First off I have some sad news to report. MV’s mom passed yesterday afternoon. We are now in meteorological summer we use the 3 full month periods for each of the 4 seasons instead of the calendar start for each season because it is easier to keep records. The summer solstice this year is on […]
Sunday, May 22, 2011. That afternoon was hot and humid in Joplin, Missouri. At 5:17 pm. on May 22, 2011, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning for the Joplin, Missouri, area. Within 20 minutes a large and powerful tornado would plow through the city. At 5:34 p.m. a tornado touched down west of […]
For several days before May 19, 1790 many people had noticed unusual activity in the skies over New England. Spring was late that year and one of the most bitterly cold winters on record has ende and while the air was now warmer, it was also thick and heavy. The sun had taken on a […]
Mamertus, Pancras, and Gervais were three early Christian saints. Because their feast days, on May 11, 12, and 13th. According to folklore The period from May 12 to May 15 was noted to bring a brief spell of colder weather in many years, including the last nightly frosts of the spring. In Poland and the […]
Growing up in the east side of the state my interest in weather and weather forecasting was started in 1960 after the September 1, 1960 storm the rolled thru Bay City. During the 1960 most of my weather information came thru books and the forecast came thur short spots on local radio stations. WTAC in […]
Ben Franklin was the first to conjecture that weather systems move from west to east or southwest to northeast. George Washington and Thomas Jefferson observed chronicled weather information dealing with historical weather events An official agency wasn’t established until 1870 when Congress established a Weather Bureau that was assigned to the War Department. The bill […]
In my opinion May is the nicest of the spring months and on average along with September are the best months weather wise in west Michigan (September is the better of the two IMO) May like the other spring months can have big day to day and year to year swings in both precipitation and […]
On Easter Monday April 13, 1360 during what has be come known as the Hundred Years War there was a major battle. Now a little history leading up to this battle. England and France were involved in one conflict or another over many centuries. The Hundred Years War was fought in spurts from 1337 to […]
I do not think this is top secret so I will post it. I have been summons for jury duty starting on Monday April 15th I have done this before but it was years ago back at the old Kent County Court house. I hope none of you are set to have a trial next […]
In Grand Rapids history there has only been one year (so far) where April was warmer then May. That year was 1915. March of 1915 was a cold month here at Grand Rapids with a mean of just 31.4 (-4.2) the warmest day that cold March was just 51 and the coldest was 12 and […]