Cathie Ursu

We received 2.5 inches of snow overnight and I woke to sleet.  There didn’t seem to be any freezing rain however.  Most schools are closed and we are expecting the wrap around effect of this storm to hit later o […]

Once again, we are under a winter storm watch from midnight tonight into tomorrow morning.  There seems to be no end to this.  This is expected to include snow, sleet and freezing rain, much like we had a week a […]

Saturday was a gorgeous day with clear skies all day and fairly light winds.  Today is cloudy but temps are still fairly mild and there is no precipitation in the forecast until tonight.  I understand that there a […]

It was a joy to see the sun this morning.  Unfortunately,  I can’t say much for our temperatures.  Single digits were the norm.  We had numerous  lake effect snow squalls which left us with half an inch of new […]

I am so tired of ice.  My deck is like a skating rink especially since my son shoveled most of the sleet off yesterday.  Now where the sleet is gone, it’s pure smooth ice.  Our highs today should reach the mid 40 […]

This is really a yucky morning and I’m so glad that I don’t have to go out in it.  My deck had about a half inch of sleet  topped with freezing rain this morning and there was 0.59 ” in my rain gauge after I t […]

We lost almost all of our snow except where the snow piles were from shoveling and plowing.  I’m hearing that there is another storm knocking on our door, but this one will be a combination of rain, snow, sleet, […]

It feels like spring this morning with our 8 AM temp at 40°F.  We lost almost half of our snow cover and we didn’t get any freezing rain overnight that was predicted.  I wish that it was clear and sunny but it ne […]

Although we don’t see much snow melting, at least the temperatures are tolerable.  Even the doggies stayed out a little longer this morning and the snow on my deck has melted to where it is just wet where […]

Talk about going from one extreme to the other.  That’s what will be happening this week.  Today is the beginning of a significant warm-up with highs reaching into the teens.  That may not seem warm, but co […]

As if this cold spell isn’t bad enough, Consumers Power sent out an alert last night asking their customers to dial down their thermostats to 65° or lower.  There was a fire at one of their gas compressor s […]

While I was out measuring snow this morning for my CoCoRahs report, the reality of just how cold it is really set in.  At that time my thermometer read -8°F and I’m not sure what the wind chill was.  The wind fe […]

Our Governor has issued a state of emergency for the state because of the dangerous wind chills and temperatures for tomorrow.  I really don’t know what that will entail,  but at any rate, no one should be out t […]

So far, we have a very fine but relatively heavy snow falling at this time.  It’s almost like powder.  With the winds and low temperatures, it is not a good day to be out and about.  Everything is closed in […]

This doesn’t really come as a surprise since they gave us a heads up since last week.  Until now, we have been lucky with the previous storms staying to our south, but now it’s our turn.  NOAA is saying 6-9 i […]

We are already being warned about what’s ahead for us next week.   In fact, Wednesday may not even see highs much above zero,.  In addition to that, there will be strong winds making for a very dangerous wind ch […]

I had to go out early this morning and to say that it is bitter cold is an understatement.  Highs today will only reach the teens and this will continue into next week.  In fact, there is no real warmup expected u […]

Yesterday felt like a spring day with rain most of the day.  It began as freezing rain which didn’t last long, then rain and warm temperatures melted  whatever snow and ice that we had.  We can expect another ro […]

My son, who lives in the Detroit area, reported very icy, slippery conditions when he had to leave for work early this morning.  I’m not sure what it was like here because my deck was only wet and the snow was […]

It was  -14°F when I got up this morning on my thermometer.  Lansing was reporting  -18 as were some other cities.  This is the coldest morning that I can remember in quite a while.  My son had to have surge […]