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Month: February 2018

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 South West Michigan – Some Sunshine Today Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Rain

Sunday, Feb. 18, 2018 South West Michigan – Some Sunshine Today Ahead Of Tomorrow’s Rain

Currently 33 with an average wind from the S of 11 mph dropping that a bit to feeling like 25. Dew Point 24, Humidity 68%, Barometer 30.26 & rising, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 7:35 am, Sunset 6:17 pm. A mix of clouds and sun today. High 39. S winds 10 – 20 mph.

Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers. Low 33. S winds 10 – 20 mph.

Temperatures are going to be pretty much above freezing this coming week, with the addition of some rain, so a lot of our snow cover should vanish. Even the mountains piled up from plows should diminish considerably. Looking forward to that.

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 South West Michigan – Partly Cloudy To Snow

Saturday, Feb. 17, 2018 South West Michigan – Partly Cloudy To Snow

Currently 24 degrees with a S wind of 9mph dropping that to feeling like 14. Dew Point 13, Humidity 62%, Barometer 30.10 & falling, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 7:36 am, Sunset 6:16 pm. Partly cloudy will becoming 70% chance of snow this afternoon. High 34. SW winds 10 – 15 mph.

70% chance of evening snow will change to partly cloudy overnight skies. Low 23. SW winds 10 – 15 mph.

Not a bad morning. A tiny patch of blue sky once in awhile, but the clouds are starting to fill in the holes. Looking for some snow this afternoon/evening, but tomorrow should help get rid of it. Rain coming the beginning of the week, which will help get rid even more of it.

Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 South West Michigan – A Bit Of Blue Skies Today

Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 South West Michigan – A Bit Of Blue Skies Today

Currently 27 with a NW wind of 13 mph making it feel like 16. Dew Point 18, Humidity 70%, Barometer 30.11 & rising, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 7:38 am, Sunset 6:14 pm. Partly to mostly cloudy today with a high near 30. WNW winds  10 – 15 mph.

Cloudy to partly cloudy tonight. Low 11. SW winds 5 -10 mph.

Not a bad morning going on out there today. A few little patches of blue skies showed up for a very brief while. Don’t see any out there right now, but maybe more will show up. At any rate, no new snow today and that’s as good as it gets for mid-February. Might be some showing up on Saturday afternoon, but Sunday will offer sunshine, so that’s no worry either.

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 South West Michigan – Foggy Morning

Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 South West Michigan – Foggy Morning

Currently 39 degrees with a SW wind of 10 mph dropping that to feeling like 31. Dew Point 37, Humidity 95%, Barometer 29.73 & falling, Visibility 1 mi., Sunrise 7:39 am, Sunset 6:13 pm. Cloudy with a slight chance of rain showers. Foggy. High 41. SSW winds 10-15 mph.

Cloudy tonight with that same slight chance of rain showers. Low 23. NNW winds 10 – 15 mph.

Got one of those nicely foggy mornings I like so much.  Not bad temperatures going on but it’s going to be considerably colder tomorrow…like about 20 degrees lower. Oh well…it’s February. In the meantime I’ll enjoy today.

Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 South West Michigan – Happy Valentine’s Day To You

Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018 South West Michigan – Happy Valentine’s Day To You

Currently 34 with a SSW wind of 10 mph dropping that to feeling like 26. Dew Point 28, Humidity 77%, Barometer 30.09 & falling, Visibility 5 mi, Sunrise 7:40 am, Sunset 6:12 pm. Sunny to partly cloudy today. High 40. SW winds 10 – 15 mph.

Early evening sprinkles possible. Fog likely overnight. Low 36. SW winds 10 – 20 mph.

A splendid Valentine’s Day with plenty of morning sunshine. Warmer temperatures will help us eliminate some of the snowy ground cover. Couldn’t ask for better on this 14th day of February.  I hope your day is as good as it can be.

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 South West Michigan – No New Precipitation Today

Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018 South West Michigan – No New Precipitation Today

Currently 20 with a SSE wind of 5 mph dropping that to feeling like 12. Dew Point 8, Humidity 61%, Barometer 30.68 & falling, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:42 am, Sunset 6:10 pm. Partly cloudy to overcast skies today, high 32. SSE winds 5 – 10 mph.

Mostly cloudy tonight with a low of 23. SSW winds 5 – 10 mph.

Started out this morning with a weak sun attempting to bully its way through the clouds, but it couldn’t quite make it. Now it’s totally given in on the battle and it’s obvious there’s no more trying for the rest of the day. However, no new snow coming at us today and there’s nothing to find fault with in that. In fact, not until Thursday, when we may face one of those unwanted wintry mixes, do we see any new precip. Happy, happy days. We most certainly have had enough snow.

Yesterday’s sunshine felt like a day long bottle of energy pills. It was a grand can-do-anything day – and I did the best I could with it :>)

Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 South West Michigan – Sunshine Today!

Monday, Feb. 12, 2018 South West Michigan – Sunshine Today!

Currently 14 degrees with a WNW wind of 5 mph dragging that down to feeling like 7. Dew Point 8, Barometer 30.64 & rising, Humidity 79%, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 7:43 am, Sunset 6:09pm. Lots of sunshine today. High 23. WNW winds 5 – 10 mph.

A few overnight clouds, low 7. Light and variable winds.

No precipitation today! Nothing but sunshine. Sure, it’s cold, but who cares? The sun is shining. February, typically a truly crummy winter month, is giving us a fairly nice week coming up. Thursday might bring around a chance for rain, which in the winter usually doesn’t bode good, but other than that, not a bad week coming up.

The picture is at my daughter-in-law’s workplace this morning. She’s fairly tall, so those snow piles are not small…nothing that’s going to melt away in a big hurry, that’s for sure, because without a doubt there will be more snow added to them before Spring rolls around.

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 South West Michigan – Snow And More Snow

Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 South West Michigan – Snow And More Snow

Currently 22 degrees with a NW wind of 5 mph making it feel like 15. Dew Point 17, Barometer 29.94 & falling, Humidity 82%, Visibility 0.5 mi, Sunrise 7:44 am, Sunset 6:07 pm. 100% chance of snow showers today, high 23. WNW winds 10 – 15 mph.

Partly cloudy tonight, low 8. W winds 5 – 10 mph.

So…the second half of the persistent Winter Storm Mateo came through and gave us another 3 inches of snow. Makes a ground cover of about 11.5″ in my tiny backyard. That’s enough. It just keeps on snowing. Day after day after day after day….

And yes I realize we had a couple of snowless days in January. But they seem like a faint memory now. Just snow. Always snow these day.

Tomorrow we should actually see some sunshine. Can’t wait. It will be rather like a holiday.

Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 South West Michigan – Might Be A Break Today From New Snow

Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 South West Michigan – Might Be A Break Today From New Snow

Currently 17 degrees with a NNE wind of 5 mph dropping that to feeling like 10. Dew Point 10, Barometer 30.24, Humidity 74%, Visibility 7 mi, Sunrise 7:46 am, Sunset 6:06 pm. Generally cloudy today with a high of 23. Light and variable winds.

70% chance of overnight snow. 1-3″ expected. Low 15. Light and variable winds.

Supposedly no new snow today. That’s a good thing. The current snow and cold won’t be going anywhere, but at least we get a day with nothing new added to the snow total on the ground. We really don’t need any more. I measure a bit over 9″ average in my little back yard. That’s plenty. Feeling blessed that Winter Storm Mateo pretty much slid to the south and east of us. Not good news for others in the southern, eastern part of the state, but better news for us here in the South West corner.

We do have a River Flood Advisory in effect until further notice. As of 9am today the stage was 11.4 feet. Bankfull is 12.0. Flood stage is at 18 ft. so there’s a good ways to go yet before things get super serious. But the outlying areas, the low areas are still going to be getting water and ice they don’t need or want.

Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 South West Michigan – More Snow For Today

Friday, Feb. 9, 2018 South West Michigan – More Snow For Today

Currently 17 degrees with an ENE wind of 9 mph dropping that to feeling like 6. Dew Point 14, Barometer 30.27 & falling, Humidity 85%, Visibility 0.3 mi, Sunrise 7:47 am, Sunset 6:05 pm.  There’s a 100% chance of more snow today. Another 1-3″ expected. I did measure 2″ of overnight snow this morning. High around 20. ENE winds 5 – 10 mph.

Mostly cloudy tonight with the chance of some additional snow flurries. Low 12. Light and variable winds.

We do seem to be staying on the outer, upper edges of Winter Storm Mateo and this is good news for us. This month is already living up to its reputation of being a bad winter month. In all fairness it ought to be a whole lot shorter than just one measly day from the rest of them. Should be able to chop off a whole week or so and get on with the month of March. If I only had my druthers…..