The feature image is the forecast from the SPC (Storm Prediction Center) for tonight. Most of Michigan is in the marginal risk area and the enhanced and slight risk area in the U.P. and Wisconsin. The main risk for our area is wind and heavy rain.
The focus for storms today will be in the northern zones of the lower peninsula, the best chances for storms for SW Michigan are tonight after 11pm. The main feature for today will be the unseasonably warm temperatures around 80°. Temps will be in the 70s overnight before a cold front moves through and drops our temps to the low 60s for Thursday.
We will again see warm temps through the weekend with predicted highs in the 70s to near 80° by Monday. We will continue to see our unsettled pattern last through at least Sunday with chances of rain everyday.
Weather History
September 30
1899: September ended on a very cool note with a record low of 21 degrees at Lansing and afternoon highs only in the 40s. The high of 44 degrees at Muskegon made for the coldest September maximum temperature on record there.
October 1
1897: Temperatures reach record highs with both Lansing and Grand Rapids hitting 89 degrees. It is the highest temperature ever recorded in October at Grand Rapids.
1974: Cloudy and cold weather prevails with high temperatures in the 40s and snowflakes observed at Muskegon.
October 2
1880: A tornado cut a 15 mile long path of destruction from southern Barry and Eaton Counties into northern Calhoun County. Two children were killed and several other people injured near Bellevue, when the tornado picked up a house and carried it 200 feet before it disintegrated. The roar of the tornado could be heard six miles away.
October 3
1898: Lansing hits 90 degrees for its highest October temperature.
1954: Heavy rains cause some minor flooding across southwest Lower Michigan. Grand Rapids and Muskegon both have their wettest October days on record with rainfall totals around 3.5 inches.
1974: Temperatures plummet into the 20s as very cold weather continues. Record lows include 22 degrees at Lansing, 23 at Grand Rapids, and 25 at Muskegon.
October 4
1935: Snowflakes are observed across Lower Michigan and Grand Rapids has a record cold high temperature of 42 degrees.
1951: Summer-like weather prevailed with lows in the mid 60s and highs in the 80s. Record highs include 87 degrees at Grand Rapids, 86 at Lansing and 83 at Muskegon.
October 5
2005: Balmy weather prevails across Lower Michigan, especially along the coast of Lake Michigan, where the low temperature for the day at Muskegon is a record warm 70 degrees, followed by a high of 80 degrees.
October 6
1998: A squall line moved across Lower Michigan producing tornadoes, downbursts, and some flooding. A tornado struck Ferris State University in Big Rapids, injuring seven students. Another tornado moved from northern Isabella County into southern Clare County, damaging several homes. Total damage with the storms was more than a million dollars.
Ahhh…one perfect evening for 2018
Turned the A/C back on today. What a great summer like day !!
It feels like a July night out there! Warm and very humid. WOOD has three 80 degree days in the forecast for next week too. We’ll be mowing the lawn on Christmas at this rate.
TRACKING some good storms in Wisconsin! Looking after midnight for GR!! stay tuned! INDY!
Storms?…nope. Quite simply, not our weather
Already 81 degrees in GR with a summery dew point of 68 degrees. Not many days we see a dew point higher than the average high!
Take a picture of it! 65* tomorrow back to Fall! The cold front is close!! INDYDOG14!!
Tomorrow may be one of those days when the high temp is at midnight.
No need for pictures when it will be right back in the 80’s next week, which by then we are getting into mid October.
Hey Barry it’s sunny out you better open the ZLand dome up!! Lol!!
We’re all starting to think you are the one living in a dome. After all, you are the only one that claimed all your trees changed color in August and we’re empty and you were raking by mid September. Show us all some proof. We can all look at the Houghton webcam, way up in the U.P., and clearly still see the dominant color is green. If it’s mostly green up there, it’s mostly green down here.
False we get snow rain wind sun you name it out at thee YARDofBRICKS unlike Zland lol! INDY!!
So you deny that you made this post back in August. Interesting:
INDY
All the trees are getting a yellow glo to them the green is going away fast and so is summer!! INDY!!
ReplyAugust 30, 2018 9:47 am
We are now in October, and maybe a generous 5% of some trees have a yellow glow now.
Lol like I said before the beat goes on! In weather news we may get severe storms tonight in GR! Stay Tuned!! INDYDOG14!
Own it. You make the claims, back them up.
Indy gets busted again!
Mookie is cool! Lol
80 degrees and muggy today. More upper 70’s and 80’s next week. Is this October?
The yupee could see some Tornadoe action today we need to berrrrrr watching that line as it rolls south into a warm area over night!! Already contacted my tracking friends even got Bill Steffens on line 1! Mis his comment blog section!! Stay Tuned! INDY!
Didn’t you say 2 weeks ago that the fall colors were coming early this year and that we were done with the 80’s?
Ohh it must be warm outside and look mookie comes on the blog lol! INDY!!
Storm Warning for Lake Superior. Calling for waves up to 26′ overnight.