We had .65 of an inch of rain overnight from storms. It is a warm and muggy 74° at 6 am this morning, the dew point is 73.5°. Our total rainfall for the month is 1.43 inches and 14.22 inches for the Met summer (Otsego totals). This should be the last day of tropical air […]
I would have to say yesterday was the most tropical I have seen probably the last 20 years or more. We generally don’t have dewpoints in the 80° range. Last night was an especially thick air mass in place with dewpoints near 80 and air temps at 83.5° at 9 pm we had a ‘feels […]
Yesterday we had a quick shower pass through bringing us .13 of an inch of rain. Our high temp was 83° with a 74° dewpoint. Today we have had .40 of an inch of rain so far with an overnight low of 72° (at 6 am). The juicy air will stick around today with temps […]
We begin the work week adding some rain and storms into the mix of heat and humidity. Our best chance of storms will come later today through Thursday. [columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] There is a marginal risk of severe weather this afternoon. The main threats will be damaging winds and locally heavy rains. There […]
Humisery (or humidex as it is known in Canada) is the opposite end of the spectrum as windchill. Aptly named this is a discomfort index derived from the combination of heat and humidity. Some are more tolerant of these conditions than others. It has been my philosophy that one can only take so many clothes […]
Best Places There is a web site that claims to compare the best places to live, and the site has a city-to-city comparison. And one of the comparisons is the city’s climate. I will give you a few comparisons of other cities to Grand Rapids note that many of the “averages” on the site are […]
I have made it through another year (yea!). I have always wondered about birthdays celebrations until I reached retirement and beyond and have realized each year is a blessing. This is the point where one jokes about being old as dirt and being around when dinosaurs roamed the earth. When I hear the grandkids complain […]
Here is some weather trivia for you which may seem unbelievable until one does the math. Do you think clouds have any weight? How can they, if they are floating in the air like a balloon filled with helium? If you tie a helium balloon to a kitchen scale it won’t register any weight, so […]
We have been enjoying fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, onions and green peppers from our garden this week. The cucumbers have been prolific we are at the point we have so many we can’t give them away. There is nothing better than fresh veggies straight off the vine. The tomatoes plants are huge this year, I have […]
We have had a very pleasant stretch of weather the past few days. As we continue on through the week we will see our temps increase each day into the low to mid-80s with increasing dewpoints by this weekend. Today skies will be partly cloudy with more in the way of clouds expected inland, as […]