Veterans Day commemorates Americans who have served in the military. It is observed annually on November 11, this year on a Monday. Thank you for your service.
Yesterday we reached 63.5° and the morning low was 44°.
Low pressure moving across Lower MI will generate showers and a few storms this evening, some of which may produce gusty winds. Tuesday will be the coolest day of the week with highs in the 40s, otherwise expect highs in the 50s. Showers are possible most days this week, except Tuesday, which will be mostly sunny.
Weather History
1911: A tornado outbreak strikes the Midwest, killing more than a dozen people. Nine people are killed as a violent tornado hits Janesville, Wisconsin. Within an hour, survivors of the storm were digging out in near-blizzard conditions with zero-degree temperatures. In Michigan, a tornado kills two people and injures 21 others as it destroys five factories and 21 homes in the northern part of Owosso in Shiawassee County. Another tornado hits southeast of Battle Creek in Calhoun County, leveling barns and taking the roofs off homes. A tornado near Kingsland in Eaton County kills cattle and horses.
1940: The Armistice Day storm strikes with hurricane-force winds, producing blizzard conditions across Minnesota and mountainous waves on Lake Michigan, where five vessels are lost, claiming 66 lives.
1995: A strong cold front passage is followed by high winds and lake-effect snow. From three to seven inches of snow fell across Ottawa and Kent Counties in a six-hour period. The heavy snowfall combined with high winds caused widespread power outages due to tree limbs falling and lines breaking. In South Haven, a garage roof was destroyed by a falling tree. Power outages affected more than 50,000 people.
On November 11, 2019, a winter storm brought widespread heavy snow to Southeast Michigan. The daily snowfall records were broken at Detroit (8.5 inches) and Flint (8.6 inches). The snow continued into the 12th and the event ended up being the biggest November snowstorm on record at Detroit (9.2 inches over the two days) and the third biggest November snowstorm for Flint (9.0 inches over the two days). Snowfall rates of over 1 inch per hour were observed and areas along the lakeshore in the Thumb measured over a foot of snow.
On November 11, 1933, a snowstorm blanketed all of Southeast Michigan with 3 to 5 inches of snow. Saginaw reported 5.1 inches, Flint had 3.0 inches, and Detroit received 3.9 inches of snow.
NWS Forecast
Forecast Discussion
- Strong Winds Today And Sunshine Tuesday Widespread cloud cover will dominate today`s forecast thanks to 850mb temps near 0C supporting robust stratocu development. An isolated shower can`t be ruled out, mainly towards Clare and Mount Pleasant, however shallow moisture depths will keep any showers isolated. The main impactful weather however will be the wind. Mixing heights climb into the 4kft-5kft range with an 850mb jet of up to 50 knots. Forecast soundings suggest gusts will be in the 35-45 mph range. Locally better mixing could support brief periods of advisory level gusts however the lack of confidence in occurrence and duration precludes a wind advisory. Highest winds look to be along the immediate lakeshore and the US10 corridor counties. Winds subside and skies begin to clear tonight as high pressure moves overhead. Clearing skies will allow lows to fall into the 20s. Ridging and high pressure keep plenty of sunshine in the forecast Tuesday, however thermal troughing aloft will keep highs in the 40s. - Chance of rain showers Wednesday Night and Thursday Tuesday night will be dry as high pressure is forecast to be in place both at the surface and aloft. A strong plains upper wave will approach on Wednesday however moving quickly eastward in a progressive upper flow pattern. The upper wave drives into the area Wednesday night and moves through on Thursday. Deeper moisture pivots into the area ahead of and with the upper wave. BUFKIT overviews show solid moisture through 10,000 feet during this time. The moisture is coincident with strong lift in the same layer associated with both lower tropospheric moisture advection and left front exit region lift of a 250mb upper jet streak. Chances for rain peak Wednesday night in the 80-90 pct range. ECMWF and GFS ensemble means both show precipitation from this event being in the quarter to half inch range so no hydro issue whatsoever. We dry out once again with ridging in place from Thursday night through Saturday. - Additional rain chances on Sunday The pattern remains progressive and another upper shortwave plows into the Great Lakes region on Sunday. Slightly better moisture return is seen with this system with regard to surface and 850mb dew points, but the depth of moisture is a bit lacking. Precipitation amounts on Sunday look to be fairly light, less than a tenth or two of an inch. The rain chances persist into Sunday night and Monday with rainfall totals comparable to the mid week event. At this point our highest chances for rain with this event come Sunday night in the 40-50 pct range with an upper low overhead. Normal highs for this time of year are beginning to slip through the 40s. We look to be slightly above normal through the Wednesday through Sunday period with highs mainly in the 50s.
That wind is kicking. 20ft waves forecasted for Superior.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 59/44 there was 0.24” of rainfall. The sun was out just 8% of the possible time. The highest wind gust was 50MPH out of the W. For today the average H/L is 49/34 the record high of 73 and the warmest low of 58 were set in 1909. The record low of 18 was set in 1987 the coldest high of 30 was set in 1950. The wettest was in 1911 with 1.19” the most snowfall was in 1995 with 5.8” the most on the ground at 7AM was 3” in 1933.… Read more »
We now have 10 days of November in the record books and so far the mean is a warm 50.4 for a departure of +3.7 the high for the month so far is 68 and the low so far is 28. There has been 1.92” of rainfall that is +0.78” there has been no snowfall that is a departure of -1.3”
Slim
Yes thank you for your service. We have many family and friends who have served in many branches.
Plainwell VFW did a nice thing offering banners for your to buy with a veteran on it as a fundraiser. It is nice to drive through town to see just some of those who have served…our family bought one to honor our Dad.
And a happy belated birthday to the United States Marine Corps