Yesterday we had another warm day with a high of 80° and a low of 63°. Today we will see temperatures rise again to the mid to upper 70s. The week ahead will feature temperatures near or above 70°. Temperatures will cool into the 60s to begin next week. There will be slight chances of rain tomorrow and Friday.
The tropics are ramping up in the Atlantic with two named storms – none will affect the US.
Weather History
1899: September ended on a very cool note with a record low of 21 degrees at Lansing and afternoon highs only in the 40s. The high of 44 degrees at Muskegon made for the coldest September maximum temperature on record there.
On September 30, 2002, the very warm and dry month ended with record high temperatures of 86 degrees at both Saginaw and Flint. Flint ended the month with their driest September, 0.29 inches, and Saginaw had their second driest September, 0.39 inches. After an extremely hot and dry July and August, the weather of September 2002 only exasperated drought conditions. During the first half of the month, hundreds of communities across the area were under water restrictions. Hardest hit from the drought was the agricultural industry. September yields across most of the area were estimated at under 50 percent and many counties across eastern Michigan were declared agricultural disaster areas.
On September 30, 1987, a thunderstorm brought 3/4-inch hail and winds gusting to 65 mph in Wayne County.
NWS Forecast
Forecast Discussion
- Patchy fog possible this morning with Warm weather today Any lingering showers and most of the low clouds remains along the Michigan border. The dropping temperatures and low level moisture coupled with calm winds could allow for some patchy fog this morning, especially in and around Jackson. A positively tiled ridge will build over the region today. This will bring fair weather with max temperatures today expected to be in the upper 70s to low 80s which is 10 to 15 degrees above normal - Chance of showers and storms Tuesday The warm temps and fair weather will be short lived as an upper level system will swing a cold front through the region tomorrow. There is still a narrow band of moisture that will correspond with the cold front which could spark some thunderstorms Tuesday afternoon. Latest models continue to show a lack of moisture through the western portion of the state which makes instability questionable. As the front gets through the central lower peninsula the short wave amplifies and HREF is showing then around 500 to 1000 J/kg of CAPE. So while moisture remains limited through the western side of the state the eastern half should 1 to 1.25 inch PWATS. That anomalous moisture could aid in thunderstorm development Tuesday afternoon. So have trended upward in POPS with an thunderstorms west of US 131 and mainly along and east of the US 127 corridor. The front will cool temperatures and move through quickly exiting the region Tuesday night. - Mostly Dry and Seasonal Mid to Late Week A fairly uneventful mid to late week period expected with a zonal flow aloft dominating and the upper jet core remaining mostly to our north along the U.S./Canadian border. High temperatures will average near to above normal in the 65 to 75 degree range. Some patchy frost cannot be ruled out early Wed morning north of I-96 depending on the extent of clearing behind Tuesday`s cold front. A weak sfc frontal boundary is shown to come into the area on Thursday and stall out nearby into Friday. Upper jet entrance region dynamics may come into play as the swift Pacific jet temporarily buckles south into the Upper Midwest, but moisture looks to be lacking and only 20 pops seem justified at this time. A better cold front may enter the picture next Sunday which could support a better risk of showers. However cluster analysis that far out currently depicts considerable uncertainty as to whether or not upper troughing to support that front digs south into the region, and to what extent. Only 20-30 pops are justified at this time.
I know AccuWeather isn’t always accurate… but it has us pretty warm the first few weeks of October. So probably lots of 60s/70s coming up. Should be a nice stretch!
Average right now I believe is 68 or 69 so near to slightly above average will be nice.
Although it’s will be interested to see if the temps end up maybe a couple degrees warmer due to the dry conditions. We shall see I guess.
Grand Rapids has been in all the sunshine. Yesterday at my house we had some breaks in the clouds but lots of overcast yesterday. I’m in Lansing right now and it is solidly cloudy and quite cool at 60 currently. I’d rather have the clouds than sun personally.
We’ve had a few peeks of sun. It’s warmed up nicely. Currently 74 here.
Lansing airport has 66. I’m in full sun at my house with 71.
We have reached the last day of a very warm September the mean temperature at Grand Rapids so far this month is 66.9 we will end the month at either the 9th or 8th warmest on record. At Muskegon it will be the 2nd warmest with a mean of 67.0 at Lansing it will be the 10 warmest with a mean of 66.1 And up at he Sault it will be their warmest September with a mean of 64.1 records go back to 1888 at the Sault.
Slim
Bring on the cold front! Winter could be wild this year! You heard it here first! Mark it down!