My giant four-year-old cat Monster generally joins me in preparing my daily blog in the morning, though he generally adds nothing pertinent to the post. It seems since he has seen Bill Steffens cats on T.V. he has to prove they aren’t the only ones with an interest in meteorology. Maizie, ( the calico) is his best friend and was adopted about a year ago are almost inseparable. In all my years of having cats (and dogs), I have never seen such a close attachment between cats.
Yesterday we had a high of 50° at 4:30 am dropping to 34° by late afternoon. There was a quick peek of the sun around 4 pm but it was very short-lived. Light snowfall accumulations (under 1 inch) are possible today, mainly on grassy surfaces. Temperatures will also turn somewhat colder, and snow showers will persist into Friday. Dry and settled weather will return on Saturday. We have the promise of sunshine for Saturday which may be a shock after this extended period of cloudy weather so far this month.
Grand Rapids Forecast
7-Day Forecast 42.96°N 85.67°W 1 5 grrKalamazoo Forecast
7-Day Forecast 42.29°N 85.67°W 15 kzoLansing Forecast
7-Day Forecast 42.75°N 84.5°W 1 5 lanForecast Discussion
- Light snow showers today - Moisture will increase through most of the dgz today as the upper level low moves overhead. Therefore we expect occasional light snow showers through the day into tonight. A consensus blend of our latest short term guidance continues to suggest snow accumulations will be quite light at under an inch. Determining pcpn type today is a bit tricky as the HRRR indicates potential for a rain/snow mix. We agree with the previous shift that with deep moisture into the dgz and anticipated thermal profiles/polling of fcst soundings that pcpn type should be snow today. This notion is supported by the 00z 3km nam and 00Z HREF for p-type as well. Few if any impacts to travel are expected though given the light nature of snow showers and sfc temps in the lower to middle 30s. Roads should just be wet but a few slick spots may develop where snow showers are relatively steadiest and most persistent. As the upper low and the deeper moisture associated with it moves east of our area tonight the dgz will become unsaturated. Therefore we will just be left with some snow grains and patchy drizzle. A few slick spots may develop on roads as sfc temps slowly fall to below the freezing mark toward daybreak. - Tranquil weather this weekend into early next week - Ridging will build in at the sfc and aloft this weekend and result in fair wx with partly cloudy skies and seasonably mild temps. In fact dry ne sfc winds should result in quite a bit of clearing Saturday. Fair and seasonably mild wx will continue early next week with the sfc ridge remaining in control of our wx pattern.
Cute cats MV
I have one of my own named Bella. She was sleeping in the engine of my dads truck. Found her in there meowing. Something must of happened to her mother or she was rejected because she really is a pretty small cat we think the runt. We decided to take her in and She’s incredible. I never thought of owning a cat and now I can’t imagine living without one.
Not much ice on any of the Great Lakes as only 3.5% of the lakes are ice covered and that is in the west end of Lake Erie and in the protected bay of Huron and Michigan. In fact it looks like the surface temperatures on Lake Michigan are mostly in the low 40’s yet.
https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/ice.html
Slim
Great news, because that means the lake effect snow gets cranking later this winter! Wow, just wow!
Light snow is falling here but, it is too light and too warm to mean much. At this time it is 36 here.
Slim
Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it Snow!
I am really looking forward to that sunshine. I haven’t seen the sun since my vacation to California about a month ago
Wow, look at that red bullseye for Lower Michigan the next 2 weeks!
It shows in the forecast too. Maybe a couple days below freezing coming up next weekend but then right back into the 40’s! Who knew?!?!
https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/b523690bfd952b86fef3627c919dd9855281a8da16b83c10bdd381c64ae12cbc
Yeah, no more 50’s and 60’s but a steady above average trend in temps is continuing for awhile! Love it.
The clouds make it seem much cooler as well. I am one of those that keeps my Xmas lights up for awhile (at least in the back). It does my heart good to not look into a black hole while doing dishes. Lol.
A peep at the sun this weekend would be great!!!
You know we are in a zonal flow when the conversation revolves around talking about our pets. It has been next to impossible to walk the dog without getting her all dirty. It has cut time between baths in half…
Nice picture of your cats.
slim
Good morning! Yesterday was yet another well above average day with the official H/L at Grand Rapids of 43/34. That makes 7 days in a row of well above average temperatures. There was 0.09” of rain fall yesterday and no snow fall. There is no snow on the ground (only left over parking lot and end of driveway piles) in fact it looks more like March than January. There was no official reported sunshine yesterday but the sun did shine here in MBY for a short time. It stay above 32 once again overnight and the low here in my… Read more »
More like March is right. We had three teens walking and playing our golf course yesterday.
Then they are totally desperate to play golf with horrendous conditions!
Funny coming from the guy who drives 8 hours one way to find snow to ski in and also goes snow shoeing with a half inch of snow on the ground!
Pretty cats. God willing, our Lily will turn 20 in March.
Getting a few flakes this morning. Looks like the quiet pattern continues at least into next week.
Wow 20? You must take great care of her