Baby birds are leaving their nests. I had two out in my backyard yesterday morning trying to learn how to fly as I tried to keep the cats away from them. They survived and flew away into a tree by early evening. One of our cats did get one that fell from a nest in the side yard. It is best to leave these babies be as most will survive and learn to fly in a few hours.
Yesterday we reached 69° with a morning low of 54°. I recorded .13 of an inch of rain.
We may see a few showers today as the low pressure begins to leave the area. The sun may make an appearance later in the day. Temperatures will improve as we move through the rest of the week getting into the mid-70s. Next week will start off in the 80s.
NWS Forecast
Weather History
1895: The second heat wave of the month gets underway with record highs of 94 degrees at Grand Rapids and Lansing.
1947: Muskegon records its latest snow on record as some wet snowflakes mix in with cold rain. The high temperature for the day is only 47 degrees after a low of 35.
On May 29, 2011, a thunderstorm complex rolled through southeast Michigan during the peak heating of the day, resulting in scattered wind damage reports across the area, mainly south of Interstate 69. Embedded circulations within the line of thunderstorms lead to localized wind gusts to 80 mph with one EF1 tornado over southern Shiawassee County.
1947: An unprecedented late-spring snowstorm blasts portions of the Midwest from eastern Wyoming to eastern Upper Michigan. The heavy snow caused severe damage to power and telephone lines and the already-leafed-out vegetation. Click HERE for more information from the NWS Office in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
1982: Two significant tornadoes ripped through southern Illinois. The most severe was an F4 that touched down northeast of Carbondale, Illinois then moved to Marion. The twister had multiple vortices within the main funnel. Extensive damage occurred at the Marion Airport. A total of 10 people were killed, and 181 were injured. 648 homes and 200 cars were damaged or destroyed, with total damages around $100 million.
1986: Hailstones over 3 inches in diameter pounded South Shore in Montreal, Quebec Canada causing over $65 million in damage.
Forecast Discussion
- Lingering rain this morning,a clearing and cold night into Thurs The slow moving upper level trough continues to fuel a quasi stationary boundary allowing for continued rain showers through far southwest Michigan. Rain showers continue along and south of the I 94 corridor and west of Battle Creek. While the showers continue to decrease in intensity they have spread out in area. Building ridge over the the central Plains into central Canada will slowly push the upper level low and the moist boundary fueling these showers eastward this afternoon. Dry northerly flow downsloping off the building ridge will advect into the area, ending showers this afternoon as the boundary is finally pushed into the Ohio river valley and the Mid Atlantic. Lower Michigan will remain in a juxtaposition between the positively tilted upper level trough extending from the upper level low to the northeast and the building ridge to the west. This will keep dry air over the area into Thursday with persistent northerly winds. The northerly flow advecting dry air into the area will bring clear skies tonight into Thursday morning. Lows will drop tonight into the mid 30s along and north of the US 10 corridor. So patchy frost is likely, however the winds should remain strong enough for it to not become widespread. Maximum temperatures will creep back into the upper 60s to low 70s today and tomorrow though highs remain slightly below normal. - Low Chance of Weekend Showers, Mainly Saturday After a sunny/pleasant Friday with highs in the mid 70s, models are still sending a shortwave from the Central Plains through the region on Saturday. However incoming precip could struggle due to a pre- existing dry/stable air mass over MI. Generally only a 20-30 percent shower chance anticipated at this time and any thunder threat should be restricted to far srn sections. Still fairly good potential for a dry Sunday in the wake of that shortwave but a small (20) pop was maintained mainly south and east of GRR. - Periodic Shower/Storm Chances Early Next Week Flat/zonal upper flow for early next week will probably send a shortwave or two through Lwr MI but timing of such waves remains low. Currently it looks like the best wave comes through later Monday into Monday night with shortwave ridging following on Tuesday, but will have to see if that holds. Otherwise rising dew points and sfc instability in warm pattern will support a daily shower/tstm chance each day early next week, enhanced by any shortwave troughs and/or areas of sfc convergence.
Keep the cool below average Temps going not seeing any heatwaves as far as the eyes can see! Let’s gooo!! Love this weather INDY
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The overnight low here in MBY was 53 I had 0.03” of rainfall yesterday and overnight. At the current time it is mostly Cloudy and 55.
Slim
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 70/54 there was a trace of rainfall. The sun was out 35% of the possible time. For today the average H/L is 74/53 the record high of 93 was set in 2018 and the record low of 35 was set in 1966 the most rainfall of 0.80” fell in 1946. Last year the H/L was 86/52.
Slim