There are many who are still without power, and reinforcements are coming in from neighboring states to help with repairs . Local power companies estimate that most power should be restored by Sunday night. Our ground cover is white, but not with snow. It is all ice, mainly sleet, two inches of it. There won’t be any melting today since temps aren’t expected to rise above freezing. Right now, the sun is surprising us with a visit, but I don’t…
Looking at the power outage maps this morning, I feel very fortunate. My picture is from my son who lives near Detroit. So many without power this morning, but we aren’t one of them. Our lights blinked off for about 10 seconds, but then came back on. I feel blessed. Yes, we have two generators but they only power half the house and that’s better than nothing. Our ground is covered with 1.5″ of frozen slush. We had mostly sleet…
So far, we only have a light covering of snow, and there is nothing happening at this time. My area is right on the line between snow and ice, so we aren’t certain yet what to expect. Our generators are ready to go just in case, and the latest forecast doesn’t sound good. Regardless, we aren’t planning to go anywhere today as the local weather gurus are warning that travel late today will be impossible. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look now…
Currently, we are under a winter storm watch with some discrepancies as to what we can expect. My YouTube weather guy, Ryan Hall, is warning that we could get a major ice storm with up to 0.5″ of ice. NOAA is saying only 0.1 to 0.2″ of ice, with 1-2 inches of snow. Weather Underground is saying that it will be mostly snow for us with 5-8 inches possible. It’s going to be interesting to see who is right. I’m…
We lost the rest of the snow and ice from last week’s storm, but now we have another expected to arrive on Wednesday. It sound pretty much like the last one. It’s supposed to start with snow, then change to sleet and freezing rain after that. I’m glad that I don’t have to go anywhere on Thursday, because I don’t imagine that the roads will be very good. Today shouldn’t be too bad although I think our sun is done…
The highs yesterday made it into the mid 40s and we lost a lot of snow and ice. This morning began with sun but now it has become mostly cloudy. We could see a high near 50°F this afternoon. Our snow cover has dwindled to about 30% and I expect that to be gone by tonight. Unfortunately, we have another ice/snow/sleet storm coming our way for Wednesday. This, so far, sounds like it will be more ice than snow, so…
It has warmed up significantly since this morning, and most of the ice and snow has melted on the blacktop roads. Temps were in the teens this morning, and now have reached the upper 30s. With the sun, it is much warmer. Unfortunately, it is quite windy, making it feel a lot cooler. But we’re getting rid of the ice and that’s a good thing. Our 12:45 PM temp is 39°F (4°C), the humidity is 61%, and skies are mostly…
We had a winter mess late yesterday which began as rain, then changed to freezing rain and sleet, then snow on top of that. It only amounted to 1-2 inches of ground cover, but everything was a bit icy this morning. We had to go out shopping and the roads weren’t too bad by noon. Now the sun is out and there is quite a bit of melting happening, even though the temperatures aren’t that warm. Temps will be warming…
Today is a yucky day to say the least, but we aren’t getting severe weather like they are in the south. I’m happy for that. Instead, we are expecting freezing drizzle with some snow mixed in. All we have had so far is a little drizzle. At this time, it is doing nothing but we could see up to two inches of snow/ice later on. Our 3:15 PM temperature is 31°F, the humidity is 90%, and skies are overcast. Winds…
Yesterday broke some records for warmest day, but didn’t quite make it here. Our temperatures were in the mid 50s most of the day and even overnight. Now our temps are dropping and a wind advisory is in effect until 4 PM. Tomorrow looks to be a very stormy one, especially for the states south of us. As for us, we are expecting a mix of snow and ice. I had an appointment in Lansing which I cancelled. I don’t…