The NFC championship between our Lions (14-5) against the 49s (13-5) is on at 6:30 pm on Fox. GO LIONS! We will see mostly cloudy conditions today with rain and snow south of I96. High temperatures will remain above freezing so our thaw continues. Forecast Today There is a chance of rain and snow before […]
It’s been 45 years since a powerful blizzard dropped up to 2 feet of snow in Southwest Michigan, establishing itself as one of the more memorable weather events in recent history. The Great Blizzard of 1978 not only brought heavy snow totals – but also hurricane force winds. The storm brought traffic – both in […]
Today is the anniversary of the blizzard of 78 also known as the Clevland Superbomb which I remember well. More info is in the Weather History section. We have had 3.18 inches of rain and melted snow so far this month in Otsego. The snowpack is becoming a slushy mess and the mud is sure […]
Our grand January thaw continues and rain on top of that has made a sloppy mess. Here’s an interesting graphic you don’t see often, a good portion of the US has dense fog advisories in place this morning. Plan on areas of dense fog during this morning’s commute. A melting snowpack and slightly above-freezing air […]
Forecast Wednesday Rain, mainly before 4 pm. Widespread dense fog, mainly before 11 am. High near 38. Calm wind becoming east at 5 to 8 mph in the morning. The chance of precipitation is 100%—new precipitation amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch possible. Wednesday Night A 30 percent chance of rain, […]
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON… * WHAT…Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of up to two inches and ice accumulations of around one tenth of an inch. * WHERE…Portions of central, south central, southwest and west central Michigan. * WHEN…Until 4 PM EST this afternoon. * IMPACTS…Plan on slippery […]
Whoa! The Lions are off to the NFC Championship game! They are fun to watch this season and actually look like professionals. Will they go to the Super Bowl this year? We shall see. GO LIONS!!! We have several winter weather advisories for southern Michigan: Muskegon-Montcalm-Gratiot-Ottawa-Kent-Ionia-Clinton- Including the cities of Muskegon, Greenville, Alma, Grand Haven, […]
Who would have thought the Lions would be 13 and 6 this year. They play Tampa Bay at 3 pm today on NBC and the Lions are six-point favorites to win. They beat the Bucs 20 to 6 during the regular season. GO LIONS! We will have a dry Sunday with some sunshine, a wintry […]
Last week I posted about the winter of 1978/79 that had at least one inch of snow on the ground for the whole meteorological winter. In recorded history at Grand Rapids here is a is a list of winter seasons with the greatest number of days with at least one inch of snow on the […]
We received about .3 inches of snow overnight – the current temperature at 6 am is 16°. Yesterday’s high was 28°, it was almost pleasant working outside in the snow. Today will be cooler with the passage of a cold front with highs struggling to reach 20°. Berrian County is under a winter storm warning […]