Author Archives: Slim

midpoint of meteorological winter Today marks the halfway point of meteorological winter. While like all seasons there is a good possibility that winter like conditions will continue into March but for the most part we will start to see the … Continued

Winters Past There are sometimes when I have a hard time coming up with new ideas for this post. This week I will take a look at some winters in the past. One of the things I will be looking … Continued

Welcome to 2022   With the simple drop of the ball if you will we now head into a new year.  I would like to take this time to wish everyone a very Happy New Year.  Here is a fun … Continued

Merry Christmas Christmas will be green this year here in Grand Rapids. But how and why has snow became associated with Christmas?  Here is some information as to why snow is associated with Christmas.  So, while we will be dreaming … Continued

    Back when I was a kid one of the family traditions, we had was decorating the Christmas tree on December 18th. Ok some years it might have been a day or two before the 18th but the 18 … Continued

Yesterdays official H/L at Grand Rapids was 47/25. That gave GR a departure of +11 for the day. There was no rain or snow yesterday. For the month GR now has a  departure of +2.0 Grand Rapids is now below … Continued

Yesterday was kind of a rare December day here in west Michigan. There was 100% of sunshine and warm temperatures. The official high here in Grand Rapids was 47 it is not too often we have sunny and warm days … Continued

I am filling in for MV. Yesterday MV mother-in-law passed away our thoughts and Prayers go out to MV and his family. On the weather front yesterday after Saturdays wind event was a sunny and very mild December day and … Continued

Are Winters Getting Less Snow?   The last two winters West Michigan has seen less snow and have been mostly warmer than average. In looking back at the last 10 winters at Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Lansing.  6 have seen … Continued