Not a whole lot to talk about in the short term snow wise. Temperatures will return to what would be expected for January after enjoying the warmth of this past week with rain and even some lightning – we have been enjoying some sun which we usually don’t see a lot of this time of…
A quiet weather pattern is setting up for the next couple days with warming temperatures and some sun making an appearance from time to time. This will lull us into a false sense of security before the next storm system moves in bringing with it some snow. Indications are we will see another Arctic outbreak…
Once again the snow cover will begin to disappear – it has already compacted and settled ready to turn to mush. Great Lakes ice cover is 27.6% much greater than last year and water temperatures are in the low to mid 40s. The screen captures are from yesterday showing the ice along the Lake Michigan…
A quiet weather and a slow warming trend will occur over the next several days. The warmest air will surge into the area on Sunday and Monday ahead of an approaching low pressure system. This system will provide widespread rain and windy conditions from late Sunday through Monday. A strong cold front will push through…
Another cold morning as this blast of Arctic air holds on for a couple more days. We have 7° in Otsego with a wind chill of 0. Grand Rapids is reporting 15°, Kalamazoo is at 7°, Lansing 13° and the low teens along the lakeshore. These are all reports from 7am. Occasional light snow will…
Hope you enjoyed the rare all day sunshine yesterday even though it was frigid. The cats and dogs enjoyed it as they were laying in the sunbeams coming through the windows. Safe journey to Slim as he heads south to escape the merciless cold of our northern climate. Enjoy your trip! The winter weather advisory…
We have have been lucky thus far this winter with the lack of synoptic snow events as most of our snow has been from clipper systems. The cold air and lack of moisture, and a mainly north wind has limited lake effect but had built up a snow base over a few weeks rather than…
It feels like a spring morning with temperatures in the low to mid 50s. Currently 52° here in Otsego, 54 near Lansing, 56 in Ypsilanti and 55 in South Haven. My driveway is clear (down to the gravel) for the first time in three weeks and the road is a sloppy mess. Tis the season…
The Winter Weather Advisory expires at 9am. Temperatures are around freezing this morning and I feel this is rather balmy compared to the bone chilling air we have been experiencing. The big question is will we have a repeat of last winter or will we have a return to the frigid Arctic airmass. The models…
This stretch of very cold and at times record-breaking weather is approaching two weeks. Dec 25-31 was the coldest final week to any year on record. Temperatures stayed below 20 degrees for 12 days in a row at Grand Rapids — one day shy of the record (1912). The record setting cold streak is finally…