THE “GRAND DADDY” OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN HEAT WAVES Written by: William R. Deedler, Weather Historian Though heat waves or hot spells generally occur nearly every summer, no heat wave compares in intensity nor in duration than the heat wave that occurred across Southeast Lower Michigan in the summer of 1936. For many of us, it […]
Earlier this week there were two events that could be classified as a derecho. Both were just west and south of the Grand Rapids area. We did get a a good Thunderstorm and a lot of rain from the 1st one and less lightning are less rain from the 2nd one. Here is some […]
High pressure will continue to meander its way toward the state today and on through the weekend bringing sunny skies and temperatures in the upper 70s to around 80°. Nighttime temperatures will be chilly, with lows in the 50s to near 60˜. We have a cool 51° at 5:30 this morning. Yesterday’s high was 75° […]
Yesterday we had a high of 80° and the low was 59°. We have an extended quiet period of pleasant weather in store with cool nights and warm days. The next chance of showers comes next Tuesday night. NWS Forecast Today Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Tonight Mostly […]
More comfortable air will be moving into place today. We had .31 of an inch of rain from the northern edge of the storms yesterday early morning. This brings us to 2.69 inches for the month and 8.69 inches for the summer thus far. Weather History 2006: A widespread severe weather outbreak struck West Michigan. […]
We received around a tenth of an inch from last night’s storms in Otsego along with some thunder and lightning. The severe storms missed us to the south. Don’t have any stats yet as it is 4 am. Our high was 87° and the low 67° yesterday. There may be a lingering shower/storm north of […]
I deleted several comments last night that had no bearing on the weather, let’s keep the comments weather-related, please. This is not a political forum. No matter how bad things seem we have several news agencies to keep us informed on what else is happening in the world. Yesterday we had a high of 85° […]
We had .31 inches of rain overnight, bringing us to 1.91 inches for the month. Yesterday’s high was 86° and the low was 63°. A very summerlike pattern will continue today and Monday. High temperatures will approach 90 degrees with humid conditions. Heat Indices will be near 100°. The heat and humidity will fuel rounds […]
It has been extremely hot in the desert SW with Las Vagas, Needles Death Valley and Phoenix all have had many days of highs above 100 with temperatures reaching 129 at Death Valley. 123 at Needels, 120 at Las Vagas and 118 at Phoenix. There have been new record highs set all of the above […]
Yesterday we reached 82° for our high temperature and a low of 62°. Humidity will continue to increase through today and the weekend with temperatures in the mid-80s tomorrow and near 90 on Sunday and Monday. A few popup showers and drenching storms are possible around the area, the best chance of a more widespread […]