Yesterday was just as nice as Thursday was awful. We lucked out here in northern Michigan, as well as at home. Our total rainfall at home was 0.84 inches while the mid portions of lower Michigan recorded as much ass 8 inches from this storm. There are many closed roads due to flooding and some were even totally washed out. My relatives at the Stoney Point cabins recorded an inch total. Mother Nature, however, made up for it yesterday with…
After our Thursday being almost a complete wash out, today is absolutely wonderful. The rain, which was supposed to continue into this morning, ended during the early evening, and we were able to have a campfire last night. At home, the storms continued this morning and my son reported that there was 0.80 in in my gauge as of 9 AM. Here in Cheboygan, my sister-in-law reported an inch of rain at the cabins. In spite of rain, our temps…
Although they are saying that today won’t be a total washout, one would be a bit skeptical looking at the radar. We haven’t had much rain so far, but it looks like there is a lot more on the way. it rained fairly hard around 6 AM but it didn’t last long. Most seems to be to our south, at least for now. Camping isn’t a very pleasant experience when it rains all day. Our 8:30 AM temp is 59°F…
This morning is bright but chilly. Our trip yesterday was uneventful and we made good time with very little traffic. we did run into a little rain on the way up but just a few sprinkles. Today should be a nice one with no rain in the forecast and warmer temps. Durand received 0.02″ of rain with clearing skies toward late afternoon and evening. Our Topinabee 8:30 am temp is 59.2°F, winds are from the NW at 3 mph, and…
It is cool and breezy this morning. Yesterday brought popcorn showers and thunderstorms to the state and we got one which only lasted about 5 minutes, but it was a very hard rain. There was 0.05″ in my gauge this morning. Other than that, our Monday was dry and windy. We will be heading north to Indian River this morning and it appears that we will be having cool weather there for the week. There is also a little rain…
Our morning is bright, cool, and pleasant. I slept with the windows wide open last night and it felt so good. I’m thankful for my AC on hot nights, but there is nothing like a nice, cool breeze and fresh air for sleeping. It is looking like it will be a pleasant day right now, but a local meteorologist is warning that it may not last. http://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2017/06/michigan_weather_today_sky_cha.html We really do need to get our lawn mowed before the trip up…
Yesterday brought a rain event like we haven’t seen in a very long time. We received a total of 2.05″. The rain began about 7 PM and continued through the overnight with thunder. We were lucky since many areas were affected by damaging winds also. The Chesaning area, which is about 15 miles to our north, had many downed trees and even one collapsed barn. We continue to have rain in the forecast today, so it doesn’t look like it…
A long line of thunderstorms are training over an area from Chicago to north of Toronto, Ontario. We received an inch of rain in about 20 minutes a few hours ago, and light rain has continued since then. Radar continues to show this line of storms moving from the SW to the NE and no sign of weakening at this time. They are moving along I-69 and include Battle Creek, Lansing, and Flint. A special weather statement was issued for…
We received a stray shower early this morning although it didn’t amount to much. There was only 0.03″ in my gauge at 8 AM, then another 0.02″ after that. The radar looked like we should get a lot more, but it didn’t happen. Right now (9:15 AM), the sky is clearing and the sun is shining. It’s going to be another hot one. We will be going up to the campground next week and I’m hoping that temps there will…
Yesterday, we thought for sure that we would get some much needed rain. There was a large area of yellow/red cells on the radar from the early afternoon. It moved very slowly toward us and didn’t near our area until almost midnight. The problem was that when it finally approached us, it changed directions to the northeast. We got the very bottom edge leaving only 0.01″ in my gauge. What a disappointment. The farmers around me have all planted, and…