Winter just won't go away in parts of Michigan as some people are getting walloped on May 1st, more than a month after spring officially arrived. We're talking a foot and a half of snow in the Upper Peninsula with even more on the way.
Long-time Yooper, Mandy Carlson Moebius, says she can't believe the amount of snow they've gotten in her Marquette County home of Ishpeming. She says the snow started falling around midnight and it was still coming down as of 7:00 p.m. with no end in sight.
"This feels like the never-ending winter," Moebius frustratingly told MLive. "The snow was almost gone only to come back with a vengeance. We are so ready for spring to arrive."
Moebius says it looks like about 15 inches has fallen so far and it's expected to keep falling throughout the night with around two feet accumulating when it's all said and done.
"I was glad it wasn't as cold this winter but I am so sick of snow," Moebius added. "Usually around this time of year, we have some snow on the ground still melting because we get so much in the winter, but I don't remember getting snow like this in May."
The Upper Peninsula isn't the only area of Michigan seeing snow on May 1st. According to MLive Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa, parts of Northern Michigan's Lower Peninsula are seeing up to six inches in the Traverse City and Cadillac Areas. Some areas in Southern Lower Michigan could also get an inch.
Michigan Upper Peninsula winter storm smashing snowfall records
National Weather Service station in Marquette.
Snow in May is rare. The state of Michigan took that as a challenge, apparently.
The National Weather Service post in state's upper peninsula recorded an "historic snowstorm" this week after more than 26 inches fell on May 1 and 2.
"This historic snowstorm is finally coming to an end after setting impressive daily and monthly snowfall records at the Marquette National Weather Service Office where records date back to 1959," read a tweet from the NWS Marquette post.
Among the records broken include:
Snowfall totals for May 1 - 19.8 inches
Snowfall totals over a two-day period in May - 26.2 inches
Snowiest May on record - 26.2 inches
Greatest May snow depth - 20 inches as of 8 a.m. on May 2
A climatologist that was following along the snowstorm said that weather station in Herman, which is in the west side of the U.P., recorded 27 inches of snow. It's the greatest single-day May snowfall to happen in the eastern half of the continental U.S.
Some of the hardest hit parts of the peninsula include inland portions just west of Marquette and south of the Keweenaw peninsula. Ontonagon County also experienced heavy snowfall.
With the snow came some brutally cold wind gusts reaching 45 mph and power outage conditions.
The massive pile of snow that got dumped on the U.P. has to go somewhere, which means a grand snowmelt may be upon northern Michigan residents this week. Temperatures are expected to rise into the 40s and 50s, along with rain chances.
The heavy accumulation could mean flooding concerns are next on the weather service's radar. Much of the U.P. will be under a Flood Watch this week.
If one was a jolly 🥳 meteorologist 🤓 One would probably define Winter as being the 3 calendar months with the lowest temperatures 🥶 normally being December, January and February.
BUT, what if Mother Nature has other ideas and the COLD air is in abundance in the Northern hemisphere and is not retreating as it normally does.
I have repeatedly posted about cold air developments in the Northern hemisphere, seems I was right.
DON'T expect the expected as conditions in both hemispheres are NOT conducive to making it happen, there's an Ice age in the making and Earth's seasons will start to reflect that.
LindaMay Wow, thanks for the updates. CTV Montreal has a story on the flooding; [Link]
Eastern Canada has some serious seismic zones. [Link] You be careful!
Baybars Canada is relatively safe today compared to its previous history of seismic activity.
When the shit hits the fan, most of Canada I believe will sink under water, the Charlie Gibbs fracture line will erupt massively after Asia starts the action in motion ( currently 7 moderate earthquakes now North of Kabul ).
I believe historical models of seismic activity are to be ignored, as magnetic movement is again steering forces but in a different direction.
(Lachute very flooded where I farmed) as does SteAgathe loll but to a lesser degree. As a teen I amost drowned down the Dorwin Falls (listed) because of my dumbassed brother. I grew fins then, and since my wings.
Earthquake 1663 MalBaie (Bad Bay translated) was an 8.
Winter just won't go away in parts of Michigan as some people are getting walloped on May 1st, more than a month after spring officially arrived. We're talking a foot and a half of snow in the...
LindaMay Hello young lady! What's up? I hope all is well with you. We are having fabulous weather here in Calgary so I have been hiking a lot. It's plus 27 right now; that's heaven to me.
LindaMay I am still kicking, not dead yet. But, if I die I will personally come say goodbye to you. You are well connected to your soul so that won't be a problem, I will be the one holding a bowl of sauerkraut soup. In the meantime, I am enjoying nature.
Winternights3 It is possible for the land mass of Canada to 'split' through the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, but that is a long shot - that part of the continent has been ocean before.
BUT, what if Mother Nature has other ideas and the COLD air is in abundance in the Northern hemisphere and is not retreating as it normally does.
I have repeatedly posted about cold air developments in the Northern hemisphere, seems I was right.
DON'T expect the expected as conditions in both hemispheres are NOT conducive to making it happen, there's an Ice age in the making and Earth's seasons will start to reflect that.