We will continue to have smoke in the air today though not as bad as yesterday. Fires in Canada have burned 20 million acres thus far which is an area nearly as large as South Carolina, according to the Canadian government. For me, this is a mind-boggling stat to wrap my head around. Most of […]
We have an anniversary here at The Weather Center, a whole six years of providing the weather and of course the blog. I have a Twitter and Facebook account where I link to this site when severe weather is in the state. Slim has been with me for the duration providing historical information and his […]
We have another air quality alert for today. Yesterday the smoke from Canadian wildfires caused the worse smog conditions in Michigan since records began in 1980. Area baseball games were postponed due to smokey conditions along with other outdoor events. More info can be found at https://www.michigan.gov/EGLE Grand Rapids Forecast Weather History for SW Michigan […]
We received .41 of an inch of rain from the system which moved through which brings us to .84 of an inch for June thus far. Driving around Allegan County yesterday with my wife we saw the corn and soybeans were looking a lot better than last week though their height was about a foot […]
Most areas received some much-needed rain yesterday and overnight. We got .28 of an inch in Otsego which brings us to .71 for the month, not much but it is a start. Low pressure will bring us showers and scattered thunderstorms today with showers lingering into Tuesday. It will be cool today and Tuesday with […]
As I write this at 6 am, rain is moving into SW Michigan. The last time it rained was eleven days ago on the 13th. Low pressure will bring showers and thunderstorms today and Monday. Some small hail and gusty winds are possible with some of the storms this afternoon. Cooler air will follow on […]
Today looks to the last day of this extreme dry spell. Since May 9th Grand Rapids has only had 0.24” of rain fall this is the longest dry spell of that magnitude 1988 Are we going to have a major drought? As a rule droughts are mostly short lived here in Michigan. Some of […]
We have only had two days this month when it rained, the 12th and 13th when we received, .23 of an inch and from May 1st we have had 1.58 inches in Otsego so we are around five inches below normal for the past two months. The CPC continues to give us near to slightly […]
If it weren’t for the smoke coming from the wildfires in Canada there wouldn’t be much to talk about in the weather department. With the east winds the warmest temperatures in the state will once again move into west Michigan as will the increase in the pollutants from the fires. Rain chances are still in […]
This is our first day of official summer and we will see another hot mainly dry day with temperatures near 90°. There is a slight chance of seeing a popup shower or storm this afternoon mainly between I96 and I94. Yesterday’s high in Otsego was 88.5°. ..Air Quality Alert for Wednesday June 21st… The Michigan […]