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March 11th, 2013 at 3:04 am by Bill Steffen under Bill's Blog, Weather
I’ll leave radar at the top of the blog for any last showers/drizzle. For current Michigan weather observations and wind speeds, click here. Here’s NAM model snowfall thru 84 hours, the GFS snowfall thru 120 hours and the HPC snowfall predictions. Here’s WOOD-TV Interactive Radar, looping radar. Check out regional radar, GRR radar, northern Indiana radar, Chicago radar and Milwaukee radar. Here’s the College of DuPage Radar Map, the local warning/advisory map and the National warning/watch/advisory map. You can checkout the latest Grand Rapids NWS discussion, the Northern Indiana NWS discussion (includes the Michigan Counties that border Indiana), the discussion for Northern Lower Michigan, and Eastern Lower Michigan. Here’s the Spyglass Condos Weather Station the S. Haven GLERL station, the Muskegon GLERL station, the Grand Haven Steelheaders webcam and weather station, and the weather station at Holland State Park. Check out the WOOD lightning tracker and U.S. lightning, the Maranatha Webcam at Lake Michigan and links to webcams. Here’s the infrared satellite loop (night) and the visible satellite loop (daytime), Lake Michigan water temperatures. Here’s storm total precipitation for W. Michigan.
After today (Mon.), it looks like a cool week. The models give us 1/2 to 1.5″ of snow this week (4″ in the higher elevations between Cadillac and Trav. City). All the models have us only in the low 30s on Weds. We may get back to the low- maybe-mid 40s around Fri./Sat. Thurs. is the best bet for a dry day. Also, 1.39″ of rain in Honolulu with 2.54″ at Kolaeloa. 2.1″ of rain in S. Williamsburg IA and 1.7″ in Henry, IL. Snowfall: 26″ Wolf Creek Pass CO, 11″ Grant NE, 10″ Manning IA, 9″ Burroughs KS, 8″ Kenwood MN, 5.4″ Denver. Here’s a view of Comet Pan-Starrs seen at sunset from the Canary Is. Heres’ more on the comet. Unfortunately, we’ve had clouds to dim our view of the night sky. Here’s a sky map looking west of where the comet will be in our evening sky on March 12 and March 13. Binoculars or a telescope will help.
First, sounds like Cloudy Cool Week, Gang. A cue 4 The CLOUDS,, Great Video Here. KITARO, Tune Simply Called CLOUD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuVpDs4j1TU.
Woke up to 53 degrees here this morning. Doesn’t seem like I got anywhere close to that 1″ of rain the models were predicting.
Slightly colder than average after today before another warm up after St. Patty’s.
Never been to bed yet but snow on the ground still in Bills blog zone with temps in the 30′s this week not 80′s we will have snow piles to May, yes winter is late this year…..Theee INDYY…
Go to bed INDYY. Come back to the blog when you can speak logically.
As if that will ever happen.
Good going… you started the alias war early.
Nice morning.
Hey DF just IGNORE theee one’s that can’t spell weather….Watch out around the 18th or 19th could be some severe weather coming!! Stay tuned ..INDYY….
It was a great morning. Got a nice run in, kids off to school. A nap. Almost don’t want to go into work tonight. It is what it is… Looking forward to the season’s change in April.
Sighting update: Saw a pair of Redwing Blackbirds at the corner of East Paris and Broadmoor. Heard a pair of Robins singing yesterday on the north side of Holland (152nd St & Lakewood Blvd). Was never able to eyeball them.
Sighting update 2: 2 Robin sightings in the last 10 minutes. 1st at East Paris Ave & Broadmoor, 2nd in Alger Heights.
Sighting update 3: While home for lunch today, there were half a dozen Robins up in the trees singing their happy little butts off. Good signs of spring!!!
My yard is full of red winged blackbirds today. They arrived Saturday.
Week ahead: rain, cool, winds, boring..
Next month: awesome! Severe storms, warmth, sun! It’s almost here!
i doubt it nathan, i wouldn’t count on severe weather just yet.
Up to 53 here. Feels great but pretty soggy. Where’s Rocky to tell us again how it will not hit 50 til at least May? Swing and another miss on that one.
Anyone know if the sky is supposed to maybe clear out by Tuesday evening? The comet will be right next to the crescent moon and is going to make a great sight. We haven’t had a good visible comet in at least 15 years.
Good Day,
Unfortunately… at this time it does not look as if we will have clear skies. Hopefully the comet expected for later this year will pan out to be a good one.
Steelie
That’s a bummer. I read about the comet later in the year, they said it has potential to be bright enough to be seen during the day, much like the moon also is. That would be downright spectacular if it comes to be.
12Z GFS which is always right past 7 days(sarcasm), shows a big snowstorm for early next week. Cue Rocky and Indy.
I thought I read rain/severe weather for that time frame?? Must have changed the forecast – imagine that!
It will change half a dozen times by then. Could be 30 and snowing, or 65 and thunder.
…..or- 87 and SUNNY!!
A monster SNOWSTORM is brewing! Stay tuned and get ready!!!!
Good Day,
Looks like a fairly typical week ahead for March.
Interesting weather (sort of) here in Kentwood today, particularly over the past half hour or so. Went from pretty drab with clouds, then the sun peeked out and we had a bit of “monkey’s wedding” (South African for a sun shower – rain with sunny conditions) followed by a brief moderate rain and now the winds have significantly picked up and the sun is trying to peek out again.
Steelie
Throw in a few flurries, and The HODGE- PODGE, would be Complete !
looks like a typical up and down pattern coming. can we just fast forward to june please?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can someone explain to me how tonight’s forecast can call for snow… with a low of 44 degrees? Is that even possible??