We will start the day with sunny skies before the clouds move back in this afternoon. Temperatures will continue to average above normal through the rest of the week. Widespread, soaking rain arrives late tonight and lingers into Thursday. Some locations could see over an inch of rain before the precipitation changes to light snow […]
Our strange rollercoaster winter continues today. We have a temperature of 43° at 5 am which is a balmy morning by February standards. Yesterday’s high was 38°. Rain has moved out this morning, we should see dry weather the rest of today and Wednesday. A soaking rain is likely on Thursday, with a wintry mix […]
We have had a lot of boring weather this winter, today will be no exception. Yesterday we had 42° for a high temperature with a fair amount of sunshine as February has outperformed the rest of the winter months in that department. We should see some sun again today before the clouds move back in. […]
We are moving upwards on our winter roller coaster ride once again. This has truly been a winter of extremes from bitter cold and snow to mild temperatures and rain. The CPC predicts we are going to transition from La Nina to ENSO-neutral during the rest of the winter into spring. Temperatures and precipitation will […]
Back in the 90’s, the 1890’s that is. This winter season will go down as one of the warmest in much of the lower Great Lakes area. Way back in the winter of 1889/90 there was another mild winter. 1889/90 was before records were kept at Grand Rapids but they were kept at Lansing. 1890: […]
We have a balmy 10° this morning at 6 am. I am sure Woody the woodchuck is happily snoozing in its burrow after being rudely disturbed for our entertainment yesterday. The cold will be noticeable today with highs only topping out in the low to mid-teens. Wind chill values will be driven to below zero […]
Every February 2 since 1887, Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania has made his weather prediction. If it’s sunny and he sees his shadow, it’s said we’ll see six more weeks of winter. If it’s cloudy and he doesn’t see his shadow, it’s said to mean an early spring. Records kept by the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club show […]
Here we are entering the last month of Meteorological winter with the groundhog rustling in his burrow dreaming of his prognostication for the rest of the winter. There will be a bit more sunshine today across all of Southwest Lower Michigan. Skies will vary between partly and mostly sunny. Although high temperatures will be warmer […]