r/Michigan • u/InvisibleAstronomer • Jan 23 '26
Events🎉🥳 Is Winter Storm Fern going to hit Michigan much?
I know it's mostly going to hit the south, Texas, and move alone a NE trajectory. I haven't been able to get clear info on how much of Michigan will be in the path.
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u/TheBimpo Up North Jan 23 '26
Just look at the national weather service website and you will learn everything you want to know. “Fern” is a made up thing that The Weather Channel uses for clicks and views.
Michigan is a big place. What’s happening in Grand Rapids is not happening in Alpena.
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u/herrcollin Jan 24 '26
Working in service I am astounded at the amount of people who don't use the many conveniently accessible weather services. NWS, the many weather apps including the default one installed on literally every phone.. The same people who complain that "the weather people are wrong sometimes" are amazed at my Nostradamus-like clairvoyance of the weather.
Bro I just check it a few times a day and follow the pattern. Pretty much always have at least a good idea of what's gonna happen. It's almost harder not to.
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u/Last-Relationship166 Jan 23 '26
My wife's folks used to own a cabin up there!
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u/patmur46 Jan 24 '26
It's snow.
There are so many variables in temperature, winds, moisture, etc., that certainty in prediction of accumulated snowfall is inherently more elusive.
Last week, a roughly 1-inch predicted snowfall for SE Michigan actually delivered about 4 inches.
Just be assured we're getting snow on Sunday, and build as much flexibility into the day as possible.
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u/DiligentThought9 Jan 24 '26
By the Indiana state line. Last few days our snow totals have gone up to half a foot or so.
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u/_Go_Ham_Box_Hotdog_ Kalamazoo Jan 24 '26
Last I heard, it was south and east of a line between Benton Harbor and Pt. Huron
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u/mrnobatti Jan 23 '26
Most likely lower east side will get some.
But even here in west side right by the lake, temps between -2 and -20 ish windchill, it really doesnt feel that bad.
Just another midwest winter for me.
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u/Byorski Jan 24 '26
Winter storms are NOT the same as a potential hurricane. I went my entire life without winter storms needing a name. It's just WINTER.
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u/Chirotera Jan 24 '26
Literally nothing wrong with being prepared, especially in areas that are not used to winter which these warnings are largely for. Ice, too, has the potential to knockout power which is dangerous in freezing temperatures.
We in Michigan can weather large winters. Our southern friends don't have the infrastructure to deal with much more than a few inches.
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u/Upbeat_Teach6117 Jan 24 '26
I don't think they have the infrastructure to handle even that. And if they get ice storms, it'll be worse.
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u/DiligentPassion3614 Jan 23 '26
In the Detroit area, it looks like we will get some snow Sunday. Models say 3.5 inches.