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Weather History for this Week

Weather History January 19 1907: Southerly winds bring moist and mild weather with highs in the 50s followed by heavy rains as a cold front moves through. Grand Rapids sets a record high for the date of 56 degrees along with a record rainfall total of 1.84 inches. 1979: A homeowner was killed when his […]

January 2019 Historical Data

I thought it would be interesting to compare last January to this January (thus far).  The main difference is the temperature and of course the lower snowfall totals without a major Arctic outbreak this month.  The main area I am looking at is the Midwest. Below is the climate data for the Midwest from the […]

Greatest Temperature Change in 24 Hours

The greatest temperature change in a 24-hour period ever measured in the U.S.—and perhaps the world—occurred at Loma, Montana, on January 14-15, 1972. NWS COOP observer Jim Wood measured a temperature of –54°F in his Stevenson Shelter at 9 am on the morning of January 14. By that evening a powerful chinook wind enveloped the […]

Winter Weather Advisory Continues

I for one am happy I removed the snow yesterday before it froze and became an unmovable frozen lump.  Temp here is 14° at 7 am dropping from a high of 37° yesterday afternoon.  I spent three hours out in the rain blowing snow and my Cartharts were soaked.  Today’s snow will be much easier […]

Winter Weather Advisory (for now)

Well, here we go again, we have advisories and warnings across the state.  The southeast corner has a winter storm warning.  I am wondering why the Detroit office differs in their forecast when snow accumulations will be similar.  I am thinking the Grand Rapids office will line up with Detroit as the storm gets closer […]

Probably or Possibly?

We are looking at another storm coming into the area this weekend and I wonder which adverb to attach to this one.  It is possible (perhaps, used to indicate doubt or hesitancy) we could see 6 inches of wet snow or probably (almost certainly; as far as one knows or can tell) another hit or […]

Weather History

Michigan Weather Center January 12 1912: Muskegon sets their all-time record low for the month of January at 21 degrees below zero during their coldest month on record. 1918: Record cold is experienced at Lansing with 18 degrees below zero and Grand Rapids at 14 below during one of the coldest winters on record. 2005: […]

Unsettled Once Again

As you may have noticed Slim and I generally use terms such as could and maybe when giving forecasts along with the NWS thoughts who err on the side of caution with expectations of the worse scenario.  This is not because we fear to give an incorrect forecast, it is because we understand the nature […]

Another Cloudy Day

We have a winter weather advisory which will expire at 9 am this morning.  We have another light coating of snow in place on the ground to add to the meager amounts we have seen thus far this winter.  We are closing in on the midpoint of winter this week and will need copious dumps […]

Improving Conditions

Haven’t looked at the data on who got what yesterday – feel free to chime in on your local conditions.  We ended up with 2.21 inches of rain with a light glaze of freezing rain with a trace of snow in Otsego. Keep in mind the NWS uses computer models, what they see coming on […]