Murphy's Weather

Currently 71 with an average wind from the NE of 3 mph. Feels like 71 degrees. Dew Point 66, Barometer 30.02 & falling, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:02 am, Sunset 9:20 pm.

Mostly sunny until midday becoming partly cloudy with a 50% chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm later on. High in the upper 80s. SE winds 5 mph.

Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of a shower or thunderstorm in the evening. Low in the mid 60s. Light winds.

Yesterday presented a lovely rain with my backyard ending up with about .40″. Nothing flashy or loud, a steady rumble of distant thunder with a gentle downpour that freshened tree leaves and dry grass. We do have a small chance later today and perhaps tomorrow for a bit more rain but unless things change, I don’t see much coming at us for the entire next week. Going to be dry but the temperatures seem to be settling down into the low 80s, maybe even some 70 degree range days. Might end up a pleasant week.

Currently 82 with an average wind from the NNE of 2 mph. Feels like 86 degrees. Dew Point 72, Barometer 30.08 & falling, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:02 am, Sunset 9:20 pm.

Patchy morning fog. Mostly sunny becoming partly sunny with a 60% chance of showers and a slight chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. High in the mid 80s. Light winds becoming E 5 -10 mph.

Partly cloudy with a 40% chance of overnight showers and thunderstorms. Patchy dense fog possible. Light winds becoming E 5 – 10 mph.

There is the opportunity to see a total solar eclipse around dawn tomorrow. Our area could – if the skies cooperate and you have a a clear view of the horizon – have the chance to see 30 or 40% of this event. If you do try to see it, make sure you have the proper eye protection because even with a small viewing such as we could see, it’s still dangerous to look at with the naked eye. So just don’t do that.

Anyway, we do have a bit of a chance for some rain and since that’s also becoming a rather rare event, we should all hope for that to materialize. I fear this is going to become another perhaps overly warm, too dry season. Let’s hope not. It’s bad enough that the farmers in so many parts of this nation of ours are facing more financial woes due to dry weather, but this is something we here in Michigan don’t usually have to face. I’m thinking the situation is only going to grow and encompass more of us facing such issues. Not good. I think it’s way past time to begin not only thinking of different ways to grow crops and tend to farm animals but to implement those ideas. Our food supply might well depend on these new and ingenious ways to grow things. Such is the way life on this planet of ours is going…

Currently 70 with a calm wind from the South. Feels like 70 degrees. Dew Point 70, Barometer 30.07, Visibility 6 mi., Sunrise 6:03 am, Sunset 9:19 pm.

Patchy dense fog until midday. 60% chance of rain showers and thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. Light winds with gusts to 20 mph.

Mostly cloudy overnight with a 30% chance of rain shower and thunderstorms. Low in the upper 60s. Light winds.

Yesterday finally gave us a good, solid rain. Measured a little over an inch in my backyard. Much needed rain at that. Today the morning fog has been dense and slow to lift. The Dew Point is high making it feel muggy outside with no wind to help things feel cool. Might be rerun time for the next couple of days, the circumstances are right. Temperatures are seemingly set on staying in the same range all week. It might be too warm for some, but we here in SW Michigan are not, thankfully, deep into the heat wave much of the rest of the country is living through. So – could be worse, folks. Just take it easy, keep cool and keep an umbrella handy just in case.

Currently 74 with an average wind from the S of 3 mph. Feels like 74 degrees. Dew Point 69, Barometer 29.99, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:03 am, Sunset 9:19 pm.

Mostly cloudy with an 80% chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. SE winds 5 -10 mph.

Mostly cloudy overnight with a 24% chance of rain showers and isolated thunderstorms. Low in the mid 60s. Light winds.

With all the opportunities for some rain lighting up the board over the next 4 or 5 days, surely we can pull of some along the way. Right? Goodness knows we need it. The temperatures are looking to stay fairly steady in the 80 degree range, and the chance for rain fluctuates from day to day, but it is there. Fingers crossed that it doesn’t just show up in print. So…starting out the week with the promise of precipitation. We shall see if that promise holds true or not. Me? I have my umbrella on the ready, just in case. Because if we do get it, it’s going to come while I’m out and about tending to errands. It’s the law of the jungle.

Currently 83 degrees with an average wind from the SSW of 4 mph. Feels like 83 degrees. Dew Point 60, Barometer 29.99, Visibility 10 mi.,Sunrise 6:03 am, Sunset 9:19 pm.

Sunny with a high in the upper 80s. SW winds 10 mph increasing to 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 in the afternoon.

Partly cloudy in the evening becoming mostly cloudy. Low around 70. SW winds 5 -10 mph with gusts to 20 in the evening.

Shouldn’t see a cloud overhead to day but there is a small chance of rain coming our way for the next 5 days. Not a big chance, but some. So we’ll at least be seeing some clouds. Temperatures should stay in the 80 degree range. So looking forward to a nice warm rain. No guarantee we’ll get that but I live in hope. Today just enjoy the warmth and the sunshine. And think of the winter days when it’s hovering below freezing without a peek of the sun for days on end. Now…don’t you appreciate today’s weather better?

Currently 75 with an average wind from the SSW of 5 mph. Feels like 75 degrees. Dew point 57, Barometer 29.95 & rising, Humidity 54%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:04 am, Sunset 9:17 pm.

Sunny today with a high in the upper 80s. SW winds 10-20 mph with gusts to around 30.

Mostly clear overnight skies. Low in the mid 60s. SW winds 5 -15 mph.

A delicious Summer day is ours to enjoy blessed by a sun-filled blue sky with warm temperatures to wrap around us. This is so fine. Hard to tell if we should count on it or not but most weather reporting stations are suggesting a fair chance of some rain next week. Some say a couple of days hold out that chance, one says the opportunity stretches out for 3 days. I wouldn’t bet any hard-earned money on it but we sure could use some rain so I’m going to be optimistic, cross my fingers and hope for the best. The best, after a really hot weekend like this one is destined to be would be for some rain. Even if we do luck out and get some precipitation, the temperatures should stay in the 80 degree range. So…wouldn’t that be cool? A nice warm rain or two? We’ll see how it goes. In the meantime, this is one of those Summer weekends we wish for in the midst of a cold, snowy weekend.

Currently 72 with an average wind from the SSW of 4 mph. Feels like 72 degrees. Dew Point 54, Barometer 29.87 & rising, Humidity 54%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:03 am, Sunset 9:17 pm.

Mix of morning sun and clouds becoming a mostly sunny afternoon. High in the mid 80s. SSW winds 10-10 with gusts to 35 in the evening.

Mostly clear overnight skies. Low in the mid 60s. SW winds 10-15 mph.

Happy me living with my bedroom and craft/computer room on the second floor. I can safely leave my windows open on both sides of the apartment all night long. Love that night air. So does my cat who does enjoy stationing himself in one of the window to keep a sharp eye on the nighttime world.  My watch cat if you will. This is what I dream about all winter long. Plenty of nights coming up giving us both that happiness.

Plenty of good hot summer weather coming our way. Likely over 90 by Sunday. Back into the 80s later on in the week, and it appears to be set on hovering there for a good long while. This seems to be about perfect in my book. Just color me content. Finally the weather I love.

Currently 65 with an average wind from the S of 1 mph. Feels like 65 degrees. Dew Point 61, Barometer 29.93, Humidity 85%, Visibility 1.5 mph. Sunrise 6:04 am, Sunset 9:16 pm.

Partly sunny with patchy fog until midday. High in the lower 80s. Light winds becoming SW 5-10 mph with gusts to 20 in the evening.

Partly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain showers or an isolated thunderstorm. Low in the upper50s. SW winds 5-10 mph becoming light.

It’s interesting reading from site to site which weather reporting system is predicting the highest temperatures for our area around Sunday. A couple are saying 92. Even the lowest is saying 90, so we can pretty well figure it’s going to be hot. Plenty of places around the country about to set some new records as far as heat goes with this system. And it’s going to stay hot through next week. We can figure pretty much in the 80s around SW Michigan. I guess this is the summer weather we’ve been waiting for. Well, some of us, anyway. Me. For sure, me. But when it gets good and hot – like 90 degrees – I take that opportunity to do as little as possible. Sip a lot of lemonade, read…just lop around and be as lazy and stay as cool as possible. I love a good excuse to sit around and read. Here comes a few :>)

Currently 73 degrees with an average wind from the SE of 2 mph. Feels like 73 degrees. Dew Point 55, Barometer 30.07 & falling, Humidity 54%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:05 am, Sunset 9:15 pm.

Mostly sunny until midday becoming cloudy with a 20% chance of a rain shower. High in the mid 70s. SE winds around 10 mph.

Mostly cloudy becoming partly cloudy. Patchy overnight fog. Low in the upper 50s. E winds around 5 mph becoming light.

Today will not be uncomfortable, but by this weekend? Oh yeah…most weather sites are reporting we will have two or three days in the 90s with a whole lot of days well up in the upper 80s sprinkled around them. Here comes Summer! And with Consumer’s Power starting a mandatory price change costing us bigger bucks for the hours between 2:00 in the afternoon and 7:00 in the evening, a bunch of us are going to have to try and weather the heat minus our AC cranked up where it usually would be. Sound like fun? Yup…but then again, not so unhandy as those without AC at all. I do worry about these folks. Try to keep an eye on the people you know who are going to be vulnerable to effects from severe heat. I hope I’m wrong, but it does look as if this coming Summer is going to be a scorcher and this could be just the beginning.

Currently 62 with an average wind from the WSW of 7 mph. Feels like 62 degrees. Dew Point 49, Barometer 30.23 & rising, Humidity 61%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 6:05 am, Sunset 9:15 pm.

Sunny to partly cloudy today with a high of 76. WSW winds 5 -10 mph.

A few passing clouds through a mostly clear overnight sky. Low 52. NNE winds 5 -10 mph.

Okay…after what has – except for the month of March – been a lousy Spring, here comes the heat of Summer. We could very likely hit a 90 degree day on Sunday. Right now it seems to me like we’re in for a good and hot summer. For those who hate the heat, that word good will seem inappropriate I imagine. Me? I like hot weather, but when it gets close to 90 and humid, not even I am happy or comfortable with that. So I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it all unfolds this coming season. Only thing we can be assured of, and grateful for, is we’re not in the hurricane season bullseye here in SW Michigan. Sounds like that’s going to be heading into an active arena this year, too. At any rate, here comes Summer, ready or not.