We had .02 of an inch of rain yesterday and the temperature was 75° for the high and 61° for the low. Partly to mostly sunny skies are expected today with an outside chance for a shower.
Grand Rapids Forecast
8 8 grrU.S.A and Global Events for August 8th
1874: Swarms of Rocky Mountain locusts invaded Denver, Colorado. Millions were seen cruising through the air. The insects were picked up by a thunderstorm gust front and carried into the city. The grasshoppers ravaged crops in surrounding counties for the last month. Click HERE for more information about The Year of the Locust, 1874.
2007: A tornado bounces across Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York, ripping off roofs and damaging dozens of buildings. The EF-2 twister hopscotched through Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge and Sunset Park neighborhoods around 6:30 a.m.
1882: An August snowstorm was reported by a ship on Lake Michigan, dumping 6 inches of snow and slush on the deck. Snow showers were reported at shore points.
1983: The temperature at Big Horn Basin, WY reached 115 degrees to establish a state record.
Forecast Discussion
Diurnal cumulus can be expected to form by this afternoon. Model soundings show some shallow moisture and narrow CAPE, just enough to allow some updrafts forming along and east of a lake breeze this afternoon a low chance to bring some showers and maybe even a thunderstorm before activity diminishes with lowering sun angle this evening. Then we look to Wednesday when a shortwave trough approaches from the west, although the stronger northern stream upper low remains separate from the southern stream trough, which results in Lower Michigan being in between best lift and deeper moisture. The latest GFS, ECMWF and Hi-Res FV3 all seem to be on the same page in keeping the bulk of the rains along and southwest of the southern forecast area through Wednesday afternoon. .LONG TERM...(Wednesday night through Monday) - Scattered Showers and storms Possible Wednesday night The models have come into some sort of agreement on the passage of the large upper level low Wednesday night. While some disparity on upper level placement remains, there is much more consistency in location and timing. The 500 mb upper low remains north of Lake Superior with a 500 mb shortwave trough moving across Iowa and northern Illinois. The 500 mb low has a tight gradient aloft due to a building ridge over central Canada. There is also a nice ribbon of moisture along the boundary. The two upper level jet segments should interact near or over the Great Lakes region. The best moisture will be associated with the shortwave trough moving south of Michigan and will trek eastward into Thursday. However the ribbon of moisture shown in the 1000mb-500mb relative humidity will swing through southern lower Michigan late Wednesday night into Thursday. This could bring some scattered showers across the region. The best area will be north of the US 10 corridor and east then through eastern Michigan, especially the thumb. -Best chance For Showers and Thunderstorms Friday Night into Saturday The zonal pattern will continue which is anomalous for this time of year. The EC has a deeper trough but the ensembles do show a short wave trough digging into the region with a mid level low moving into the Great Lakes. Ensemble suites and deterministic models have continued to show synoptic support for showers and thunderstorms Friday into Friday night. There should be some nice shear aloft due to the presence of a rather strong mid level jet for early August. Latest models showing 45 to 50 LLJ which also coincides with an approaching upper level jet. PWATS from the NAEFS and GEFS are fairly modest though the EC ensemble anomalies are in the +2 range with 1.5 inches of PWAT swinging through southern Lower. This will allow for enough moisture. Couple with this with the shear and instability and there could be the potential for severe weather headed into the weekend.
830pm and its getting dark outside Fall is moving in fast I love it!! INDY
Get the bon fires ready! I love cool summers and cool Falls! Bring it!
Yesterday was yet another below normal temp day in GR! Wow!
The official H/L yesterday was 79/62 there was a trace of rain fall reported. For the month there has been 0.60” of rain fall. There was 30% of possible sunshine the highest wind gust was 23MPH out of the NW. There were 6 CDD’s for the month so far there have been 46 that is a departure from average of -10. For today the average H/L is 82/62 the record high of 96 was set way back in 1894 and the record low of 43 was set in 1989.
Slim
The week ahead looks to have temperatures near to a little below average and there will be a few chances of showers with the best chance over the weekend. Highs will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s and lows in the 60’s
Slim
July was very hot for Mother Earth:
https://www.wlns.com/top-stories/scientists-make-it-official-july-was-the-hottest-month-on-record-by-far/
Here in our area we lucked out and missed almost all of the heat this summer.
Slim
It’s hard to believe that we are above average for 90-degree days for the season. The heat was so early on, but it has been nice since. It has been a very pleasant summer here. Shorts weather every day and lots of sunshine.