Yesterday we hit 63.9° with mostly sunny skies. Currently, we have 53.1° at 6 am. Doesn’t get much better than that for early spring.
Yesterday I started the series on watersheds in Michigan. I continue today with the Grand Rapids watershed.
The Grand River watershed includes the Grand River, which at 260 miles is Michigan’s longest. It has several major tributaries, the Thornapple, the Maple, and the Flat Rivers, and many minor tributaries, including Sycamore Creek and the Looking Glass, the Rogue, and the Red Cedar Rivers. The main stream rises in Hillsdale County and flows through Ionia to Grand Rapids and to its outlet at Grand Haven on Lake Michigan. The Red Cedar joins in Lansing. The major tributaries enter the Grand River near Ionia in the relatively flat area west of Grand Rapids. The environmental significance of the Grand River system, particularly its headwaters and upper tributaries, is critically important for both Lake Michigan and the entire Great Lakes region. It features extensive wetlands such as the Chandler marsh system that reaches from East Lansing to Bath/Laingsburg, bogs, and upland and river systems. It also boasts aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity that is unique among Michigan’s inland areas. The upper Grand River watershed connects rural, upstream agricultural communities with sprawling suburban areas, diverse, industry-dotted urban zones, and Lake Michigan. Land use within the watershed is approximately 53 percent agricultural, 27 percent urban, and 20 percent forested. Issues within the watershed include nutrients, increased turbidity, and reduced water quality within the Grand River system.
Here are the current levels and flow rates:
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Should have put some fertilizer on the yard this morning…
Boy it’s windy outside I hope we don’t lose power ….INDY
Lots of rain coming this week I see 3 to 4 storms coming only going to make the rivers higher with possible flooding …We need to keep a eye on it …INDY
I’m going to get some grass seed today I’m getting ready to put some down have to pay attention to the low temps the next couple weeks we shall see…We are getting there ….INDY..
You don’t want the rain to wash it away either.
Even most of the U.P. was well into the 50’s yesterday. Must be a bunch of slop wherever there’s snow left yet.
Get ready for a major cold front and a cold weekend coming up! Forget golf, I may head up to snow country for another weekend of winter fun! Who knew?
Yeaaa possibility the next time it’s in the 60’s again maybe the end of March or into April ..We are getting there ….INDY
Remember when Indy mocked me for saying we’d see 60’s in March? It only took 8 days to hit 63 degrees…
Lol …. 8 days in is right but again it maybe the only 60* degree we see this month we shall see anything different to say ??? We are getting there …INDY….
Was that an apology? I couldn’t tell.
Ahh no not even close to a mockery nice try though we are getting there …INDY
I predicted 107 inches of snow this winter but no way did I predict 60*s in March lol…INDY
I have been saying this for awhile lots of cold air is to our north and warm lks will make for some heavy snows in March mark it down …INDY
Lots of cold air coming looks that way into March probably more snow to with all the warm lakes INDY …
Your point give it up stop going backwards move ahead! Hopefully we see more 60’s this month but I doubt it mock that lol We are getting there .INDY
GR also average 8 inches of snow in March so only being March 8th we still can get some snow this month with record cold in Alaska this year yes there is a lot cold air still to our north we shall see we are getting there …Have a good day …INDY
At this time it is 51 both here at my house and at GRR a very warm morning for early March here in west Michigan
Slim
Let’s hope the warmer lakes and no ice cover helps with storms that cross over and they don’t fall apart this Spring ..On a Winter thought I said to my wife this morning probably a first since late September our furnace did not run once overnight we are getting there well doses 710 am count it just kicked on darn it.. Unbelievable…Have a great Monday INDY
Wow 63 degrees in GR! That didn’t take long to get into the 60’s in March.
The average first 60 day at Grand Rapids in the last 30 years is March 7th so just about right at the 30 years average.
Slim
We also average 8 inches of snow in March still aways to go we shall see…INDY