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Author: Patricia Murphy

An unquenchable thirst for knowledge about the weather, an observer of world-wide weather events, and an addicted fan of the Weather Channel on TV. Some occurrences from our not too distant past have left me horrified to this day- such as the possibly avoidable tragedy of the damage and death trailing behind Katrina, where human error combined with Mother Nature for sheer terror, the unspeakable destructive Tsunamis in Japan and Thailand, scenes and sounds of which I can hardly bear to see or hear. But I do see and hear it all because I am enthralled, fascinated, by weather driven happenings every bit as much as I am captivated by the clouds in our ever-changing sky. No impressive credentials, no list of meaningful letters trailing after my name, this is merely me, just another weather junky having my say about it all.
Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021-SW Michigan-Pleasant Sept Weather Week To Continue

Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021-SW Michigan-Pleasant Sept Weather Week To Continue

Currently 53 with an average wind from the SW of 6 mph. Feels like 53 degrees. Dew Point 50, Barometer 29.95, Humidity 90%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:34 am, Sunset 7:36 pm.

Sunny morning with some after noon clouds. High around 65 degrees. SW winds 10-20 mph with gusts to 25.

A few passing overnight clouds. Low 48. WSW winds 5 -10 mph.

Looks as if this coming week will stay pleasant with chilly nights and daytime temps in the 70s. Those cold nights are going to guarantee my furnace stays on. I’m pretty sure it will remain so until spring. Anything lower than 65 degrees and I’m simply too cold. It won’t need to kick on in the daytime, but boy do I appreciate the night time help for warmth.

Friday, Sept. 24, 2021-SW Michigan-Sun And Clouds Today

Friday, Sept. 24, 2021-SW Michigan-Sun And Clouds Today

Currently 67 with an average wind from the W of 4 mph. Feels like 67 degrees. Dew Point 47, Barometer 29.93, Humidity 50%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:33 am, Sunset 7:39 pm.

A mix of sun and clouds today with a high around 71. SW winds 10-20 mph.

90% chance of evening showers with a chance of thunderstorms. Low 52. SW winds 10-15 mph.

A delightful day today. Warmer than yesterday and it does look as if next week will be pretty much hovering in the 70 degree range. Not at all bad. And except for this evening it doesn’t appear as if any rain is in the forecast. At least not as of this moment. So – good weather to be out and about, enjoying the fresh air.

 

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021-SW Michigan-Chilly, Rainy Day

Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021-SW Michigan-Chilly, Rainy Day

Currently 48 degrees with an average wind from the NW of 3 mph. Feels like 48 degrees. Dew Point 45, Barometer 29.83, Humidity 91%, Visibility 6 mi., Sunrise 7:32 am, Sunset 7:39 pm.

100% chance of rain today. High 52. NNW winds 15-25 pm.

50% chance of overnight rain. Low 47. WNW winds 10-15 mph.

Was cold this morning, will be cold all day long and will be cold  tonight. Our temperatures are way lower than what they should or could be. Tell you the truth, my heat is on. Turned it on low last night and kicked it up via the app on my phone before I made up my mind to get up (I do love technology) when I woke and decided it was way too cold in here.  It feels pretty good in here right now. Very soon I have to go out and about to tend to what needs to be done for the day and I’ll be out in the rain and cold, but hey…for now it’s okay. The furnace won’t stay on – I hope. Except, come to think of it, maybe during the night. Our daytime temperatures should rebound about 20+ degrees, but our night time temperatures look to be staying on the nippy side from now on. And it’s hard enough getting up in the morning as it is without trying to get up in a good house. So…I reckon, now that I think on it, my furnace is going to be sort of in service from now until Spring.

Nothing I hate worse than being cold.

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021-SW Michigan-Fall Bring Chilly Night Temperatures With It

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021-SW Michigan-Fall Bring Chilly Night Temperatures With It

Currently 53 with an average wind from the NNW of 7 mph. Feels like 53 degrees. Dew Point 48, Barometer 30.1, Humidity 83%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:31 am, Sunset 7:41 pm.

Cloudy with a 50% chance of rain. High 61. NNE winds 15-25 mph.

Cloudy with a 60% chance of overnight rain. Low around 45 degrees. N winds 10-20 mph.

Nippy nights for the next couple of nights. Not going to warm up tremendously past that, either, but better than being in the 40 degree range. I’m just not ready for this. Never am. Chilly rains and chilly nights – not my thing.  At any rate, here we are starting Fall and we can expect such unhappy events. Until the real unhappiness starts with below freezing temperatures and snow.

Geez…I’m getting myself all depressed here. I’m going on to drink some coffee and think Spring.

Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021-SW Michigan-Looks Like We Could Finally Have A Rainy Day

Tuesday, Sept 21, 2021-SW Michigan-Looks Like We Could Finally Have A Rainy Day

Currently 70 with an average wind from the SW of 3 mph. Feels like 71 degrees. Dew Point 67, Barometer 29.93, Humidity 96%, Visibility 5 mi., Sunrise 7:30 am, Sunset 7:43 pm.

Cloudy with a 90% chance of rain. High 69. W winds 10-15 mph with gusts to 20 becoming NW with gusts to 20 in the afternoon.

Cloudy with a 50% chance of overnight rain. Low 51. N winds 10-15 mph.

Did find about .15″ of rain already in my gauge this morning, so hopefully by day’s end we should get something at least a little substantial. Maybe more tonight and there is a small possibility showing up almost every day until next Sunday. SO…hopeful we’ll be getting at least some precipitation by next weekend. So far, so good.

Monday, Sept. 20, 2021-SW Michigan-Fingers Crossed For Some Rain

Monday, Sept. 20, 2021-SW Michigan-Fingers Crossed For Some Rain

Currently 70 with an average wind from the S of 6 mph. Feels like 71 degrees. Dew Point 65, Barometer 30.01, Humidity 81%, Visibility 7 mi., Sunrise 7:29 am, Sunset 7:45 pm.

80% chance of rain and thunderstorms. High near 75. SSE winds 10-20 mph.

60% chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low 67. S winds 10-20 mph.

Sure does seem as if we could luck out this time and be able to participate in the rainfall. We’ll see, but right now it’s looking good. Today, tomorrow, maybe Thursday. Surely with 3 opportunities available to us, we can manage to be involved in at least one of them. Got my umbrella handy, just in case. Definitely going to participate in about 3 days of cooler weather. Highs only in the upper 50s are possible. Autumn is going to come in on the chilly side.

Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021-SW Michigan- Nice Today, Rain Coming Soon

Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021-SW Michigan- Nice Today, Rain Coming Soon

Currently 75 with an average wind from the SE of 2 mph. Feels like 75 degrees. Dew Point 58, Barometer 30.15, Humidity 58%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:27 am, Sunset 7:47 pm.

Sunshine with a high near 85. SSE winds 5 -10 mph.

Partly cloudy becoming mostly cloudy after midnight. Low 66. SE winds 5 -10 mph.

Today is a lovely day. Last Sunday of summer but the fall air smell is already with us. Open windows have brought a whole new scent to my upstairs and it’s so nice. Even from me, not a fall fan.  Rain sounds like it’s moving in late tomorrow and right on through Thursday. Again, we’ll see how it goes, but this time the opportunity appears to be a solid maybe. :>) Definitely need some rain. My tiny backyard is more brown that green anymore. Been SO dry here. Would sure welcome precipitation – if we luck out enough to get it this time around.

Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021-SW Michigan-Enjoy The Warmth, It Won’t Last

Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021-SW Michigan-Enjoy The Warmth, It Won’t Last

Currently 64 with an average wind from the ENE of 11 mph. Feels like 64 degrees. Dew Point 46, Barometer 30.22, Humidity 55%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7;26 am, Sunset 7:48 pm.

Plenty of sunshine today with a high near 80. ENE winds 10-14 mph.

Clear overnight skies with a low of 53. E winds 5 -10 mph.

Today and tomorrow sound fine and dandy. Monday and Tuesday rain is scheduled to come in and the temperature is going to drop. We could see at least one high in the upper 50s, more of them in the 60s over the next 7 days….but I sure don’t see any 80 degrees hovering out there for the rest of the week. This last weekend of summer will bring us probably the last of the summer temperatures.

Friday, Sept. 17, 2021-SW Michigan-Sunshine Today, Maybe Rain Tonight

Friday, Sept. 17, 2021-SW Michigan-Sunshine Today, Maybe Rain Tonight

Currently 63 with an average wind from the S of 6 mph. Feels like 63 degrees. Dew Point 61, Barometer 30.09, Humidity 85%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:25 am, Sunset 7:50 pm

Mostly sunny today with a very small chance of a stray shower or thunderstorm. High around 85. SW winds 10-20 with higher gusts possible.

Mostly cloudy tonight with a 40% chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. Low 57. NNW winds 5 -10 mph.

Today looks lovely. Perhaps a little too warm and humid in the afternoon for some, but for me, perfect. There is a good – well fairly good – chance of some overnight rain. The weekend is looking wonderful. Sunshine and comfortable temperatures. A grand September weekend. Perhaps some rain moving in Monday through Wednesday. We’ll see. Definitely could use some of these rain opportunities around here but I’ll be surprised if we get much of it.

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021-SW Michigan-Plenty Of Sunshine Today

Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021-SW Michigan-Plenty Of Sunshine Today

Currently 59 with an average wind from the SE of 2 mph. Feels like 59 degrees. Dew Point 56, Barometer 30.15, Humidity 81%, Visibility 10 mi., Sunrise 7:24 am, Sunset 7:52 pm.

Lots of sunshine today. High 79. SSE winds 5-10 mph.

Clear overnight skies. Low 58. SSE winds 5-10 mph.

Just yesterday it looked like a week of 80 degree days coming up. Today’s view? Today there is a mix from a high in the 80s to a low in the 60s. Amazing how fast a forecast can chance. So as of now, we have a week of weather ahead. What sort? Who knows? Whatever will be, will be…hmmmmm…would make good song lyrics…could call it something like Que Sera, Sera….oh come to think of it. Guess that’s been done. No matter. As of now we can count on a variety of temperatures from not too chilly to not too hot. And that’s that.