Halloween & Time Change & November Here are some weather extremes for Halloween at Grand Rapids. The warmest Halloween was 79 in 1950 the second warmest was 78 in 1937 and the third warmest was 76 in 1976. The coldest was 20 in 1988 with 24 in 1979 being the 2nd coldest and 25 in […]
This is the second part of the post from yesterday. These watersheds are around the Lansing area: Looking Glass River The Looking Glass River watershed spans parts of Michigan. It has a total area of 199,617 acres or 312 square miles. Accumulated Precipitation for October 2020: 3.25 in. There are 37 CoCoRaHS stations in this watershed. […]
It will be mostly cloudy today and scattered light rain showers and sprinkles will develop late this morning and afternoon. Highs will be in the 40s. Dry weather is expected late tonight through Saturday. Colder air will arrive on Sunday, on strong gusty winds, with rain showers changing to snow showers with a dusting of […]
Yesterday was our coolest day since last May 7. Our high never made 40°, we struggled to 38.1° with mostly cloudy skies and light rain and drizzle. Didn’t see any snowflakes. We will begin an overall dry period which should last into next week with temps warming back into the 40s and 50s and we […]
Expect showers to move in and to be widespread this morning, some wet snow could mix in with the rain at times inland of Lake Michigan. The showers will come to an end by early afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid-40s in southwest Michigan. Clearing skies are expected by evening. Overall a […]
For those of you interested in snow and ice I have the snow and ice archives updated for 2020. These go back to 1997 and link back to the US National Ice Center graphics for every year since then so you can compare each year. The last link on each page are the current conditions. […]
Praise the Lord Big 10 football is back!. Sparty took a sound thrashing from a much improved Rutgers and the Wolverines started out their season with a big win over the Golden Gophers. Regardless of the outcomes, I was happy to see our teams play on Saturday though I am wondering for how long with […]
Hurricane Sandy formed in the central Caribbean on October 22nd 2012. Sandy intensified into a hurricane before hitting Jamaica, eastern Cuba and the Bahamas. Sandy moved northeast away from the US until October 28th when it took a turn to the NW. The track of Sandy resulted in a worse case scenario for storm surge […]
We were caught on the rain train yesterday in Otsego ending up with 2.62 inches during the morning hours. Our total for the month is 4.93 inches. Our high for today is 67° which was just after midnight though temps have hovered there most of the early morning hours. We currently have 65° at 5 […]
We currently have moderate rain this morning with a temp of 45°. This will be the theme for this morning and again tonight and tomorrow morning. The further south you go the better the chance will be for temps reaching 70° today. Looking at the current point forecasts the demarcation zone for 70° will be […]