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Very warm weather has returned once again, and highs today could reach near 90°F this afternoon.  That also brings s slight chance of storms for us, and they are already showing up on radar over Lake Michigan.  At […]

I wish that our summer weather would be like this all the time.  Highs in the 70s and low 80s are perfect as far as I’m concerned.  The forecast is showing the heat returning next week along with a stormy p […]

The last 12 days (not including today) have been a classic example of “Mediterranean summer” weather in the Pacific Northwest and the Portland Metro.  There have been almost no clouds in the morning, and temps […]

Today may be the last of our comfortable days before the heat returns once again.  This summer has gone so fast and it’s hard to believe that fall is just a month away.  We better enjoy it while it lasts a […]

Tuesday was mostly cloudy with scattered rain showers.  We only got 0.08″ and the showers were wide spread and brief.  The biggest factor yesterday was the temperatures.  We didn’t even make it to 70° which is unu […]

This has been a very wet few days for us.  We received about an inch and a half over the last 24 hours and that isn’t including what we got on Saturday night.  There is certainly no shortage of water for my area e […]

The heat and high dew points left from the first half of July carried forward through the rest of July. From July 16-31, dew point temps remained high, peaking during the hottest days of the period (19-20) […]

The rain began late last night and has continued since then.  There was 0.87″ at 8 AM in my gauge, and since then, we have received an additional 0.35″.  We may hit 2 inches yet by the time it’s done.  Radar is sh […]

TEMPERATURES
Though July 2020 averaged just a bit above Normal, the month began quite cool with a Maximum of only 63.1° on the 1st, even without the normally suppressive benefit of clouds and rain. The Average […]

I haven’t posted a blog for over a week because I have had no WiFi available.  The campground internet was hit by lightning in the storm 2 weeks ago, and it hasn’t been repaired yet.  I hope this doesn’t last t […]

Official weather records for Baltimore date back to 1871. Never, during these last 150 years, has the monthly Mean Temperature (the average between the daily Maximum and Minimum Temperatures) ever been higher than […]

High pressure will remain in place over the region through Friday. This coupled with southerly flow thanks to a deepening low in the Pacific will amplify already hot temperatures in the Inland Northwest, prompting […]

(Cover photo credit of Ben Randall)

After a slow start, Pacific Northwest summer is in full swing!  The first 10 days of July was the coolest in many years, with only one day in the low 80s, most days u […]

We will be going back to our campground today and the weather sounds good for traveling.  There is no rain in the forecast and temperatures will be comfortable.  Unfortunately, there are more 90s coming for the w […]

There are numerous showers popping up on radar but they all seem to  be missing us.  I expected to hear the rumble of thunder overnight but no such luck.  Everything was dry this morning.  We’ll be heading up to […]

Yesterday was quite comfortable, and today will be also .  But there is more hot weather knocking on the door and that is expected by the weekend.  We’ll be heading up to our campground on Thursday, just in time f […]

Severe thunderstorms rocked northern Michigan early yesterday causing damage to a school in Cheboygan, and many trees down across the northern areas of the state.  Even our campground had some damage done, mainly […]

This radar image was from this morning when a line of thunderstorms moved across the state, causing severe storm warnings in various places.   We were under a warning briefly, but there was nothing here that was s […]

We took a drive to Sleeper State Park in Caseville yesterday.  Caseville is in the thumb area of the state and was a favorite camping destination for us when my kids were little.  We hadn’t been there in years a […]