After the storms of last Thursday, life goes on as a large group of people with chain saws, trucks and other equipment are there helping to clean up the mess. The final assessment of these storms is that there were four tornadoes total, two here in Shiawassee County and two in Genesee County. They were all EF0s except for the one that hit closest to us. That was rated as an EF2. The upcoming week is looking to be quite…
Photo of 3/14/19 tornado taken near Durand, Mi There are still a lot of road closures in the Durand area and authorities are warning people to stay away from the affected areas. There appears to be much more damage than what I first thought. There were two tornadoes that went through our county. The first was an EF0, and the second is now claimed to be an EF2. That’s the one that hit Vernon, a small village five miles…
Yesterday was supposed to be our beautiful warm, spring-like day with highs in the 60s and warm sun. But I’ve lived in Michigan long enough to know that having weather like that this early in the year can be dangerous. I was at the hospital most of the day having a heart cath done, and my nurse and I were talking about this exact thing happening. When I was released, my husband, son and I stopped for dinner at a…
Tomorrow, we could see highs near 70° but that also brings the possibility of severe weather. Unfortunately, that’s the price that we must pay for wonderful spring warmth that comes early in Michigan. It started raining around 8:30 this morning and it is expected to continue through most of the day. It looks like the forecast for tomorrow has changed a bit with some sun possible late in the afternoon. Next week, temperatures will return to normal levels. Our 10…
Today is expected to be a beautiful day here in Michigan with sunny skies, light winds, and highs in the low to mid 40s. We have so much ice in the yard that it’s hazardous to walk out there, and I’m hoping that it finally melts over the next few days. Our forecast is calling for highs in the upper 60s to possibly 70° on Thursday, so that should finally take care of our remaining snow/ice. Our 9:45 AM temp…
Looking out the window this morning, it looks absolutely lovely. But when you stick your had out, there is a brisk wind which takes away some of the glory. Regardless, we’ll take the sun. Yesterday was cloudy and very windy and I didn’t venture out at all. There was a wind advisory most of the day but the winds didn’t calm down much after the advisory expired. We lost most of our snow and what remains will be gone by…
After a very pleasant Saturday, today has taken a turn for the worse. Heavy rain moved in late last night and there was 0.35″ in my gauge. There is a wind advisory in effect and radar is showing that most of the precip has past us. Our high for the day is what we now have as temperatures will be falling throughout the remainder of the day. Most of our snow is gone except where snowbanks were and in the…
Today will begin a significant warm-up with highs near 40° and overnight lows above freezing. Unfortunately, it also means rain; But we have filtered sunshine right now and moderate temps, so we can enjoy this while it lasts. The extended forecast is calling for highs near 60°F on Thursday, but that will be short lived. I have to go to the hospital for a heart cath that day, so I don’t expect to be able to enjoy much of it. …
It’s always very pleasant to wake up to sunshine, even if the temperatures aren’t what they should be. Our temps have been about 15-20 degrees below average but that’s about to change. Each day should be a little warmer and highs should stabilize near normal next week. Looking ahead, highs on March 14 are projected to be near 60°F. That would be heavenly! Our 8:45 AM temp is 16°F (-9°C), the humidity is 68% and skies are clear. The pressure…
I’m hoping that after these next few days, that we will be finished with the single digit and teen temperatures. We are expecting highs in the forties this weekend and in the 30s all next week. Maybe we have finally turned the corner on extreme winter weather. Today is Ash Wednesday, and as we look forward to the Easter season, I hope the weather does also. Yesterday was cloudy most of the day with a few peaks of the sun,…