according to plan.

We're catching a break in that my wife's chemo isn't until the 23rd. 

Hopefully this mess will be over way before then.

Drive Safe Rick and watch out for the crazy people - they're everywhere.

A-Jay

[TnRiver46]

Taking a break Sitting under a shade tree drinking ice water right now. Even got 3 bats out of a building earlier, that has to be a good sign 

[A-Jay]

12 Inches Down ~ 12 More To Go ~

Interesting how something so beautiful and also make me Nauseous. 

A-Jay

 

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

12 Inches Down ~ 12 More To Go ~

Interesting how something so beautiful and also make me Nauseous. 

A-Jay

 

Holy crap buddy you have a mess up there! 

 

There's a big bullseye right over me. Like you we have 30-40 mph winds. The rain is coming in sideways and stings a little. Yup I'm working ?. Days like today I wish I had an indoor job. Anyways back to the really depressing stuff...it switched over to freezing rain and now sleet. They're uncertain of the forecast, one model has mainly sleet (which I'll take) the other has freezing rain with ice accumulation of over an inch here in Montcalm county and the winds will continue. The next 24-36 hours will be interesting and nerve-racking to say the least. If the ice gets too bad thankfully I can move our vehicles to my neighbors so they'll be safe from all our trees around our house. Fingers crossed. 

 

Good luck to you over the next 24 hours, heavy wet snow for you won't make things enjoyable either.