Summer Time, well not really summer time but at 2AM (or before you go to bed) we will change to what is called Daylight Saving Time. Daylight Savings Time started when time zones in the nation were standardized with the Uniform Time Act in 1966. In 2025 Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 9 at 2 a.m. Daylight saving time is in effect between March and November when most Americans adjust their clocks ahead by one hour. In 2025 Daylight saving time ends on Sunday, Nov. 2. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time. President Trump declared in December that “the Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time,” on Truth Social, the social media platform he owns. The change would require an act of Congress, which has not seen a major push on the issue. Bills to switch to what we now call Daylight Savings Time have been introduced in both houses of Congress but have languished in committee after being introduced in January. I for one would favor going to what we now call Daylight Savings Time all year long. Anyway don’t forget to turn you non self-setting clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed tonight.
THE GRAND RAPIDS CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 7 2025
The H/L was 37/28 there was 0.02” of rainfall and a trace of snowfall. The highest wind gust was 23 MPH out of the W. The sun was out 10% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is 41/25 the record high of 78 was in 2000 the coldest high of 12 was in 1932, the record was -13 in 1943 the warmest low of 50 was in 2000. The most rainfall of 1.02” was in 1942 the most snowfall of 4.5” was in 1931 the most on the ground was 17” in 2014. The sun is above the horizon today for 11h 35m.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
240 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
KEY MESSAGES
– LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
– WARMING AND DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY
– TRENDING DRIER FOR MID-WEEK, WARMING UP LATE WEEK
DISCUSSION
ISSUED AT 240 AM EST SAT MAR 8 2025
– LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
CLEAR SKIES BEHIND A DEPARTING COLD FRONT WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY
THIS AFTERNOON AS A MID-LEVEL WAVE ARRIVES. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT
AREAS NORTH OF M20 COULD SEE LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING, THOUGH EVENING HI-RES GUIDANCE FAVORS ANY PRECIPITATION
STAYING NORTH OF US10. ANY ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF
INCH.
– WARMING AND DRY SUNDAY AND MONDAY
BEHIND THE AFOREMENTIONED SHORTWAVE A BROAD MID-LEVEL RIDGE MOVES
INTO THE REGION FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM UP SIGNIFICANTLY WITH HIGHS MONDAY NEAR 60. PLENTY OF SUNSHINE
IS EXPECTED GIVEN A DRY AMBIENT AIRMASS, AND GIVEN STRONG WAA
SENDING 850 MB TEMPS TO NEAR +10C, CAN’T RULE OUT TEMPS
OVERPERFORMING OVER GUIDANCE SLIGHTLY. THE ONLY POTENTIALLY NOTABLE
WEATHER IS THE AMPLE MIXING ALLOWING GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.
– TRENDING DRIER FOR MID-WEEK, WARMING UP LATE WEEK
A SHORTWAVE CROSSING NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY WILL SEND A
COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. LATEST TRENDS HAVE AN EARLIER FROPA
WHICH WOULD KEEP HIGHS IN THE 50S TUESDAY AS A SLIGHTLY COOLER
AIRMASS ARRIVES. POOR MOISTURE QUALITY WILL KEEP THIS FRONTAL
PASSAGE DRY.
THE WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY TIMEFRAME CONTINUES TO TREND DRIER AS A
PERIOD OF SURFACE RIDGING SCOURS OUT ANY LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE, AND THE
MID-LEVEL WAVE THAT WOULD HAVE DRAWN UP GULF MOISTURE STAYS WELL
SOUTH. WILL KEEP LOW (~20 PERCENT) POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR NOW
GIVEN THE GFS AND SOME LREF MEMBERS TRY TO BRING LIGHT SHOWERS INTO
THE AREA.
MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THE WEEKEND AS
A PACIFIC TROUGH EJECTS INTO THE PLAINS SENDING A COLORADO LOW INTO
THE UPPER MIDWEST. HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT WE STAY ON THE WARM SIDE OF
THIS LOW WITH HIGHS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY LIKELY AT LEAST REACHING THE
60S. THIS WILL ALSO ADVECT GULF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION BRINGING
MORE SUBSTANTIAL RAIN CHANCES TO WEST MICHIGAN.