While this winter season has been mild with much below average snow fall. In the past there have been some very big snowstorms in mid-February. While Michigan for the most part doesn’t get many big time snowstorms in Mid-February that is not the case in some locations. Here some weather events in mid February’s past. […]
Here is one of the reasons I resettled in west Michigan. Having traveled and nested in northern Maine and NE Canada where the temps can be brutal in January and February, SW Michigan can be a kinder gentler place temperature-wise in the winter with the effect of Lake Michigan. We just made it into the […]
We picked up another awesome one inch of snow overnight here in Otsego. I am sure many are panicked over the decision of whether to get out the snowblower, shovel or just leave it be. We have enough hard decisions to make in the course of the day and now we have another headache to […]
We once again have a winter weather advisory for meager amounts of snow bringing about slick roads for which the advisory is issued. The advisory begins at 7 pm this evening lasting through 7 pm tomorrow. The following counties are included: Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Jackson […]
[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] This is the snow cover maps from yesterday compared to last year at this time. As you can see we are showing less coverage than last year, in fact, the whole of the northern hemisphere is showing negative values in comparison to previous years (chart below) With the snow predicted for […]
Winter continues with a confusion of air currents bringing mostly clouds with shots of snow mixed with rain. Last night we saw wet snow with around an inch of accumulation ending with light rain. Further north of Grand Rapids snow fell in amounts of five to seven inches where temps were in the 20s. Here […]
We thought it was going to happen late winter, or some did anyway predicting a back-loaded winter like last year (good job Slim). We will probably see more snow this month than we did all winter in SW Michigan. We have had 6.7 inches in Otsego this month and with today’s totals, we could break […]
We will have to see how much ice forms on the Great Lakes over the next few weeks. But so far the Lakes are at near record low ice cover. The extent of ice cover has only been reported since 1973 and in that time most of the very low ice cover years have been […]
We currently have 16.7° and 4.5 inches of snow on the ground this morning in Otsego. This is the kind of snow I like, it is easy to move (or remove), one could use a leaf blower to clear it off the cars and driveways, not that I would do that as I have a […]
Another blanket of fresh snow has fallen here in Otsego – a whole 3 inches. The current temp is 23.0° at 7 am. Below are records set at various recording stations around the U.S. Keep in mind these are in areas where populations are perhaps greater than small towns and burgs and include only the […]