The past week was a roller coaster between winter and thawing conditions. We've had 3 days of precipitation totaling 0.37" falling as 0.26" of rain during a mid-week thaw, and the rest fell as 2.5" of snow. We have had a 25-day continuous snowpack since 11/27/2025; and this week it started at 8.0" with 1.32" of water content, which was mostly released into the environment as the snowpack melted down to 0.5" as of today. We've had roller coaster temperatures this week with highs getting into the mid 40's(F) mid week and dropping back into the 20's today. Conditions this week have been Near Normal. Birds are showing up at the bird feeder every day and squirrels are active. Many schools and activities throughout Western Michigan have been canceled during the week due to very icy roads. Walking has been very treacherous this week on icy sidewalks. There have been many traffic accidents. I got my gas bill this month and almost fell off my chair it was so high.