February 25 1957: Mild and rainy weather prevails with lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s. The low of 47 degrees at Grand Rapids sets a record for the warmest low temperature for the date. Over an inch of rain falls as a cold front moves through. February 26 2000: Record warm weather […]
Fair weather will continue today across Southwest Lower Michigan with a good deal of sunshine and very warm temperatures for February. Normal highs today range from 33 to 37 degrees, but we will be 20 degrees warmer than that. Readings should top out in the mid to upper 50s in most areas, the exception being […]
It is nice to have the sun making an appearance plus the winds yesterday helping to dry things out. Rivers have crested or are cresting at levels not seen in years, or decades in some cases. Moderate to major flooding is occurring in several locations, even in locations which have already crested. The Kalamazoo/Grand river […]
[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] The photos above are of the Kalamazoo River in back of my house – the trees off shore are supposed to be on shore. These were taken with my new HD 14 megapixel video camera which also takes snapshots. Here is the video I took showing the rapid flow rate […]
After we left Cozumel the next stop was Belize City in the small country of Belize. There is no ship dock at Belize city so the ship “docks” off shore. In the case here the off shore dock is about 6 miles from the shore. So you have to get on a small boat that […]
Another wet morning underway – we have received over 5 inches of rain thus far in Otsego for the month. I hope to get some photos and video later today or tomorrow of the Kalamazoo river behind my house. This means getting on the mudrucker boots and trudging 100 yards downhill through the woods. Sometimes […]
This photo was taken by SS of the unhappy snowman, I am sure he (or she) is now is a small lump whimpering next to the tree. The only snow I see know is up on Bittersweet down the road but most snowmen don’t have the ability to bounce around like Olaf to get up […]
We start out today with our usual weather history dialog: February 18 1926: A snowstorm drops 5 to 9 inches of snow across southern Lower Michigan. Lansing sets a record snow total for the day of 8.5 inches. 2014: Persistent cold weather and frequent snows during January and February result in a deep snow cover […]
We have had 1.90 inches of rain since midnight (through 7am) recorded by my weather station – the latest NAM model I ran this morning predicts up to another 2.5 inches before the storm system moves out tomorrow. Temperature is a balmy 58° much like a summer morning. Most of the forecast area is under […]
We have a very warm and moist airmass heading into Michigan. There is a flood watch through 5pm Wednesday for most of the state with perhaps record setting temperature and rainfall amounts. 1 to 3 inches of rain is expected from today through Wednesday morning. Locally higher amounts are likely. As the Gulf moisture continues […]