The skies have cleared overnight and temps have tumbled into the 30s. We had a temp of 69.8° for a high yesterday and .13 of an inch of rain. Unless we get measurable precip today we will end up below normal in the rain department with 1.91 inches recorded for the Otsego area and just […]
Couldn’t get much info from the NWS sites for Michigan this morning, they are having server issues. Thankfully there are other sites in the realm of weatherdom from which I garner info. We currently have 49° in Otego with clear skies at 6 am. Temps will warm into the 60s today with increasing clouds and […]
We have 24° at 5 am this morning with clear skies and a full moon. Yesterday our temps fell to 35° in the afternoon with snow and rain amounting to around .03 of an inch of precipitation. This week will feature a rolling pattern of changes bouncing from warm to cool with our main chances […]
We reached 60° yesterday for our high temp. Our high for today was at midnight with 53° with another rain total in the hundredths of an inch. Overall a blustery damp day is in store with a good deal of cloud cover hanging in across the area. Thinking we may see some wind gusts this […]
Just Around the Corner It seems like it was just yesterday that we started meteorological winter and now April is just around the corner. During April Grand Rapids has a increase of about 1 hour and 20 minutes of daylight. The average high/low increases from 52/32 on the 1st to 64/43 by the 30th In […]
We had heavy rain as expected overnight – 1.56″ in Otsego from my rain gauge this morning. We were right in the middle of a swatch where the heaviest rain fell. The graphic to the left shows radar estimated totals at 4 am this morning. The rain will slowly come to an end between 7 […]
This is Severe Weather Awareness week and that time of the year to be provided with the reminder of how to stay safe during severe weather events. Spotter training will be held virtually this year by our friends at the Nation Weather Service from the NWS office in Grand Rapids. Our Spotter training can be […]
If you hadn’t noticed I am working with some new forecast graphics. Being a part of a duet I am not sure how I am going to proceed with these so bear with me. I have a few gigabytes of weather graphics I have collected over the past couple of years and have decided to […]
Our local fire department has been busy the past couple of days putting out ground fires. There was a fire up the road from me yesterday from a person burning leaves which got out of control. With the wind, dry conditions and low dewpoints, we have elevated risks for wildfires. Our chances of rain increase […]
Our high temperature for yesterday was 66.7° under mostly sunny skies. Today will be a repeat of the same with high pressure in place controlling our weather. Humidity has been low, only 18% yesterday which is very dry for Michigan and is more on the level of southern California and the desert SW. This also […]