17 Sep 2017 Explanation of New Forecast Page by michaelv | posted in: Weather Forecast | 3 Forecast models will be moving to the new site I am not providing them on the blog anymore. The new forecast page is here. Still maintaining the tabbed format as before with more features including NAM models. Each…
Explanation of New Forecast Page
The Flood of 1986
The Flood of 1986 by SlimJim | posted in: SlimJim, Weather History | 5 Vassar September, is generally a transition month between summer and fall, and brings a taming of the summer heat and thunderstorms. Normal rainfall amounts drop off from the summer maximum and the weather, more often than not, goes into more…
Montana First Snows – Allegan Country Fair
15 Sep 2017 Montana First Snows – Allegan Country Fair by michaelv | posted in: Weather Forecast | 4 Went on our annual pilgrimage to the Allegan County Fair yesterday. This is the 165th year of the fair – I have probably gone to 40 of them. I like to talk to the public and…
Irma – Jose – Katia
6 Sep 2017 Irma – Jose – Katia by michaelv | posted in: Weather Forecast | 11 We now have tropical storms Jose and Katia to throw into the mix of an active weather pattern in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. Our main concern is Irma which is still forecast to move up towards…
Welcome to Meteorological Fall!
With the end of meteorological summer, it now time to turn our attention to September and the start of fall. Here in Grand Rapids the mean average temperature for September is 62.6° The hottest it has been here in Grand Rapids in September was 98° on September 16th 1899 and September 2nd 1913…
Can Summer be Over?
There will be updates on Harvey today and that will be the weather headline for this weekend. The picture is from last fall not this year. We are now coming to the end of August and the end of meteorological summer. While August still has a few days to go the mean so far…
The Great Galveston Hurricane
A lot to talk about this morning, not for Michigan – If you are planning a trip to eastern Texas – don’t… this is our first major hurricane of the season. September 8th marks the 117th anniversary of the great Galveston hurricane. The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 storm, with winds of up…
Eclipse Forecasts by michaelv | posted in: solar eclipse, Weather Forecast | 9 I was wandering around the various NWS sites south of Michigan to see local forecasts for Monday – didn’t have much time to check every zone to where you may be traveling – plus it is still a bit early to determine…
Here Comes August
Well July is now almost over and one can ask where has summer gone? So far this summer here in Grand Rapids it has been a rather typical Michigan summer. That means not too hot, enough rain to keep most things green. It now looks like GRR has a very good chance of ending July…
Some Michigan averages and extremes
This week I will take a look at some annual Michigan averages and then look as some extremes over the years. I think we have seen less thunderstorms in the last few years just by looking at the number of “Thunderstorms day” for GR I don’t think one gets an accurate idea as I think…