Yesterday we had rain in the area though not at our homestead on the west side of Otsego. A steady rain from a slow moving cell fell slightly east of the city into Plainwell, We had a sprinkle here, not enough to even call it a trace amount. Our last rain was on July 30 […]
My wife and I went to the annual Perrigo Company picnic yesterday at the Allegan County fairgrounds. I would have to say there were more people there than any one day when the fair is in progress. One of the huge agriculture buildings was used to feed everyone and the grounds had carnival style games […]
When we think of a weather-related cruise ships sinking, we think of The Titanic. Well long after the Titanic sinking came the disaster of the Andria Doria. One was due to ice and the other due to fog. Making its maiden voyage across the Atlantic in 1953, the Andrea Doria did indeed have all the […]
As with most folks my age it seems after retirement years time seems to go quite a bit faster than when they did when I was yearning for my drivers license and high school graduation – I am sure it is just a matter of perception as each day still has 24 hours. Granted I […]
Welcome to August We are now entering the last month of meteorological summer when the days start to rapidly get shorter. The latest update from the CPC gives us 37% chance of below normal temps and 38% chance of below normal precipitation. This could mean we will have some ridge blocking going on bringing cooler […]
Closing out the second month of meteorological summer we will enjoy a sunny comfortable day for being outside to enjoy any activities we wish. While I have been catching up on tasks outside since retirement my neighbor has been building a huge barn this summer. He is a private contractor who builds houses, barns and […]
Still a bit humid this morning with some fog around. Temp is currently 66° at 7am. We had .44 of an inch of rain yesterday half of it coming from a pulse storm which popped up. There is a small chance of a shower or storm today mainly west of 131, however the air will […]
Working outside the past couple days have been miserable at best. I have been repairing a shed on my property replacing old wood which has involved use of a crow bar and other hand tools with a lot of grunting and unacceptable language. Since my retirement I have been catching up on a lot of […]
This is the time of year when some weather forecasters pull out their hair trying to predict rain chances especially when pulse storms cells are in the picture. (This is probably why I am bald.) In a previous post I described a pulse storm as a single cell thunderstorm which can form then empty itself […]
While we have had a very warm July it has been nothing compared to what has been going on in Europe this month Europe is now baking under its second heat wave this month, but this latest is one for the record books. On Thursday, Paris set its all-time temperature high, reaching 108.6 degrees Fahrenheit. […]