Author Archives: Slim

Right on clue we jumped into autumnal equinox with a big cool down and now have settled into a much cooler weather pattern. While we very much could see some warm days ahead we can say that we have turned … Continued

A Winter Guess It is now mid-September, and it is time for a first winter 2022/23 winter guess well sort of. The Old Farmers Almanac is now out and their winter 2022/23 guess. For the upcoming winter according to the … Continued

  The Flood of 1986   September, being somewhat of a transition month between summer and fall, generally brings a taming of the summer heat and thunderstorms. Normal rainfall amounts drop off from the summer maximum and the weather, often, … Continued

Meteorological Fall We have now put meteorological summer behind us and have now entered the fall season. The next few weeks there is still a chance of some warm days but after the 15th to the 20th there will be … Continued

The Last Days of Summer We  now have just a few days left before the end of meteorological summer and the start of meteorological fall. The average high/low at Grand Rapids starts out today at 79.6/59.6 and over the next … Continued

The question was asked as to what weather conditions make for a good color season. So as we begin to turn our attention to fall campfires, cool nights and hopefully some spectacular fall color displays. So what makes for good fall … Continued

Perseid meteor shower We are in Milwaukee this weekend. We took the Badger ferry Friday morning. It was clear and 60 when we were in Ludington. There were clouds over the lake and the trip across was smooth but it … Continued

Tomorrow is the last day of July. Time sure is flying by. August is the eighth month of the year it is seven months to have a length of 31 days. It is the last month of meteorological summer and … Continued