We have 8° at 6 am this morning with more snow on the way. My furnace went out overnight, of course, the coldest air of the season is here while it decided to go on sabbatical. Luckily we have alternative sources of heat to get us by until we get a repair person here. […]
We have a current temp of 6° at 7 am in Otsego. We had another 1.5 inches of snow by noon yesterday with just .1 from light snow which fell throughout the day. This brings us to 25.8 inches for the season. Lakeshore counties (Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren) have the best chance of […]
We are now closing out January which has been our snowiest month of winter thus far. We are at 2.5 inches from the system which is now passing through (at 4 am). This brings us to 13.5 inches for January and 19.2 inches for the season (these are Otsego measurements), most of which fell from […]
We have had perhaps a half of an inch of snow thus far (at 6:30 am). The main area of snow is mostly along the lakeshore south of Grand Rapids and along I96 to the north. Snow bands continue to move through Southwest Michigan this morning. The heaviest snow is expected before and during this […]
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 through 6 am. A wintry mix of precipitation is expected across much of Southwest Lower […]
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, then a mix changing to all rain as we get into the early morning hours […]
Thanks to all my friends who visit the Weather Center and a Merry Christmas. We finally have snow covering the ground, perhaps a bit over an inch here in Otsego from the lake effect which is currently out over the lake at this time (4 am). The snow is expected to move back onshore with […]
The winds are howling this morning and a few snowflakes have begun to fall bringing forth the promised snowfall for Southwest Michigan. We have one of those Amish designed electric fireplaces which may come in handy today and help with the Christmas mood. If you don’t have a fireplace you can use the one below […]
We have a winter storm warning in place for Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Oceana, Newaygo and Mecosta counties. Snowfall totals in these counties from the recent model data are guessing accumulations of 4 to 9 inches and a light glaze of ice. There is a winter storm watch for Kalkaska, Crawford, Oscoda, Alcona, Manistee, Wexford, […]
We picked up another 1.5 inches of snow overnight adding to our meager snowfall for the season. We haven’t broken 40 inches yet in Otsego for the winter. The winter weather advisory continues until 7 pm this evening. Snow will diminish for a time early this morning but increase again after sunrise. The heaviest snow is […]