It seems we are seeing tornados hitting larger population centers more often. With our growing population, there is a greater chance of the destruction of property. I saw a statistic that in 1800 80% of our population were farmers. By 1900 it was half of that. Today 2% of our population are farmers which feeds […]
The NWS will be busy today looking at storm damage between Decatur and Battle Creek. From what I saw from photos and on Radarscope there were definitely multiple tornados from last evening’s storms. Once verified by the NWS, it would be interesting if this was a record for the number of tornados from one system […]
Yesterday’s high was 73° and the low was 46°. We will start today dry with showers and thunderstorms developing. Some severe weather is possible this afternoon and evening with the potential for damaging wind gusts, large hail, and isolated tornadoes. The best chance for severe weather will be late in the afternoon and evening. Hazardous […]
Yesterday we had a high of 66° and a morning low of 49°. We have had 1.24 inches of rain for the month and 8.50 inches for the spring thus far. Today will be fair with temperatures rising into the low to mid 70s before our next system arrives tomorrow with more rain and storms. […]
Yesterday we reached 79° with rain and storms moving in around midnight. We ended up with .51 of an inch of rain. Today we will see gradual clearing with high temperatures around 70°. Tomorrow should be mostly sunny with highs in the low 70s then the rest of the week is unsettled. SPC Outlook for […]
While we have already had some severe weather in parts of Michigan it would be a good time to look at some of weather events that we could encounter over the coming months. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT: This can be issued when there are storms that do not meet the severe criteria but could have higher […]
We reached a high temperature of 77° with a low of 46° and .40 of an inch of rain yesterday. We expect the rain to continue through the morning hours with some clearing coming late in the day. Temperatures will be in the low 70s. NWS Forecast Friday Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2 pm, […]
Yesterday we reached a temperature of a very nice 76° with a few clouds from time to time. High temperatures will be frequently in the 70s over the next week although it will be cooler at times near Lake Michigan. Showers and thunderstorms are a good bet on Friday as a frontal system comes through, […]
We have a few showers passing through this morning mainly north of Grand Rapids. Skies will clear out by afternoon bringing about another pleasant sunny day with highs in the low to mid-70s. Yesterday we had a high temperature of 67° with mostly sunny skies. On a side note, the morels are out popping up […]
Yesterday we reached 71° and had .21 of an inch of rain which brings us to 3.75 inches and will be our total for the month of April. NWS Forecast Today Sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust […]