Yesterday we had a very warm 87° and a morning low of 51°. Thunderstorm watches went up in the late afternoon /early evening. We only managed .10 of an inch of rain and a few rumbles of thunder. The rainfall total for the month is 3.03 inches and 10.29 inches thus far for spring. SPC […]
Yesterday we reached 85° in Otsego after a morning low of 55°. We have increasing chances of storms today and tomorrow with temperatures in the mid-80s on both days. I bought a new inverter generator last week figuring this will be a stormy spring and early summer. This one has a push-button start so I […]
We have all the tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, onions, and three varieties of gourds including luffa gourds planted. We use the gourds to make birdhouses and decorations. The smaller birds take up residence in them. This is the first year I am trying the luffas. There are two types of luffa, both edible and part of […]
This weekend looks more like a good summer weekend than a May weekend. On that note. I now have all my summer garden in. This year I planted my usual tomatoes and cucumbers in the back yard and in the front yard I have put flowers in several planters with petunias, germaniums, marigolds gladiolas and […]
It is time to consider getting the air conditioners prepared for use as we will be moving into a period with temperatures in the 80s. Also, consider getting the hoses out to water the gardens as there won’t be any rain until next Monday. I have most of my veggies planted and the flowers in […]
We had a very nice 73° yesterday. We will begin a warming trend with temperatures in the mid 70 to low 80s into next week. We have increasing chances of showers and thunderstorms late today and overnight. Air Quality SPC Forecast NWS Forecast Today A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5pm. Mostly sunny, […]
Here are some more aurora photos from SS (thanks a bunch): We have a continuation of last year with fires from our friends in Canada, with little or no snow the leaves shed last fall don’t decompose and remain moist as they should which is fuel for fire. We may have the same issue this […]
As promised here are the first of the aurora photos from our community from Nathan and Barry. Thanks a lot for these beautiful images. Anyone who wants to post Aurora photos can email them to me. Please keep in mind these belong to their respective owners. Due to the image size, I picked what I […]
If you would like to post photos of the aurora you can send them to my email (found in the sidebar). I will get them up in a special post. Yesterday we reached 77° after a morning low of 39°. The warm temperatures will continue through the week. We will keep an eye on the […]
After a cool breezy day yesterday, the weather will improve greatly for today. We struggled to 59° yesterday with most of the day in the low 50s. Temperatures will rise to the mid-70s today. There is a marginal risk of severe storms mainly north of Grand Rapids tonight after 11 pm. SPC Outlook NWS Forecast […]