Average high temperatures this time of year is approximately in the low 30s, while average lows are around 20. The rest of this week we expect to see lows in the single digits to teens! While these temps certainly are unseasonal, they are still not even close to the record daily low temperatures records, largely […]
We have another chilly early morning with a temp of 9° at 7 am. There are a lot of guesses that below normal temps will continue on into early March. With our La Nina still in place this coming early spring we may see an uptick in severe weather with the clash of warm and […]
We have a current temp of 6° at 7 am in Otsego. We had another 1.5 inches of snow by noon yesterday with just .1 from light snow which fell throughout the day. This brings us to 25.8 inches for the season. Lakeshore counties (Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren) have the best chance of […]
There are currently tornado watches for central Florida this morning in the area of Raymond James Stadium where Super Bowl 55 will take place. The forecast is this will all clear out well before game time this evening. The high temp will be 76 falling to the 50s overnight. Further north in the fair state […]
Winter has returned with a vengeance with cold air rushing in from Canada we will see our coldest air of the season thus far. We added another three inches of snow to our winter total here in Otsego bringing us to 22.2 inches for the season. Unless we have the snowstorm of the century we […]
Here is our p.m. update – many areas have been upgraded to a winter storm warning (pink area): …WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 10 inches. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph. […]
We will be under the gun of snow beginning late today. There is a winter weather advisory in place for all of Michigan and a blizzard warning for the U.P… Snow will arrive late this afternoon, creating slick roads and low visibility. Conditions will worsen by Friday morning, as gusty winds, blowing/drifting snow, and quickly […]
First, here are the weather stats for January from the NWS: I suspect this will probably be the nicest day of the week before we turn towards a more active weather pattern when the snow and perhaps the coldest air we have seen in a couple of years move into SW Michigan. We could see […]
I often wonder about the observation of an event when a poor woodchuck is pulled from his den to see if he could see his shadow. If I were a woodchuck I believe I would bite the person who woke me up for such a ridiculous human event. Groundhogs are known as “true hibernators,” going […]
We have closed out another month of winter with not much snow or cold Arctic air for that matter. Now we start our last third of winter with hints of below-normal temps and above-normal precipitation in store if the CPC is correct though I hate to put all my chips on their predictions which change […]