Yesterday we had a high temperature of 79° and the morning low was 48°. Today will be much the same as yesterday, dry and warm with highs near 80°. As we progress through the weekend the temperatures will build into the mid-80s with higher dewpoints. Monday and Tuesday of next week we will see temperatures near 90 with a stray popup thundershower possible.
Weather History
2002: In less than three hours, several inches of rain caused flash flooding in Kalamazoo, where two homes and two businesses sustained extensive damage. Waldo Stadium, on the campus of Western Michigan University, also had major flooding. At one point, three feet of standing water covered the entire football field. The flooding caused an estimated 200,000 dollars in damage.
2002 Storm (click to animate)
2007: Severe weather strikes Lower Michigan with large hail and damaging winds. Some of the worst damage is across Montcalm County where thousands of trees are downed by a tornado and downburst combination that produced estimated wind speeds up to 100 mph.
On August 23, 2007, the event began with a thunderstorm in Midland County that moved east across the Thumb. This storm produced some large hail and the first tornado of 2007 near Argyle in northwestern Sanilac County. At the same time this was occurring, a very fast-moving squall line approached the lower half of Southeast Lower Michigan. Although the squall line became less organized, it still produced numerous reports of wind damage between M-59 and Interstate 94.
8 23 storm System (click to animate)
Also on August 23, 1998, Clio reported 1-inch hail that came with a severe thunderstorm at 6:50 pm.
NWS Forecast
Forecast Discussion
- Warming Up Early Next Week Temperatures on the incline through the end of this week and into the start of next week. 850mb thermal ridge noses overhead by Sunday, peaking towards +20 Monday and Tuesday. This will translate to highs in the upper 80s to low 90s. Humidity will steadily increase Sunday through Tuesday, resulting in Heat Index values around 90 on Sunday, 90 to 95 Monday, and into mid to upper 90s Tuesday. - Mostly Dry with Low Precipitation Chances Mid-level ridging supports surface high pressure over the region, but a few weak shortwaves riding the top of the ridge will present a few sparse chances for showers. The first is expected late Saturday, but rain should stay primarily to our west. Ensemble guidance suggests periodic rain chances increase early next week, likely a factor of the warm and moist environment supportive of diurnal pulse showers/storms. However, large scale subsidence with persistent surface high pressure should keep these shower chances low. A pattern shift will bring a stronger upper-level trough through southern Canada late in the week. This will present better chances for showers/storms but considerable uncertainty remains.
The official H/L yesterday at GR was 77/50 there was no rainfall the sun was out 94% of the time. The highest wind gust was 18 MPH out of the NW. For today the average H/L is 80/61 the record high of 96 was set in 1947 the coldest high of 65 was set in 1961 the record low of 43 was set in back to back years of 1951 and 1952. The record rainfall of 1.91” fell in 1910. The overnight low here in MBY was yet another cool 53 at the current time it is cloudy here and… Read more »