I enjoyed the Spotter training yesterday – very informative. This is my third year and it seems I pick up more info every year. If you want a copy of the Skywarn field guide you can find it here. You can get the spotters guides here. Here is the Skywarn main page. It was great…
Pretty much the whole state of Maine has snow warnings in place for up to two feet of snow and winds up to 35mph. When I lived out there in the 1970s nor’easters didn’t seem to be a big deal with the exception of having to dig out driveways and plank over the snow the…
Snow showers, locally heavy at times, can be expected the next couple days as slow moving low pressure continues to impact the area. This morning the heaviest snow showers will be from Grand Rapids to the south and east. The snow showers will finally end for the weekend, although it will remain chilly. We have…
After a great sunny weekend it is time has come to dust off the snow shovels as the sunny skies fade away to cloudy conditions and cold air proceeds to move back in. Winter storm warnings and advisories stop at our doorstep of lake Michigan – they extend from Wisconsin to Montana with blizzard warnings…
Next Saturday is our local SkyWarn Spotter Training for Allegan and Barry Counties. It is located at the Luella Collins Community Center in Shelbyville, I will provide a map later this week. I will be there with hopefully Bill Steffen – and maybe Bill Marino who is in charge of CoCoRaHS for SW Michigan. It…
These are the kind of patterns us weather people enjoy just like everyone else but it leaves not much to talk about in regards to weather anyway. The seed catalogs have been arriving for plans of what will go into our gardens this year. I am going to try growing my tomatoes and peppers in…
The storm track is becoming a bit more clear but the issue is still when the rain will change over to snow. Ottawa, Kent, Allegan, Van Buren and Kalamazoo counties and to the east continue with the winter weather advisory until 10 pm tonight. The counties in pink have a winter storm warning where up…
February 25 1957: Mild and rainy weather prevails with lows in the 40s and highs in the 50s. The low of 47 degrees at Grand Rapids sets a record for the warmest low temperature for the date. Over an inch of rain falls as a cold front moves through. February 26 2000: Record warm weather…
Fair weather will continue today across Southwest Lower Michigan with a good deal of sunshine and very warm temperatures for February. Normal highs today range from 33 to 37 degrees, but we will be 20 degrees warmer than that. Readings should top out in the mid to upper 50s in most areas, the exception being…
It is nice to have the sun making an appearance plus the winds yesterday helping to dry things out. Rivers have crested or are cresting at levels not seen in years, or decades in some cases. Moderate to major flooding is occurring in several locations, even in locations which have already crested. The Kalamazoo/Grand river…