I usually have a weather history post on Wednesdays but with the multiple hazards in place, I will forego that today. We reached 50° yesterday with a low of 26°. We had .50 of an inch of rain (not official) from my digital rain gauge – I will have to melt the precip in my […]
Latest thinking is that snow will end a little earlier than previously expected, with activity tapering off from northwest to southeast during the afternoon. This map shows how much additional snow will fall after 6AM this morning. Radar estimates and ground reports indicate that we have already seen between 2 and 4 inches over the […]
Feature image is from Sandy (Hudsonville) taken near the piers in Holland, thanks. If you have a photo you would like posted email it to me and I will eventually get them up. We are now experiencing synoptic snow events rather than the lake effect we have had in the previous month. So far the […]
Another year has passed us by which weather wise had been on the warm side until the last couple months when the bottom has dropped out which has brought us the coldest air we have seen in quite some time. The warnings and advisories will expire at noon today. Occasional bursts of snow will affect […]
[kad_youtube url=”https://youtu.be/mN7LW0Y00kE” maxwidth=600 ] This is one of the old Christmas standards from Dean Martin and is a good segue into this holidays weather coming up. We have multiple winter weather advisories for the area and warnings for St. Joseph and Berrien Counties. Here is the latest from the NWS as of 7:30am. Unless otherwise […]
First up – another winter weather advisory for the counties along the lake shore and one county in. A burst of lake effect snow will move through the area from early this morning into this afternoon. Plan on slippery road conditions, including during the morning commute. Snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are expected. […]
[columns] [span6] [/span6][span6] [/span6][/columns] Above are the GFS models which show our temperatures bouncing all over the place from now through Christmas. The first is the precipitation model from the 19th to the 26th showing a mixed bag with the possibility of rain and snow through the period. The temperature map show the cooler air […]
[columns] [span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][span4] [/span4][/columns] Above are all the winter weather advisories for the state (in blue). There is a winter storm warning for Berrian County (in pink) where heavy lake effect snow expected. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 7 inches, with localized amounts up to 9 inches, are expected. This extends into La […]
For those of you interested in the science of snow here ya go: Snow cover is a part of the cryosphere, (where water is in solid form), which traces its origins to the Greek word kryos for frost. Snow is precipitation in the form of ice crystals. It originates in clouds when temperatures are […]
Well, all good things must come to and end. One could not ask for a better weekend as this past one with lots of sunshine and temperatures in the fifties. We probably won’t see the fifties again for awhile – I would say perhaps not until late March but, knowing how our last couple winters […]