With the colder weather and cold fronts crossing the lake we have cool stuff happening like water spouts and thunder hail which are possible. As we progress into the late fall and winter seasons I will begin expanding the educational materials on site which will include the strange and wonderful weather phenomenon we have in […]
We had some sun as the day came to a close yesterday and the moon and stars overnight. It is currently 49° at 6 am this morning. We had .16 of rain overnight and .19 on Sunday night bringing our total to 3.04 inches for the month. Rainfall totals are taken at 7 am as […]
After an extended period of warm and dry conditions, we are plunged back to the reality of our changing Michigan weather. We had our first rain overnight after a two week dry period and it seems we will pay for the blessings of our extended summer this week. It is the end of September and […]
We reached 82° yesterday and I have to say this will probably be our last 80 day of the year. We currently have 65° at 5 am this morning for a very warm Autumn morning. Below are the area temps for yesterday: GRR : Grand Rapids ASOS : 81 / 58 / LAN : […]
After an active hurricane season in the Atlantic over the past couple weeks things have calmed down. The remnants of Beta continue to soak the southeast the rest of the Atlantic is quiet with no tropical storms. Tropical storm Lowell is meandering in the eastern Pacific and is expected to weaken. For us here in […]
As the title of the post suggests the end of our warm weather pattern is about to fade away into a cooler more Autumn like pattern. As we get into the first week of October temperature norms would be in the mid-60s for SW Michigan. Looking at long ranges guesses we may be looking at […]
Our summer-like pattern will continue through the rest of the week with a lot of sun and warm temps flirting with 80° before everything flips to cooler than normal with more fall like conditions next week well into October. I am almost positive we shouldn’t see another 80° day until next spring after this week. […]
Today is the first day of Autumn which officially begins at 9:30 am and will last through December 21st when the Winter Solstice begins. Sunrise today is at 7:30, sunset is 7:39. The Earth makes a complete revolution around the sun once every 365 days, following an orbit that is elliptical in shape. This means […]
We are in a dry pattern once again – the last time we had rain was on the 13th and we have little or no expectation of rain through this week. Our next chance will come Saturday night into Sunday. The smoke from the wildfires out west will return today and through much of the […]
I, for one, would like to see some more exciting weather in the area, however, I am not one to hold a grudge against the climate or for what it brings especially when warming temps and sunny skies are predicted. This coming week we will see a warming trend with very little chance of rain. […]