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Month: February 2018

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 South West Michigan – More Snow Coming

Thursday, Feb. 8, 2018 South West Michigan – More Snow Coming

Currently 16 degrees with a WSW wind of 9 mph dragging that down to feeling like 5. Dew Point 11, Barometer 30.39, Humidity 77%, Visibility 6 mi, Sunrise 7:48 am, Sunset 6:03 pm. Cloudy today with a 40% chance of morning snow. High around 20.

Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 9pm today through Saturday morning.  Winter Storm Mateo appears to be taking aim at us. Hoping we’re on the upper edge of it and won’t see as much as those to the south in my state. We’ll soon see. Tonight will see an 80% chance of snow. 1-3″ expected, low 13. SSE winds 5 – 10 mph.

I guess if I’m going to get out of the house this week, today is the day. And I shall. Tomorrow and Saturday sound like a nightmare on the roads again. SO sick of snow and winter. It just keeps on keeping on. I’m busy fighting my usual winter blues. Trying to stay busy and think Spring. Not easy in spite of the zillions of things I have to do here in my little nest. Trying to dredge up the interest in doing any of it, there is the thing. Got the Winter Olympics to look forward to right quick here and that’s always a thrill for me. I hate to miss any of it, so I’ll be glued to the TV set for the duration. I can get busy with crafting while I’m watching and hopefully haul myself out of this winter slump.

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 South West Michigan – Clouds But No New Snow Today

Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018 South West Michigan – Clouds But No New Snow Today

Currently 19 with a WNW wind of 7 mph dropping that  to 10. Dew Point 7, Barometer 30.44 & rising, Humidity 58%, Visibility 9 mi, Sunrise 7:51 am, Sunset 6:01 pm. Mostly cloudy today, high 21. Light and variable winds.

70% chance of overnight snow. Low 13. Light and variable winds.

Our most uneventful day of the week, so I think I’ll dash out to the library and the store. I plan to pretty much hibernate this week. Nothing but cold and snow…what’s the point? A great week to stay inside for me.

Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 South West Michigan – It Just Keeps On Snowing

Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 South West Michigan – It Just Keeps On Snowing

Currently 13 degrees with a WSW wind of 11 mph dragging that down to feeling like -1. Dew Point 5, Barometer 30.24 & rising, Humidity 70%, Visibility 8 mi, Sunrise 7:52 am, Sunset 5:59 pm.  Winter Weather Advisory in effect from this evening through tomorrow morning. 50% chance of snow today, high 17 WSW winds 10 -2 0 mph.

70% chance of overnight snow. Another 1-3″. Low near 10. WSW winds 5 – 10 mph.

We have about 6 1/2″ of snow on the ground now. And it just keeps on snowing. A little here, a little there. No end in sight this week. A dreary, wintry week ahead.

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 South West Michigan – We’ve Got Snow

Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018 South West Michigan – We’ve Got Snow

Currently 17 degrees with a N wind dropping that to feeling like 3. Dew Point 13, Barometer 29.90 & rising, Humidity 82%, Visibility 0.3 mi, Sunrise 7:53 am, Sunset 5:58 pm. 100% chance of morning snow which will diminish to afternoon snow showers. High 18. N winds 10 -20 mph. 1-3″ expected.

Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy. Low 6. WNW winds 5 – 10 mph.

Winter Weather Advisory in effect until noon today. Got about 4.5 ” overnight and it’s still snowing. And I’ll tell you, having shoveled the back out to where I feed the critters and shoveling the front sidewalk, it’s a heavy, wet snow. Not a good one for moving it around. I was careful, but I can sure feel it already. I hate winter!

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 South West Michigan – Snow Expected

Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018 South West Michigan – Snow Expected

Currently 23 with a S wind of 15 mph dropping that to feeling like 9 degrees. Winter Weather Advisory In Effect. Today 80% chance of snow. 1-3″ expected, high 28. Tonight 90% chance of snow. 1-3″ expected. Low around 20.

Got about an inch of new snow overnight with more coming today and tomorrow. We never know here quite what to expect. We are so close to the lake that sometimes that lake effect wanders a bit in our direction, which could mean a bit more snow than is expected. I guess it’s a wait and see thing. The only thing it looks as if we can look forward to is at least some snow is coming our way.

Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 South West Michigan – Groundhog’s Day Prediction

Friday, Feb. 2, 2018 South West Michigan – Groundhog’s Day Prediction

Currently 12 degrees with a W wind of 10 mph dropping that down to feeling like 0. Dew Point 5, Barometer 30.47 & rising, Humidity 71%, Visibility 8 mi, Sunrise 7:56am, Sunset 5:55 pm. Cloudy with a 50% chance of snow showers. High 16

Partly cloudy to cloudy with a 40% chance of snow showers. Low 13. SW winds 5 – 10 mph.

So, the little rodent meteorologist saw his shadow and that means 6 more weeks of winter, right? Since he’s right about 50% of the time, I guess you can take that with whatever faith you can conjure up. At any rate, it’s darn cold here and looks to remain so.

The weather yesterday was weird. As I went into the theater, it was 25 degrees, not a bad day going on. When I came out two hours later it was 16 degrees with a wind blowing to hard it took your breath away. Probably because it felt as if it was full of tiny ice crystals or little bits of hard snowflakes. That wind was strong enough to rock the car on the road and looking into the distance it appeared to be a faint gray screen surrounded everything, a screen that you drove in and out off as you went along. Those tiny ice crystals at work, I suspect.  Cold, just bitter cold.

 

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 South West Michigan – Cold Beginning To A New Month

Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 South West Michigan – Cold Beginning To A New Month

Currently 26 with a WNW wind of 19 mph dropping that to feeling like a cold 11. Dew Point 14, Barometer 29.94, Humidity 61%, Visibility 10 mi, Sunrise 7:57 am, Sunset 5:54 pm. Windy! Cloudy with morning snow showers. High of 25 dropping to 15. NW winds 20 – 30 mph.

Cloudy tonight with a low near 10. NW winds 10 -20 mph.

Starting out as a not so bad morning but it does sound as it things are going to deteriorate throughout the day. Dang! By tonight it’s going to be in the teens with probably a little more snow gracing the ground. That’s okay. This is February. A short, busy month and the best of all? It’s soon going to be March and my yearly promise to myself? “March could be nice!” And sometimes it is. Maybe this year. Let’s hope so.