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 […]
Hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas. One of the more interesting gifts I received is a storm glass (to the left) from my step-daughter. The storm glass or chemical weather glass was an instrument which was proposed as a method for predicting weather. It consisted of a special liquid placed inside a sealed transparent […]
Definitely a white Christmas over most of the area. We had a quick dump of snow when the lake effect band moved on shore early this morning. Kalamazoo is reporting 5 inches, we have about 4 inches here in Otsego. The lake effect bands are starting to set up as of 7am, though weak at […]
Cold out there this morning – when I let the dogs out for their morning constitutional it was a quick process – our indoor cat decided to check out the snow, she spent out 30 seconds out there before she scampered back in. 19° in Otsego at 7am – temperature is pretty consistent around the […]
4 PM Update WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT TO 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY for Mason, Oceana, Muskegon, Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren Counties. Heavy lake effect will develop tonight. Travel will be very difficult including during the morning commute on Tuesday. Snow accumulations of 9 to 13 inches, with localized amounts up to 17 inches, […]