Yesterday our high temperature reached 76° in the early afternoon before the cold front went through then dropped into the upper 50s to low 60s by 4 pm. Below is a screenshot from my weather station readout.
All the rain stayed in our eastern part of the state with some hefty storms in the afternoon. Today we start another warm dry spell with a run of 80s this weekend to the low 90s by next Tuesday. There is no rain in the forecast for the near term. Below is the CPCs drought monitor update and the soil moisture prediction for next week.
U.S.A and Global Events for June 16:
June 16, 1806: The great American total solar eclipse occurred from California to Massachusetts, nearly five minutes in duration. Click HERE for more information.
June 16, 1895: Heavy rain fell in portions of central Arkansas, damaging several roads and bridges. At Madding, east of Pine Bluff, 6.12 inches of rain fell in six hours.
June 16, 1896: A tsunami ravages the coast of Japan, killing between 22,000 and 27,000 people.
June 16, 1957: A violent F4 tornado struck the communities of Robecco Pavese and Valle Scurpasso in Pavia, Italy, flattening many large stone buildings. The tornado killed seven people and injured 80. Images of the damage indicate that the tornado may have reached T10 (low-end F5) intensity. Click HERE for a YouTube video.
June 16-23, 1972: Agnes was first named by the National Hurricane Center on June 16, 1972: It would go on to make landfall between Panama City and Apalachicola, Florida, on the afternoon of June 19. Hurricane Agnes would later cause catastrophic flooding in the mid-Atlantic states, especially Pennsylvania. Agnes caused over 100 fatalities.
June 16, 1992: A devastating tornado ravaged portions of southwest Minnesota. Commonly referred to as the Chandler-Lake Wilson tornado, this tornado destroyed more than 75 homes, with another 90 houses, 10 businesses, a church, and a school damaged. In addition, the tornado caused over $50 million in property damage, resulting in more than 40 injuries and one fatality. Based on a detailed damage assessment by the National Weather Service, it is estimated this F5 tornado packed winds of over 260 mph as it tore through the residential area of Chandler, Minnesota. This was the only F5 tornado to occur in the United States in 1992. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
June 16, 2014: The Pilger tornado was the most intense of the family of tornadoes produced by the supercell. This tornado developed about 6 miles southwest of the town of Pilger and moved northeast, directly striking the city. Initially narrow and relatively weak, the tornado significantly intensified as it neared the Elkhorn River and moved into town. The tornado cut a path through town, destroying numerous homes and businesses. The tornado was responsible for 1 fatality in the town of Pilger and several injuries before moving northeast and weakening. During a weakening period, the tornado again intensified, producing additional violent damage 4 miles northeast of Pilger. Finally, the tornado narrowed, weakened, and turned east, wrapping around the developing Wakefield tornado before dissipating. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in Omaha, Nebraska. Click HERE for a tornado picture from storm chaser Aaron Rigsby.
The graphic above is from a tweet from the NWS Office in Omaha, Nebraska.
June 16, 2017: Mammatus clouds were seen over the National Weather Service office in Omaha. Click HERE for additional severe weather reports.
Grand Rapids Forecast
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.SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday) Issued at 334 AM EDT Fri Jun 16 2023 Shortwave trough has moved east with shortwave ridging bringing dry weather for today and Saturday. Low stratus clouds will also break up today as drying and subsidence increases. Low humidity prevails again with dew points in the 50s today and dropping to the 40s on Saturday. .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Thursday) Issued at 340 AM EDT Fri Jun 16 2023 A large upper level high will continue to dominate the pattern through the period. The mid range models are in fair agreement on the track of a large closed low that will move through New England and up the east coast of the Atlantic ocean. The persistence and strength of that low will allow for the high to slowly move eastward. This nearly stationary high pressure will keep a hot and dry air mass over the region through next week. There looks to be little to no reprieve from this into next weekend. Temperatures will slowly build over the weekend with upper 80s to low 90s possible next week. 850 mb temperatures could peak upwards of 15C by Tuesday into Wednesday. This could support daytime highs in the 90s. While there may be a slight chance for precipitation Wednesday into Thursday, latest ensembles continue to show a very dry pattern ahead due to the face that the sfc and mid level high will stifle any moisture and instability.
Today was yet another of many below normal temp days! Wow, just wow, WOW!
Yikes anyone see all those 90s on the Storm Team 8 forecast? Matt said heatwave #2 on the way this time with more humidity.
Just saw that. Not even officially Summer yet and getting hit with our second heat wave. Wow.
With it looking dry for the next week to 10 day it is time to compare the start of summer 2023 to the start of summer 1988. This year since May 9th to today June 16th there has only been 0.24” of rain fall at Grand Rapids. In 1988 from May 16th to July 9th there was only 0.25” of rain fall. At this time 2023 is the 2nd driest start to any summer at Grand Rapids. In 1988 the summer was hot and of course dry. The days were hot but the nights were cooler than you would expect.… Read more »
Yesterday’s CPC summer forecast shows a long warm summer!
Another tornado confirmed in Michigan by NWS: Frenchtown Township
Here comes another warm up! More 90’s on the way? And it’s not even summer yet.
New video on twitter shows what is possibly a tornado on the ground in Southern Livingston County. No word from the NWS on that one but I was on that storm and there was no doubt rotation and a couple scans with pretty decent velocity too.
The largest hailstone I could find yesterday was about 2” in diameter and that was near the town of Hamburg in Livingston County. Lots of hail fell and it began to accumulate. It looks like a tornado did touch down near the Lake Erie shoreline in Monroe County.
Some areas got a decent amount of rain. The area I was in picked up around 2” of rain.
I wouldn’t want the giant hail, but 2” of rain sounds really nice.
It remained in the 70s here until 7:30p or so. Has anyone seen footage of the hail in OK, TX, and AR? Huge hail. Fort Sill, OK got 4-inch hail.
100 days to Fall!! Its definitely been feeling like Fall lately around west Michigan especially along the lake shore water temperatures still in the 40’s and 50’s makes for cold beach days in June …. Enjoy the weekend INDY
I am grateful for the rain earlier this week (total of about .5 inches), but looks like we are back into the “Sahara syndrome” for the next week or so. On the up side, my garden is in need of the heat. Have a good weekend everyone, and Happy Fathers Day !
We now are halfway through June 2023 and it is time to see where we stand so far for this month. At Grand Rapids the mean so far is 65.9 that is a departure of -1.0. the high for the month so far is 91 and the low is 47. There has only been 0.21” of rain fall. At Muskegon the mean is 65.6 that is +0.1 the high there so far is 93 and the low is 45 they have had 0.45” of rain fall. At Holland the mean is 65.1 that is -1.0 the high so far is… Read more »
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 75/59. A strong cold front came through and dropped the temperatures from that high of 75 to the upper 50’s by late afternoon. There was a total of 0.02” of rain fall and 20% of possible sunshine. The overnight low this morning is 55. For today the average H/L is 80/59 the record high of 96 was set in 1952 and the record low of 39 was set in 1917 and 1947. The record rain fall amount of 2.23” fell in 1920.
Slim
It will remain dry and a big warm up starts this weekend and it looks like there will be high in the mid to upper 80’s and lows in the lower 60’s for most of next week. A nice and warm start to calendar summer.
Slim