The mid November period has seen some very big storms in the Great Lakes region. Here is a list of some of the storms that have happened in Mid-November . 1913 The White Hurricane One of deadliest weather event in Great Lakes history was the so-called “White Hurricane” of Nov. 9-11, 1913. Synoptically, this storm…
Our first week of November has been a cold one for sure – at 6:30am we have a temp of 20° with a light coating of snow on the ground. Long range models remain cold with slight moderation of temps late next week. Many have noted the correlation between this November and last – below…
Looking at the various winter forecasts I am seeing the usual wide range of guesses – as the cold air settles in the anticipation builds whether pro or con for a snowy cold winter. We currently have a ‘blob’ of unusually warm water in the Gulf of Alaska which has had an effect on our…
Weather History for the Week November 3 1966: A record early season snowstorm drops 6 to 12 inches of snow across southwest Lower Michigan. 1990: Heavy fog resulted in a fatal aircraft accident near Shelby, Michigan. A private plane trying to land at the local airport in the fog stalled and crashed, killing the pilot….
First – here are the answers to the quiz from yesterday: D False A B C True False True B C A divergence, convergence B A D A C C D B I pulled the info from the NWS Jetstream Library – I have noticed the NWS has a lot of broken links on their…
I spent yesterday mulching leaves with my lawn tractor at home and at my mother-in-laws – there are a few leaves left on the trees at her house so I will probably have to do it again. Here at the homestead it is starting to look bleak as all the flowers and lawn ornaments are…
This is the final installment of the synoptic meteorology series which will help you read and understand weather maps: Surface Weather Plots On some surface maps you will see station weather plots. Since meteorologists must convey a lot of information without using a lot of words, these plots are used to describe the weather at…
Before we get into some information on November here is a brief summery of October 2019 at Grand Rapids. The mean was 50.2° that is a departure of -0.8° The high for the month was 77 set on the first and the low was for October a mild 31 set on the 26th There was…
Weekend Weather After a nasty Halloween yesterday we will see a brief respite today. We had another .60 of an inch of rain yesterday with a bit of snow bringing our today for the month of October to 4.72 inches and for the year 35.67 inches. Today we will see partly sunny skies with temps…
If one were to ask for perfect weather for Halloween they aren’t going to get it today, unless of course one was looking for the ‘perfect’ Halloween of wind, rain and snow of the traditional lore of horror stories. I was out this morning emptying my rain gauge in the cold pouring rain (we had…