I had to go to Allegan to have a CT scan yesterday. While in the waiting room there was a gentleman spouting off about how stupid weather people were and they may as well throw a dart at a forecast chart. I informed him I was the owner of the Michigan Weather Center and proceeded […]
We had a nice four-inch snowfall over the Otsego area overnight which brings our total for the month to 8.7 inches and 14.4 inches for the winter season. It took a while but we finally surpassed the elusive one-foot mark. We only need another 25 inches to beat last year’s snowfall total. Today we should […]
I live halfway between Otsego and Bittersweet. At night Bittersweet puts out about the same amount of light as Otsego. Bittersweet has been busy since Christmas with mostly manmade snow. They are reporting a two foot base with 19 runs and 12 lifts open today. They will be helped out in the snow department later […]
The snow showers we have seen yesterday and for today are from actual lake effect. Yesterday’s snow was of the wet sloppy variety but luckily it melted away quickly so little or no shoveling was needed. We picked up an inch and a half yesterday and overnight in Otsego. The high temp yesterday was 36° […]
We have had some light snow falling in Otsego off and on overnight. We currently have some snow and 32° at 7 am this morning. Snow amounts still remain meager across the state as shown in the graphic below. The CPC continues to change its guesses daily as to where cooler than normal air […]
We will once again see the oddity which is snow in the state today. We have had 2.5 inches in Otsego so far for January and 8.2 inches since December 1st. I thought last year was bad as we failed to reach 40 inches for the winter season. Like last year we are getting inched […]
Some sun will be seen in spots this morning, otherwise, skies will trend towards cloudy through the course of the day in SW Michigan. Highs today around the 40-degree mark. Rain and snow will develop this evening changing over to all snow overnight. Accumulations tonight… trace amounts to around 2 inches. Lows tonight near 32. […]
Though our weather remains bland out to our west the winds rage in the northern CONUS from Montana to the Dakotas into Nebraska. Winds gusting up to 70 mph will cause all sorts of issues over a large area (areas of brown and tan on the map) including power outages and trees falling. Many areas […]
I sometimes talk about looking at the big picture when discussing the earth’s climate (amongst other things). We tend to look at small periods of time when discussing climate change and the many variables which can change our weather patterns over weeks, months and years. Our planet is constantly adjusting itself due to such things […]
We have been holding fairly steady temperature-wise during the daylight hours over the past week or so with very limited precipitation. In the Otsego/Plainwell area, we are still holding onto an inch or so of snow left on the ground though many large patches of open ground are showing through. We have some moisture in […]