We are now 2/3s of the way through meteorological summer with a lot of 80 plus degree temps and a couple of stretches of 90° stretches thrown in. We have received only 2.33 inches of rain in Otsego this month which is about an inch below normal. We started out with a wet June so […]
We have the tropical storm season ramping up with Isaias heading for the Dominican Republic and is forecast to move toward Florida by Saturday. This is the only system of note in the Atlantic or Pacific. It would be earliest in the season that a storm starting with the letter “I” has formed, . The […]
We have a dry and warm start to this morning. At 5 am we have 71° with rain to the south of Allegan County. The rain has stayed to the north and south of our area. Showers will diminish this morning, then skies will gradually clear through the afternoon. We may see a few additional […]
This will be a good week for outdoor projects. I am rebuilding the porch on my main entryway this week and I will be building a new shed in my backyard. I generally price the jobs out and pick up what I need at Home Depot. I am not one to buy kits or hire […]
We have a warm 72° at 5:30 this morning in Otsego with only .09 of an inch of rain overnight. This has been a warm month with only two days with highs in the 70s, the rest were in the 80s with a few 90s mixed in. We have had 2.33 inches of rain for […]
We have a moist and hot day in store for SW Michigan today which should be the last oppressive day we have for a while unless of course, you like the heat and humidity with indices near 100° this should be good news. It is hard to believe we are closing out the last week […]
Storms can profoundly affect the Great Lakes, sloshing water from one end of a lake’s basin to other, sometimes in a matter of hours, like displaced water in a bathtub. This lesson focuses on storm surges and seiches — Great Lakes water movements that can change lake levels dramatically during storms. Surges and seiches can […]
After a quiet period in the Atlantic and Pacific Tropical storms are beginning to ramp up. At the beginning of the month, we saw the Saharan dust move across the Atlantic into the south and the central U.S… The dry air moving across the Atlantic pretty much put a quash on any tropical storm formations. […]
Many like myself have asked why the lack of storms and lake effect snows in SW Michigan? If one looks at the weather patterns over the past few years low-pressure centers have generally passed by to our west or south, wind direction in the winter has been more northerly when Arctic air does move into […]
Yesterday I made a statement of basic human dignity and common sense which in no way reflects a political statement. It was in no way a reflection of my political leanings. We are charged to treat all living things with kindness and love. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion in regards to who they […]