Yesterday was a perfect late summer, early fall day. Our high was 76° after a morning low of 55°. Today will be a rerun of yesterday with highs near 80° with sunny skies. Normal high temps are 77° and the low is 56°. Sunrise is 7:14 am and sunset is 8:04 pm.
Sunny skies and warm temperatures will continue through Friday. The weather over the weekend will become unsettled as chances for showers or thunderstorms increase late Saturday into Sunday. The exact timing and amount of rain and chance of thunderstorms remain difficult to pin down, as there will be two weather systems interacting with each other’s path as they both approach Michigan.
Looking ahead our high temps are expected to remain above normal for this time of year and precip near normal.
Forecast Discussion
- Locally Dense Fog this Morning - A combination of effective radiational cooling due to clear skies and calm winds with slightly elevated dewpoints has resulted in locally dense fog development early this morning. Recent HRRR runs show fog development across much of the southern half of lower MI. Similar to yesterday morning, any fog that develops this morning will dissipate shortly after sunrise. - Showers and Storms Early Next Week - High pressure currently settled over the region will move east through the rest of this week and into the start of next. Quiet weather will persist today through to Saturday with plenty of sunshine and temperatures in the low 80s. Rain chances will increase near the end of the week and into next as a mid to upper level low forms over the Central Plains and progresses east into the Great Lakes by the Sunday/Monday time frame. Heavy rainfall will be the main hazard to monitor for as a moisture-rich system lifting north from the Gulf merges with the Central Plains system. PWAT values will increase into the 1.5-2 inch range, particularly over Southern MI. This axis of heavy rainfall is expected Sunday/Monday with some lingering showers possible into Tuesday and early Wednesday.
The GR National Weather Service rocks! Their state of the art equipment yields pin point and accurate temp readings! Incredible!
Beautiful Fall Day 78 degrees in my hood .. Wait till this weekend cooler weather.in view .. INDY
We are now 1/3rd way thru September 2022 and at Grand Rapids the mean so far is 69.3 that is a departure of +1.7 the highest reading this month so far has been 85 and the coolest so far 56. (it was 55 last night) and so far just 0.03” of rain fall. Now remember that mean of 69.3 for Grand Rapids. Because at Lansing their mean is at 69.4 but their departure is +2.8. Lansing has recorded 0.57” of rain fall. The mean at Holland is at 69.8 and that is a departure from average of +3.1 and they… Read more »
GR once again the relative ice box of Lower Michigan. What a joke!
The mean at both GR and Lansing were very similar it is just that Lansing was cooler in the past.
Slim
That’s why I said relative.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 79/56 there was no rain fall reported and there was 99% of possible sunshine. The over night low here in MBY was 56 the official overnight low was 55. For today the average H/L remains at 77/56 the record high of 95 was recorded in 1897,1922 and 1960 the record low of 36 was recorded in 1951.
Slim
What a summer! No heat waves and plenty of sun and plenty of near normal temps with a few below normal temps thrown in for good measure! Wow just wow!
I laughed out loud when you said no heat waves LOL