Cathie Ursu

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 […]

When I got up at shortly after 8 this morning, my thermometer read -4°F.  That’s the coldest that we have seen in quite awhile.  We had light to moderate snow showers early Saturday that left us with an ad […]

There was 1.5 inches of snow cover when I got us this morning and I think it has increased to 2 by now.  It continues to come down and radar is showing that it won’t be ending anytime soon.  There is nothing l […]

We received just enough snow to turn the ground white, about quarter of an inch.  It does seem brighter out his morning even with the clouds.  Our forecast is calling for a little sun later and that will p […]

We were under a freezing rain advisory Tuesday although freezing mist was what we got.  It began late in the morning and continued most of the day.  Many of the schools are closed today and areas just to our n […]

This morning began with plenty of sun and temperatures in the low teens.  We now have a little cloud cover and temperatures have moderated a bit.  We don’t expect to  see the 40s anytime soon but at least we do […]

Winter Storm Gia is moving eastward and will be affecting the nation’s capitol today.  The southwest portions of our state received up to 3 inches in various places but nothing here in Mid-Michigan.  The f […]