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Our weather keeps switching from typical winter weather to spring-like.  Crazy!  Today is more like winter again but highs in the 40s will return over the next few day.  A snow/rain mix is also possible each da […]

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When Boston hit 70 degrees yesterday, I assumed it was the warmest weather I’d ever witness in New England in January. Well, Boston hit 74 today. 74 is the average high for […]

Yes that’s right, we have a chance of snow in the Tri-Cities. The big weather story this week, though, will be cold temperatures. There’s been a lot of uncertainty surrounding what to expect this week, but it […]

Yesterday was a mess but fortunately, most of the precipitation was already ice before hitting the ground.  That saved us from more power outages than what there were.  I measured about 1.5 inches of ice on my s […]

I’m currently in Boston for the 100th annual American Meteorological Society conference, and let me tell ya; snow was the very last thing on my mind today. We hit an astonishing 70o  degrees today, absolutely sm […]

The rain began around midnight and has continued through this morning.  There was 1.70 inches in my guage at 8:30 and it hasn’t stopped raining since.  Our power went out at around 6:30 this morning, but came b […]

Most of the lower peninsula of Michigan is under some type of weather watch or warning and the next 48 hrs are expected to be a real challenge for all of us.  The northern portions are expected to have heavy snow […]

I had other plans for this coming week.

I was hoping to get some serious research done on the history of supernovas, and discuss the current situation with the red giant star Betelgeuse in Orion.  (For those […]

Yesterday started out with lake effect snow showers and those ended shortly after noon.  There was hardly any accumulation.  Today will be much warmer again but brisk winds will keep the comfort level down s […]

It seems like every day for the past week has been breezy. This is thanks to repeated weather systems that have crossed over the Pacific Northwest every 24-36 hours for the last several days. While these haven’t […]

By now you have probably seen the multitude of snowflake icons on your favorite weather app, or you may have heard area forecasters mention the snow word. If you haven’t, let me be the first to tell you, it c […]

This morning is very cold with intermittent lake effect show squalls.  We received a trace of snow overnight and it looks like snow will be here most of the day.  Temperatures will be much colder today and wind c […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

I continued to have a busy conclusion to the holiday period and did not have the time to post here till now in the usual somewhat abridged format into one post. Mild weather dominated the […]

Yesterday was a very rare day for January here in Michigan.  For the entire day, there wasn’t one cloud in the skiy.  We didn’t see any until almost dark.  Unfortunately, the wind was unbearably strong with gu […]

To look outdoors, it is a very pretty day.  But when you step out and the wind hits you, it isn’t so nice.  Never the less, just seeing the sun improves one’s mood.  Yesterday brought a mix of rain and snow.  We […]

Beginning late last week, the GFS (American) model began showing a transition to much colder weather for early-mid January. However, the normally-superior ECMWF (European) model did not, and given how far in […]

We received a slight amount of snow late yesterday, after a day of mist which coated everything in a light cover of ice early in the day.  We could see a mix of snow and rain later but no great amounts are […]

We had a light covering of ice this morning on my deck when I let the dog out, but there was nothing in my rain gauge.  I could feel a light mist on my face but nothing showing on the radar.  It was just cold e […]

A cold front will move across the Pacific Northwest tonight, bringing a chance of rain showers. After it passes, we should see clearing skies here in the Tri-Cities and slightly cooler temperatures, but the […]