The keyword for today and tomorrow is “pleasant” with temps at or slightly below normal for daytime highs. We are closing in on the peak of summer, the halfway point when we will see daylight slowly shorten and the heat of the day is reaching its apex. Chances of rain are fairly slim over the […]
The title of the post may be a bit deceptive, we may see warmer temps however the struggle to maintain a period of 80° or better over the next week is iffy at best. The extended period of cloud cover and cooler temps with lots of rain seems to be embedded over Michigan. If Grand […]
We will be ‘enjoying’ fall-like weather today. As Mr. Negative would say “living in the southern fringes of the Arctic our expectations of a normal summer are anything but normal”. We can have cool wet days in the summer however they generally are few and far between. We aren’t actually in summer yet as it […]
My wife and I both cook, generally rather well with years of experience under our belts. My specialties are fish, liver and onions and last night I made lamb chops. The latter two are acquired tastes as is wild game which we also like having been raised and grown into these diets. I am also […]
First off I would like to wish a happy birthday to my wife who will forever remain ageless and beautiful to me. This is the time of year for celebration and family, the giving of gifts and love in which she excels. Part of getting older is the ability to retain the youthful playfulness we […]
Today we enter into the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year and the beginning of the Christmas holiday. Many will begin their extended Christmas holiday this weekend through next week and this year there appears to be no travel hazards in Michigan and no heavy snow to worry about. My wife’s birthday is […]
Here we are at the end of meteorological summer. I will let Slim our great statistician give you the standings and comparisons to how we stack up against previous summers but it isn’t hard to deny we had a warm one indeed. August ended our dry spell – we had 6.67 inches here in Otsego […]
April 15 1943: Temperatures plunge into the teens as snowflakes swirl in the arctic winds. Record lows include 16 degrees at Muskegon and 18 degrees at Grand Rapids. 2002: A four day stretch of record warm weather peaks across Lower Michigan with Grand Rapids hitting 86 degrees and Lansing 84. April 16 1961: From 6 […]
What is hail? Hail is a form of precipitation that occurs when updrafts in thunderstorms carry raindrops upward into extremely cold areas of the atmosphere where they freeze into balls of ice. Hail can damage aircraft, homes and cars, and can be deadly to livestock and people. How does hail form? Hailstones grow by colliding […]
Thunderstorm Types Often called “popcorn” convection, single-cell thunderstorms are small, brief, weak storms that grow and die within an hour or so. They are typically driven by heating on a summer afternoon. Single-cell storms may produce brief heavy rain and lightning. A squall line. [+] A multi-cell storm is a common, garden-variety thunderstorm in which new […]