More of the Same
The Winter Weather Advisory for the inland counties is set to expire at 9 am. This is due to freezing fog, drizzle and light snow which could make the roads slick. Other than some areas of fog through tonight with … Continued
Warmer & Drier than Normal
We are coming into a rather bland weather pattern through mid-month with above-normal temps and below-normal precipitation. For northern Michigan, we have a 54% chance of above-normal temps and 40% for southern Michigan. The U.P. will have a 44% chance … Continued
Quiet Week Ahead – Polar Vortex
As the title states, we will see a mainly uneventful week ahead possibly stretching into mid-month. There are hints of warming in the Arctic stratosphere which would cause the cold air to be displaced southward, however, we will have to … Continued
Happy perihelion!
Happy perihelion and new year. Good riddance to 2020 a year that everyone will remember but would rather forget. For December the mean at Grand Rapids was 32.4 that is a departure of +3.2° The high for the month was … Continued
Happy New Year – Winter Weather Advisory
Here we are entering into another year – welcome to 2021! We will be starting the year out with a winter weather advisory for the southern half of the lower peninsula. The advisory begins at 11 am last through tomorrow … Continued
New Years Eve
Old man 2020 is gimping towards the finish line of a year which will remain in the minds of all as eerie and scary, to say the least. This is one we quickly want to put behind us, wipe the … Continued
Advisories Continue Until 1 pm – Weather History
We have a sloppy mess outside this morning with some freezing rain going on though temps are beginning to rise to just above freezing in Otsego. We had a couple of inches of snow on the ground when I went … Continued
Winter Weather Advisory Begins Tonight
We have another winter weather advisory which will move into place at 10 pm tonight lasting through 1 pm tomorrow afternoon for a good portion of Michigan. This system will feature a mixed bag of precipitation beginning as snow, … Continued
Unsettled Weather
The terminology for an unsettled weather pattern is simply put “not staying the same”. This week will feature the possibility of seeing some sun tomorrow with the rest of the forecast fairly dismal with rain and/or snow the rest of … Continued
Mixed Bag of Precip – Warming
Well, here we are at the beginning of the end of 2020, the final week of a strange and fearful year. I have been around since the 1950s and this has been by far the worse year for the human … Continued