If this early summer will be remembered in history it will be due to the dry, smokey weather and air quality alerts. We generally thank Canada for cool clean air and safe environments, but this year not so much. Below is the smoke plume map which is mainly coming from our neighbors to the north. […]
Pop-up showers missed Otsego by five miles to the west yesterday. My wife and I considered doing a rain dance but the neighbors probably wouldn’t like seeing a couple of old folk dancing about the yard. It has been 25 days since we have seen measurable rain in Otsego. The CPC updated forecast for June […]
Yesterday’s rain showers were confined to the north of Big Rapids and on the east coast of Wisconsin and around Chicago. Showers could develop along the lake breeze boundary this afternoon however chances are low (20 to 30%. ) Temperatures will once again be in the low 90s. …Air Quality Alert for Thursday June 1st… […]
We didn’t quite make it to 90° here at the station yesterday but it was very close, we may as well say it was. We had 89.8° for the high temp with a 79.2° dew point which gave us a feels like temp of 105.5°. The .2 degrees didn’t make much difference in regards to […]
Yesterday we had a high temp of 88° and our low is 66° this morning. Our last measurable rain was on May 28th (these are Otsego/Plainwell stats). Below is a graphic of our departure from normal for precipitation this year. Most of the state is 4 to 6 inches below normal. The following is an […]
Quite a light show in our neighborhood last night and it seemed all of Otsego was at war by the sound of it. My animals, of course, didn’t like it much as they sought the darkest places in the house to hide. The raccoons and possums didn’t make their nightly appearances. I am sure it […]
The heat and humidity really kicks in today after a very pleasant day yesterday. That said we have an air quality alert for Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan, and Kent Counties today. Storms this afternoon could fire up mainly along and east of the 131 corridor producing gusty winds and locally heavy downpours. The remnants of Barry […]