Cathie Ursu

Today is lovely with drier humidity and plenty of sun.  Over the past three days, we have received about 2.5 to 3 inches of much needed rain.  We were up north  Tuesday and Wednesday and we only got a few sp […]

Although we haven’t had much rain here in Topinabee, Cheboygan and Mackinaw City had some pretty substantial rainfalls yesterday although CoCoRahs reports are only showing about 1/10 inch in those areas.  […]

Another heat wave has affected Michigan once again although it is expected to be short-lived.  We should see cooler temperatures tomorrow and throughout the coming week.  Unfortunately, it will bring rain w […]

Yesterday brought rain to most of lower Michigan although  most areas didn’t get that much.  Here in Topinabee, it was mostly thunder and some wind.  The rain amounted to hard sprinkles which lasted about 15 mi […]

DROUGHT AREAS

It has been over a month for some parts of Michigan since they have received  any rain.  We were lucky and got some about 4-5 days ago, but we could use a lot more.  Scattered showers and th […]

The little rain that we received last week didn’t do much to end the drought in my area, but it did manage to green the grass up enough so that we had to mow.  Fortunately, the unbearable heat is gone and not […]

A local meteorologist is telling us that the remainder of our summer will be on the cool side.  I certainly have no problem with that.  Seventies and low eighties are perfect in my book.  There were scattered sh […]

Cooler temperatures and low humidity were the norm yesterday but any rain that developed totally missed us.  It was a very pleasant day and today should be much the same.  I think that we can give the AC a rest f […]

We woke this morning to dense fog and cloudy skies.  I almost turned off the AC last night and so glad I didn’t.  Our low only fell to around 70°F, and with the fog, there was very high humidity.  It is alr […]

The rain that we got yesterday seemed rather insignificant but it did measure as 0.06″ in my gauge.  The low pressure that has passed over us is moving ever so slowly to our southeast, and it continues to bring […]

Although we have only received a quarter of an inch of rain so far, it has revived the lawn a bit.  Yesterday only brought sprinkles but radar is showing  more rain coming from the east.  What we get today sh […]

The rain began around 9 PM last night and intermittent showers continued throughout the night.  There was 0.20″ in my gauge at 7:30 and it has continued since then.  The  forecast is calling for rain throughout th […]

Our local forecast is giving us the greatest chance of rain that we have had in about three weeks.  This is supposed to happen on Friday through Sunday.  They seem pretty certain that it’s going to happen and I j […]

Severe storm warnings were widespread yesterday afternoon as the cold front moved across lower Michigan.  There were impressive photos of a large shelf cloud that passed over the Pontiac area as storms became […]

Although severe storms hit areas to our north, we didn’t get one drop of rain.  The Houghton Lake area received up to 3/4 inch of rain, but unfortunately, it also brought destructive winds.  We continue to have r […]

We are looking at the possibility of rain this weekend but it’s only a chance.  We really do need rain with all of this heat that we’ve been having.   There isn’t any relief coming until at least next We […]

There has been no rain here since June 28 and we see no chance of rain until next Monday.  We were hoping for our lawn to dry up a bit, but this is getting excessive.  I love the sunshine and warm temps and my t […]

Our last rainfall was on June 28 when we received a little over half an inch of rain.  Since then, not a drop.  These extreme hot temperatures really exacerbate the dry conditions.  Today is again expected to re […]