This week will certainly bring out a bout of spring fever with a need to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. I am sure this will lull us into a sense of false security thinking the cold temps have disappeared and winter has left us. As Slim said yesterday “beware of the Ides of […]
I can’t remember when we have had so much sun this early in the late winter/early spring – high pressure has pretty much blocked any moisture from coming into the state over the past week. We have essentially lost all of our snow cover with the exception of a few piles here and there. We […]
First – congrats to the Wolverines for wrapping up the Big Ten title last night. Sorry, not weather-related but I am a Wolverine fan. With the exception of a few lingering snow piles areas south of I96 have lost most of the snowpack. We should see most of the remnants melt away over the […]
Not much to say about the weather – just more sun without a hint of rain or snow right on through the middle of next week. Today will be a bit cooler but we have the promise of warmer temps as we progress into the weekend. Forecast Discussion – Weak cold front with cloudier skies […]
I would like to reiterate we need to keep the comments weather-related pertaining to the current blog posting or historical data and current conditions. I am getting some blowback on repetitious comments and nonweather-related opinions. Yes, we all have the right to our own opinions but sometimes it is best to keep them to ourselves […]
First I have to mention my wife and I celebrate our 25th anniversary today and a special thanks to her for tolerating me all these years. The day we were married we were having snow squalls blowing and picked up six inches of lake effect snow. February Summary Met Winter Summary For some reason, Kalamazoo […]
Welcome to the first day of meteorological spring, the actual spring equinox begins on March 20th. We had 40.5 inches of snow during met winter which was about an inch more than last year but we can still have more snow from March into April. Yesterday we had 53° for our high temp and 52° […]
I spent a couple of hours outside enjoying the sun yesterday, we reached 52° which felt warm after the sub-freezing temps we had been experiencing. We will still be near 50 today though the sun will be covered and we will see some rain and drizzle around the area to close out the month of […]
Plenty of sunshine is expected today. This will help boost temperatures to the low 40s for most locations. A light mix of rain, snow, and freezing rain will move through the area late tonight. Impacts to travel will be brief, especially as temperatures warm above freezing Saturday morning. Here is another item in my educational […]
I am adding some more educational materials to the site many are from AMS (American Meteorological Society) sources from their tutorials. I am a member of the AMS and have slowly been trudging my way towards certification. The document below is an explanation of the CPC climate outlooks: There is increasing confidence in model runs […]