All weather on Earth, from the surface of the planet out into space, begins with the Sun. Space weather and terrestrial weather (the weather we feel at the surface) are influenced by the small changes the Sun undergoes during its solar cycle. The most important impact the Sun has on Earth is from the brightness […]
The NWS lays out their local morning forecast discussions before 4am and their graphics can sometime lag behind four hours which leaves it up to local METS to make there own determinations on what the weather may actually do. The models runs I have made over the past hour have been all over the place […]
The latest computer models have been showing a wet beginning to the work week for southwest Michigan though the runs have been moving the heaviest rainfall of one to two inches trending further south over the state. The latest run has the I94 corridor getting the heaviest rain in an eight hour period. At this […]
There has been a lot of debate on the record heat and humidity in the northern hemisphere this summer, especially the humidity levels in the conus (continental U.S.). Whether this is due to green house gases or is a anomaly in the cycle of multi century climatology (which is my stand) it is my belief […]
We had .24 of an inch of rain overnight in Otsego. We will have a period of slightly below normal temps for the rest of the week with daytime highs in the upper 70s and overnight temps in the mid to upper 50s. Dew point values will be in the 50s so we will have […]
We had a nice gentle rain for a couple hours yesterday morning – we picked up .41 of an inch, enough for the grass to spring up and require yet another mowing. I built a new log stand yesterday which I carve my totems and tiki. My last one lasted nearly 10 years before the […]
Today is my birthday which is no big deal anymore. We have a lot of birthdays in the family during August, seems to be a lot of cuddling during December as the cold months settle. Back in 1955, the year I was born, Dwight D. Eisenhower was president – he raised minimum wage from 75 […]
Yesterday we had rain in the area though not at our homestead on the west side of Otsego. A steady rain from a slow moving cell fell slightly east of the city into Plainwell, We had a sprinkle here, not enough to even call it a trace amount. Our last rain was on July 30 […]
My wife and I went to the annual Perrigo Company picnic yesterday at the Allegan County fairgrounds. I would have to say there were more people there than any one day when the fair is in progress. One of the huge agriculture buildings was used to feed everyone and the grounds had carnival style games […]
As with most folks my age it seems after retirement years time seems to go quite a bit faster than when they did when I was yearning for my drivers license and high school graduation – I am sure it is just a matter of perception as each day still has 24 hours. Granted I […]