After a quiet period in the Atlantic and Pacific Tropical storms are beginning to ramp up. At the beginning of the month, we saw the Saharan dust move across the Atlantic into the south and the central U.S… The dry air moving across the Atlantic pretty much put a quash on any tropical storm formations. […]
Many like myself have asked why the lack of storms and lake effect snows in SW Michigan? If one looks at the weather patterns over the past few years low-pressure centers have generally passed by to our west or south, wind direction in the winter has been more northerly when Arctic air does move into […]
Yesterday I made a statement of basic human dignity and common sense which in no way reflects a political statement. It was in no way a reflection of my political leanings. We are charged to treat all living things with kindness and love. Everyone is allowed to have an opinion in regards to who they […]
Not sure about my title this morning but stay with me I will come to terms with it. I think I have created a new idiom. We have all heard of the saying ‘short end of the stick’ which means a situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced […]
For those of you who have to drag yourselves out of bed this morning to go to work starting a new work week my hats off to you keeping commerce running and our economy humming. For those of you who have retired like myself thanks to all those years you put in teaching the new […]
We currently have 78° here at the Weather Center at 6 am. I would have to say this is the warmest overnight low we have had in quite some time. Our master historian Slim could probably verify this. Radar currently shows a large area of rain and storms across northern lower Michigan with ten thunderstorm […]
I believe we have more than made up for our cooler wet spring with the heat we have seen this summer thus far. We haven’t had much in the way of severe weather and the main headline has been the sunny days and the 90° days we have had thus far. The CPC continues guessing […]
The rain has ended in the Otsego/Plainwell area. We had .34 of an inch overnight bringing our total for the month to 1.48 inches. Last year at this time we had .96 of an inch through the 16th of July. NOAA has issued a La Niña Watch, which means conditions in the tropical Pacific Ocean […]
Thanks to Barry for providing the graphic for the comet Neowise in yesterday’s post. It will be visible through July 23rd before you need binoculars or a telescope. After that, it won’t be visible again for 6800 years. I hope you enjoy our weather lady Abby in the Weather Center graphic. If she can wear […]
Looking at the data from the National Hurricane Center I see nothing of note in the Atlantic, Central, or Eastern Pacific with the exception of a small tropical depression off the western coast of Mexico. Pretty boring stuff for those working at the NHC. [columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] This is the SPC outlook […]