Cathie Ursu

Once again, our temps will reach the upper 80s with thunderstorms in the mix.  The weather service is showing us in a slight risk area for severe weather.  Hopefully, that won’t happen.  This weekend is my hu […]

Summer weather came to Michigan with a “bang” this year.  We went from a chilly, April-May type weather to very hot as of July 1.  For awhile, we were wondering if summer was ever going to get here.  At least we […]

The past two days were wonderful with plenty of sun and cool temperatures.  It was nice to have the windows open for a change.  But today will bring the heat back.  Highs are expected to reach the mid 80s.  We hav […]

It’s a joy to be outdoors today with cool temps, low humidity and a comfortable dew point.  We finally got our power back yesterday evening and it felt so good to turn the AC back on.  Our generator does pretty w […]

We haven’t had power now since about 5:30 yesterday afternoon.  We thought that it might be a quick fix until we looked at the power outage map.  It is quite extensive.  The storm that we got was more wind than an […]

Severe storms started popping up in the afternoon yesterday, affecting mostly the western side of the state.  We didn’t get any here, just a little rain and distant rolling thunder coming at us from all […]

I’d move to Florida if I wanted to deal with this kind of weather. It is very hot, humid, and just miserable out there this morning.  We are under a excessive heat warning until tomorrow night and it can’t come […]

Today will not be the ideal day to be outdoors doing anything.  The heat index is expected to be well over 100° and that’s in the shade.  I’m seeing some storms moving in off Lake Michigan toward us but future ra […]

Today is a bit cooler than it has been, but with the high dew point and humidity, it feel like a sauna outdoors.  I thank the good Lord that I have AC.  This morning is cloudy as was yesterday.  We had a few sh […]

Thunderstorms developed right over our area yesterday afternoon putting an end to our dry spell.  I never did hear what the highest gust of wind was but I’m speculating that it had to be around 50-60  mph.  Ma […]

This morning is pleasantly cool with cloudy skies and thunderstorms in our forecast for this afternoon.   It has been over a week since we’ve had a decent rain, and with temps near 90° everyday, the ground is re […]

With all the complaining that we did about too much rain, now we could really use some.  We haven’t had a good rain since July 5, and with all of this heat, it is really getting dry.  Today will still be quite c […]

Today will start another surge of hot, humid weather which will continue well into next week.   This morning is cool with clear skies, and temps are expected to climb into the upper 80s this afternoon.  There is […]

Our morning is a little chilly but it feels good.  We should see the sun a little later  and this will probably be our last comfortable day for a while.  There is more extreme heat heading our way and I don’t li […]

The severe weather that was to happen yesterday never did.  In fact, we got no rain at all here.  Most of it remained in northern Michigan and the U.P.  I haven’t heard reports of any damage although some were pr […]

The weather service is warning that we could see severe storms later today and tonight, but this morning is clear and very pleasant.  We have a grey haze to our sky caused from the wildfires in Canada.  After a c […]

Although we received a few day reprieve from the stifling heat and humidity, unfortunately, it won’t last long.  I guess we have to accept that it is July and this is normal.  The weather service is saying that w […]

This weather is such a blessing after the heat of the preceding week.   Yesterday was gorgeous and we were able to turn off the AC at night for a change.  Today should be nice also with cooler, dryer air and we ca […]

Our weather today couldn’t be nicer.  Humidity and dew points are lower, and temperatures are comfortable with a nice breeze and clear skies.  My son was here for the weekend and we spent most of today siting o […]

The heat has been stifling along with the humidity and high dew points.   I’m ready for a cool down.  It seems that we always go from one extreme to the other.  We had a quick shower early yesterday which left 0.1 […]