Cathie Ursu

There were numerous thunderstorms in Michigan yesterday, but they all managed to miss my area.  Pictured is one of the storms which passed to our west.  At the same time, another was passing to our east but we d […]

The only rain that we received on Friday were a few, widespread drops that were barely noticeable.  The southern counties and the thumb area of the state had some pretty strong thunderstorms but I haven’t heard […]

This has been a strange summer for us.  There is too much rain, very few hot days, and too much wind.  I thought that by now the weather pattern would change, but it doesn’t seem to be.   There was heavy rai […]

Our morning was beautiful but now clouds are rolling in.   We’re expecting rain by tonight but nothing severe.  We didn’t get the rain down here that the northern counties of our state got, but we still don’t ne […]

Monday was a complete wash-out with rain all day.  Yes, we got a few breaks that lasted about 15 mins, but then more rain.  Highs never even reached 60°F and that was almost 20° below normal.  But what can I […]

Woke this morning to the sound of rain on the roof, not a pleasant sound when you are camping.  My storm radar is showing no letup until around noon.  Then, off-and-on showers continuing throughout the day.  Th […]

I’ve seen the pictures of washed-out roads following Friday’s heavy rains in mid Michigan.  The Mt. Pleasant area, as well as other surrounding areas, received up to 8 inches of rain and many farmers already […]

Yesterday was just as nice as Thursday was awful.  We lucked out here in northern Michigan, as well as at home.  Our total rainfall at home was 0.84 inches while the mid portions of lower Michigan recorded as m […]

After our Thursday being almost a complete wash out, today is absolutely wonderful.   The rain, which was supposed to continue into this morning, ended during the early evening, and we were able to have a c […]

Although they are saying that today won’t be a total washout, one would be a bit skeptical looking at the radar.  We haven’t had much rain so far, but it looks like there is a lot more on the way.  it rained f […]

This morning is bright but chilly.  Our trip yesterday was uneventful and we made good time with very little traffic.  we did run into a little rain on the way up but just a few sprinkles.  Today should be a ni […]

It is cool and breezy this morning.  Yesterday brought popcorn showers and thunderstorms to the state and we got one which only lasted about 5 minutes, but it was a very hard rain.  There was 0.05″ in my gauge t […]

Our morning is bright, cool, and pleasant.  I slept with the windows wide open last night and it felt so good.  I’m thankful for my AC on hot nights, but there is nothing like a nice, cool breeze and fresh air f […]

Yesterday brought a rain event like we haven’t seen in a very long time.  We received a total of 2.05″.  The rain began about 7 PM and continued through the overnight with thunder.  We were lucky since many ar […]

A long line of thunderstorms are training over an area from Chicago to north of Toronto, Ontario.  We received an inch of rain in about 20 minutes a few hours ago, and light rain has continued since then.  R […]

We received a stray shower early this morning although it didn’t amount to much.  There was only 0.03″ in my gauge  at 8 AM, then another 0.02″ after that.   The radar looked like we should get a lot more, but […]

Yesterday, we thought for sure that we would get some much needed rain.  There was a large area of yellow/red cells on the radar from the early afternoon.  It moved very slowly toward us and didn’t near our a […]

This morning has been a mix of clouds and sun.  It looked like we were in for a good storm, but it managed to slide just to our south and east.  The threat of storms remain in our forecast and we could a […]

Although our morning is sunny, there is a line of thunderstorms approaching from the northwest.  I’m not sure if they will hold together considering that our humidity is quite low, but they have continued […]

We can expect our temps today to be unseasonably warm with our high near 90°F.  Last night was very warm with the low never falling much below 70°F.  Skies were clear all day and the humidity was quite low, so […]