Our morning began with visibility close to zero, but now that the sun is up, it seems to be dissipating. Today should be the beginning of a significant warm-up for us with highs expected in the mid 70s. Hurricane Florence should keep a large high pressure center in place most of the week which will bring us wonderful weather. Our last trip to our campground is in another week and I’m hoping that this weather holds until we get back. …
With the eastern seaboard bracing for Hurricane Florence, we are expected to be spared from this storm, even though it appears to be heading right for us. One local meteorologist said that strong high pressure will keep it to our east and it will stall out over those unfortunate to be in it’s path causing flooding rains. I certainly hope it does miss us since we don’t need anymore rain. At this time, our extended forecast looks terrific with plenty…
I won’t complain about the temperatures but I really wish that we’d have more sun. It was in the forecast for yesterday afternoon but it didn’t happen. Maybe today. At least we can now go outdoors now without feeling. wet. There is a large area of rain to our south, in Indiana and Ohio. The forecast isn’t calling for any rain for us today and I hope that is so. We sure don’t need anymore. Our 9:30 AM temperature is…
What a difference a few days makes. Today feels like a day in late September or early October but that’s okay. We haven’t even reached 70°F today and it’s possible that we won’t. From what I’ve heard, these cooler temperatures are just temporary and there will be more very warm weather still to come. I hope that it happens at the end of the month which will be our last trip to our campground. This is my favorite time of…
The first week of September hasn’t been kind to Michigan as many lines of storms moved through bringing damaging winds and tornadoes to the state over a 5 day period. Fortunately, we didn’t get any here but one of the tornadoes struck just to our west in Bath Township, just north of Lansing. https://www.mlive.com/weather/index.ssf/2018/09/recent_tornadoes_were_spread_o.html We received just under an inch of rain total during this period. Now that the cold front has finally moved through, our temperatures will be much…
Today should be the last of this oppressive weather. A cold front will move through with more storms expected, then some decent weather will be a welcome relief. We should see highs only in the 70s for the remainder of the week. This has been an unusually stormy early September for Michigan. I hope that it is over for the remainder of our autumn season. Right now (11 AM), our temp is 84°F (29°C), the humidity is 66%, and skies…
Yesterday brought more heavy rain to the same areas that were affected by Tuesday’s storms. We sat out last night watching the lightning as it passed to our northwest. We did receive a little rain overnight, only 0.01″. The areas that were hit received over an inch of rain in some places. This is becoming a daily event and it is expected to continue until Thursday. Then we will finally get some dryer, cooler temps. The past several days have…
Yesterday was quite tranquil until late afternoon. We then began to see storms develop with even a tornado warning in the Jackson area. I haven’t heard of any damage or actual tornadoes however. We had a couple of thunderstorms move through early this morning giving us total of 0.54″ of precip for the day. Today continues to see the possibility of more storm development and very warm temperatures. Highs are expected to reach the mid to upper 80s with continued…
Thousands are still without power in northern lower Michigan after severe storms moved through the state on Tuesday night. At least 4 tornadoes have been confirmed and much straight line wind damage in the mid sections of the state. The above picture is from an EF2 tornado which struck in Lapeer. Clare, Ogemaw, and Arenac Counties were also hard hit. We were very lucky because although we received very heavy rain, there was no wind damage. We did have quite…
Last night was very stormy in Michigan with many cleaning up the damage this morning. Fortunately, all we got was heavy rain and a lot of thunder. The central regions of the state seem to have the most damage. Many trees are down and the roof blown off a house near West Branch. Severe weather warnings and watches were numerous last night, and I saw many CoCoRahs rain amounts this morning over 3 inches. Needless to say, there are many…