We will once again see the oddity which is snow in the state today. We have had 2.5 inches in Otsego so far for January and 8.2 inches since December 1st. I thought last year was bad as we failed to reach 40 inches for the winter season. Like last year we are getting inched […]
Some sun will be seen in spots this morning, otherwise, skies will trend towards cloudy through the course of the day in SW Michigan. Highs today around the 40-degree mark. Rain and snow will develop this evening changing over to all snow overnight. Accumulations tonight… trace amounts to around 2 inches. Lows tonight near 32. […]
Though our weather remains bland out to our west the winds rage in the northern CONUS from Montana to the Dakotas into Nebraska. Winds gusting up to 70 mph will cause all sorts of issues over a large area (areas of brown and tan on the map) including power outages and trees falling. Many areas […]
I sometimes talk about looking at the big picture when discussing the earth’s climate (amongst other things). We tend to look at small periods of time when discussing climate change and the many variables which can change our weather patterns over weeks, months and years. Our planet is constantly adjusting itself due to such things […]
We have been holding fairly steady temperature-wise during the daylight hours over the past week or so with very limited precipitation. In the Otsego/Plainwell area, we are still holding onto an inch or so of snow left on the ground though many large patches of open ground are showing through. We have some moisture in […]
Seems the southern CONUS has seen more snow than Michigan this winter. Winter storm warnings are in place for Texas and northern Louisiana. Some areas in north-central Texas could see up to six inches of snow today which for them would put a halt to travel due to the fact they don’t keep the snow […]
La Nina 2020/21 At the current time we are in a strong moderate La Nina. What that means is we are about half way between a moderate La Nina and a strong La Nina. Since 1950 there have been 4 moderate La Nina winters and 7 strong La Nina winter seasons. The moderate La Nina […]
That bright burning sphere in the sky that made an appearance yesterday was just the sun making an appearance after a week of mainly clouds and a lot of blah. We should be able to bask under its glory for another day or two before the clouds reappear in force once again. We remain snow-starved […]
Our boring weather pattern continues and many look to the sky asking why!!??. With no changes in site, the pattern we are experiencing can be quite depressing especially with no sunshine. You have probably heard the term Rex blocking thrown out there, well here is an explanation of the term. The Rex blocking we are […]
It is not unusual to have seemingly endless strings of cloudy days during Michigan winters due to the big lake to our west however with all those cloudy days one would think having some precip would be in the forecast. The following was written by Bill Marino this morning: For most January`s in Southwest Michigan […]