Mid Michigan Weather

Another heat wave has affected Michigan once again although it is expected to be short-lived.  We should see cooler temperatures tomorrow and throughout the coming week.  Unfortunately, it will bring rain with it.  We have lucked with our weather so far and it has been dry with comfortable temperatures.  Yesterday was stifling however, with highs reaching the low 90s and high humidity. Our 9:30 AM temp is 79°F (26°C), the humidity is 60%, and winds are from the southwest at…

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Yesterday brought rain to most of lower Michigan although  most areas didn’t get that much.  Here in Topinabee, it was mostly thunder and some wind.  The rain amounted to hard sprinkles which lasted about 15 minutes.  At home, they only got 0.05 in.  I don’t have a rain gauge here at the campground but I don’t think that we even got that much.  This morning is very cool and cloudy.  Our high is expected to be in the low 70s…

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DROUGHT AREAS It has been over a month for some parts of Michigan since they have received  any rain.  We were lucky and got some about 4-5 days ago, but we could use a lot more.  Scattered showers and thunderstorms formed over he state yesterday afternoon but they all missed my area.  The central regions seem to get most of it.  At least the lawn may not grow that much while we are gone although chances of rain seem to…

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The little rain that we received last week didn’t do much to end the drought in my area, but it did manage to green the grass up enough so that we had to mow.  Fortunately, the unbearable heat is gone and not expected to return.  We will be heading up to our campground Wednesday and the extended forecast sounds quite nice at this time.  Our weather this summer has been quite docile with no bad storms in my area.  In…

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A local meteorologist is telling us that the remainder of our summer will be on the cool side.  I certainly have no problem with that.  Seventies and low eighties are perfect in my book.  There were scattered showers and thunderstorms that popped up late yesterday and my area managed to remain in the path of one brief but fairly heavy shower.  It only lasted about ten minutes and dropped 0.04″ of rain.  No rain is expected today and breezes will…

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Cooler temperatures and low humidity were the norm yesterday but any rain that developed totally missed us.  It was a very pleasant day and today should be much the same.  I think that we can give the AC a rest for awhile.  It has been too hot to get much done around the yard but the extended forecast is for cooler weather the remainder of the summer.  I’m fine with that. Our 8 AM temp is 62°F (17°C), the humidity…

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We woke this morning to dense fog and cloudy skies.  I almost turned off the AC last night and so glad I didn’t.  Our low only fell to around 70°F, and with the fog, there was very high humidity.  It is already clearing a bit but we have more rain in the forecast.  There was 0.03″ in my gauge, just enough to keep the ground moist.  We only saw a few sprinkles yesterday so most of the rain must have…

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The rain that we got yesterday seemed rather insignificant but it did measure as 0.06″ in my gauge.  The low pressure that has passed over us is moving ever so slowly to our southeast, and it continues to bring periods of light rain to the area.  Altogether we only got a little over a quarter inch total, the grass has greened up so it did do some good.  I just hope that we don’t have to wait another three weeks…

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Although we have only received a quarter of an inch of rain so far, it has revived the lawn a bit.  Yesterday only brought sprinkles but radar is showing  more rain coming from the east.  What we get today should be it for awhile.  Many areas of the state received much more with some getting well over an inch.  We weren’t that lucky. Our 8:45 AM temp is 68°F (20°C), the humidity is 90%, and winds are from the NE…

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The rain began around 9 PM last night and intermittent showers continued throughout the night.  There was 0.20″ in my gauge at 7:30 and it has continued since then.  The  forecast is calling for rain throughout the day and into tomorrow, and we certainly welcome it.  This is our first significant rain since June 28.  There is a low pressure center sitting just to our southwest and is very slowly moving off to the southeast.  My lawn is already looking…

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