My thoughts and prayers go out to MV and family as yesterday morning Michael’s brother passed away. So I will fill in for MV for a couple of days.
We now have 7 days of December 2023 in the record books and with a mean at Grand Rapids of 36.2 it is +2.7° there has been 0.80” of precipitation and with only 0.1” of snowfall the snow drought continues. The high so far this month has been 47 and the low so far is only 30. For the season Grand Rapids only has 2.0” of total snowfall and that is -9.1” and with almost no snow in the forecast we will add to that deficit. The official H/L yesterday was 47/30 there was no rain/snow the sun was out a reported 46% of the possible time. The highest wind gust was 24 MPH out of the SW. For today the average H/L is 38/27 the record high of 64 was in 1966 and the record low of 2 was in 2005. The most rain fall of 0.78” fell in 1980 and the most snowfall of 4.5” fell in 1937. The most snow on the ground was 9” in 1909. Last year the H/L was 37/29.
On this date in SW Michigan
1966: Temperatures reach record highs in the mid 60s only four days after record lows on the single numbers at Grand Rapids. The high of 64 degrees on this date followed the low of 8 degrees on the 4th.
2005: Cold weather prevails during the first half of December with record lows of 2 degrees above zero set at both Grand Rapids and Muskegon on this date.
And in SE Michigan
2006, high temperatures were below freezing including 29 degrees at Detroit and Saginaw, and 27 degrees at Flint. This would be the last day in the month of December 2006 that the temperatures stayed below freezing. This December ranks as the 2nd warmest in Flint history, 3rd warmest for Saginaw, and the 5th warmest for Detroit.
1966, Detroit Metro had a record high of 66 degrees.
Today should be a very mild day with some sun and a high in the lower 50’s tomorrow also should be warm to start before falling later in the day. At the current time here in MBY I have a temperature of 31.
REA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
300 AM EST FRI DEC 8 2023
LATEST UPDATE...
SHORT TERM/LONG TERM/MARINE
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM EST FRI DEC 8 2023
WARM AIR ADVECTION WILL INCREASE TODAY AS SOUTHERLY WINDS RAMP UP
LATER THIS MORNING AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS IN CONJUNCTION
WITH SOME SUN WILL HELP TO BOOST HIGH TEMPS INTO THE LOWER TO
MIDDLE 50'S. RAIN SHOWER DEVELOPMENT WILL ONLY OCCUR LATE THIS
EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND COLD FRONT
APPROACH AND DEEPER MOISTURE MOVES IN AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM.
THE RELATIVELY BEST CHC FOR SHOWERS WILL COME FROM ROUGHLY 10Z-17Z
SATURDAY ALONG AND JUST AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS SUGGESTED BY
THE 00Z HREF. HOWEVER QPF AMOUNTS WITH THIS SYSTEM LOOK RATHER
LIGHT AT MOSTLY AROUND TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH. A BRIEF
PERIOD OF DRY WX SHOULD RETURN AFTER FROPA FROM MID TO LATE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 300 AM EST FRI DEC 8 2023
LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS
COLDER AIR, WITH 850 MB TEMPS TO MINUS 10C MOVES IN. INVERSION
HEIGHTS ARE AROUND 5 KFT, WHICH WILL LIMIT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
TO GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS IN NORTHWEST FLOW.
THE THERMAL TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST ON MONDAY WITH FAIR WEATHER UNDER
RISING HEIGHTS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
Sorry for your loss MV. I’ve had 3 uncles pass in the past 3 weeks, been a sad time.
Weather wise, what a ridiculously perfect December day. Spent most of it power washing our parking lot, at the time of the year we’d normally be salting it for ice. Could we make it through December with virtually zero snow??
Ugh Barry…sorry for the difficult time you are all going through as well!!!
I am sorry to hear about your brother passing. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family .
Looking to get out and hit up 9 holes somewhere on this early fall like day! Who wouldn’t want weather like this all winter!?!? WOW!! I welcome global warming with open arms here in Michigan!
Winter blowtorch?
At this time there are hints that it could stay mild and dry well into January. Snow might be very hard to come by this winter.
Slim
Sorry for your loss Michael. Our family will be praying for you.
So sorry for your loss, MV. Prayers to you and your family 🙏
Michael & family,
I read your brother’s obituary last night …he sounded like a great guy!! Will be thinking of you all during this difficult time.
Thanks Slim for stepping in!!
Sounds like a good day to enjoy the weather!! I keep wanting to put more lights up when the weather is nice. Lol!
Heres the obit
https://www.winkelfuneralhome.com/gregory-l-morris/
Prayers to you MV
MV so sorry to hear of your loss. I have 6 siblings, and I can only imagine what you and the family are going through. I also will pray for your healing.
Sending prayers up for Michael and the VanLent family. 🙏😞