We have another warm fall day in store for SW Michigan with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-70s. It appears our warm weather will continue at least through the first week of October. The CPC outlook for October is guessing above-normal temperatures and below-normal chances of precipitation for the month. Grand Rapids Forecast […]
Yesterday was another cloudy day with a bit of drizzle, the high was 38.5° and the low was 32°. If we can count on anything it will be the clouds during our short winter days in SW Michigan. Any sunshine which may break through the clouds is a moment of rejoicing and we can break […]
The days continue to get shorter and darkness settles in by late afternoon. When I lived in Maine in the early 1970s the sun was below the horizon shortly after I got home from school. Today the sunset is at 4 pm. I lived in the wilds, a quarter mile in any direction you were […]
Yesterday was cool and wet with a high of 62°, the low was 51°. We had .53 of an inch of rain which brings our total for the month to 1.38 inches in Otsego. Autumn Leaves . . . it’s that time of year Now that we are officially in autumn, leaves in many parts […]
Yesterday we reached 80° after a morning low of 55° under partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies. Today we will see the humidity increase as well as our chances of storms late this afternoon and overnight. The potential for thunderstorms will persist through Monday with a few severe storms with heavy rain possible. A cold […]
We had .16 of an inch of rain overnight, the heavier showers moved to the east and west of Otsego yesterday, and overnight within five miles to either side of the city, I have a handheld lightning detector that detects lightning out to 40 miles, it was beeping quite a lot over the afternoon. We […]
We will continue our string of nice days today and tomorrow with highs in the low 80s both days before the clouds begin to move in for the weekend and the chance of rain increases. Yesterday our high was 80° and the low 56°. Sunrise today was 6:54, sunset tonight will be 8:42. Forecast Discussion […]
We have another ho-hum day in store for today, which is a good thing if you like sunny comfortable weather. We are starting this morning at 52° at 6 am. Sunrise is 6:47 and sunset is 8:50 pm. Yesterday our high was 78° and the low was 60°. Highs today will be in the 70s […]
We have had .03 of an inch of rain thus far this morning at 6 am. Yesterday we had a high of 75° and the low was 61°. Due to the unstable air over Southwest Michigan today expected scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. Isolated rainfall amounts could exceed a half-inch. Skies should clear tonight then […]
We have a cool 53° at 6:30 this morning with some light rain around the area. Yesterday’s high was 75° and the low 54°. Expect showers to move out this morning then sunny skies this afternoon and on Friday, with winds that will gust up to 30 mph on Friday. Our best chance of rain […]