New Map Shows If Michigan Could Get More or Less Snow This Winter
Winter is coming, and a hot topic right now is how much show Michigan is expected to get. I personally don’t like snow at all. If I never saw snow again, I’d be a happy camper. But, we’re in Michigan, and we’re going to get snow this winter. But, how much snow? Well, a new map is out that shows if Michigan could get more or less snow this winter.
This map, released by Climate.gov, highlights the U.S. map and weather trends for January through March of 2024. Michigan usually gets the most snow and ice during those months, as does the rest of the U.S. Most El Niño winters bring drier and warmer weather to the upper parts of the U.S. and wetter and cooler weather to the southern parts. That’s the forecast for this winter. Specifically, Climate.gov says in a typical El Niño winter, “there is a reduction in snowfall (brown shading), especially around the Great Lakes, interior New England, the northern Rockies and Pacific Northwest, extending through far western Canada, and over most of Alaska. In fact, El Niño appears to be the great snowfall suppressor over most of North America.”
Looking at this map, which you can see here, during an El Niño winter, the Midwest gets several inches less of snow. Meanwhile, out west, they get several more inches of snow, as well as in the middle of the country. Moreover, “As a result, it is not surprising to see a stripe of increased snowfall (blue shading) over the southern half of the country. Obviously, snowfall is limited in its southernmost reaches because it needs to be cold enough to snow, so the effects are strongest in the higher and colder elevations of the West.”
New Map Shows If Michigan Could Get More or Less Snow This Winter
So, Michigan looks like it’s going to get less snow this winter. Hopefully that makes you happy. I certainly makes me smile. Find more information here.
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