Cathie Ursu

The rain began about 8 PM last night and has increased in intensity since then.  We were supposed to go home today but extended our stay one day since we don’t like packing up in the rain.  This is expected to c […]

After two very warm days, we can expect much cooler air over the next few days.  We have one more day here in Indian River, then we’ll be heading for home.  Rain was in our forecast for yesterday, but all the s […]

We will see highs near 90F today and without AC, that isn’t pleasant.  It wouldn’t be so bad if we had a little wind but that isn’t happening either.  Luckily, our trailer is mostly in the shade so that helps a l […]

Our weather here in Indian River has been perfect so far.  We have had comfortable temperatures and no rain.  This will continue for the next few days, but then the hot air moves in.  I’m not looking forward to it […]

Have you ever noticed that these small cells of thunderstorms can be the most damaging?  They aren’t much more than a blip on the radar, but produce heavy rain, strong winds, and even tornadoes sometime.  That’s w […]

Yesterday was pretty nerve-racking as storm alert after storm alert came through on my phone.  It began as a severe thunderstorm watch, to a warning, then tornado warnings.  This went on for about 4 hours in the l […]

We had light to moderate to heavy rain all day Friday with very few breaks.  Today hasn’t been quite as bad so far, but more heavy rain is predicted for later today.  There was 1.77″ of rain in my gauge this m […]

While so many here in the state are saying how happy they are for the rain, I feel like we’re about to float away.  My weather station is now showing that we’ve received almost 4 inches of rain since June 1.  I r […]

Once again, we face a day of storms coming out of the northwest.  Radar is showing a long line heading our way.  We certainly don’t need anymore rain in spite of those who claim that they haven’t gotten much l […]

Today is much like yesterday, cloudy, cool with scattered rain showers.  Our extended forecast is calling for rain almost every day over the next week.  We are supposed to be in a drought but you could fool m […]

After a cloudy, blustery day on Monday, the first day of summer, our Tuesday is much more pleasant.  We did have a few sprinkles of rain on Monday but not enough to measure.  Winds were the big issue with gusts u […]

Sunday began with very warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies.  We were warned early that some possible severe weather would end our day.  A severe thunderstorm watch was issued late in the afternoon with s […]

After a very dry period in Michigan’s north country, massive, heavy thunderstorms moved across the state overnight dropping over an inch of rain in many areas.  Red flag warnings were issued over the past week […]

We drove up yesterday with sun most of the way.  After reaching the campground, we decided to head into Cheboygan to get something to eat.  Then we went to the in-law’s cabins to visit for a while.   The sun was […]

Although my area just got rain, Ovid, about 10 miles to our west, was hit by strong winds and damaging hail.  Hail stones the size of golf balls to almost baseball size were reported.  A friend at a yard party i […]

A large area of thunderstorms formed over mid Michigan and moved to the south late yesterday.  There were no storm warnings issued although there should have been.  Local forecasters said that they didn’t a […]

Our weather has been unbearably hot for me.  Thankfully, we have cooler temps coming next week, once we get past the weekend.  The AC has been running steady.  We are heading back up to camp on Monday, and my hu […]

We had to go to Detroit yesterday and the weather situation was quite remarkable.  When we left at 9 AM, the sun was out with scattered clouds.  Then the sky became overcast and dark clouds began appearing to o […]

Today is another scorcher with my weather station reading over 90F.  I’m not sure how accurate it is because it is in the sun and that usually causes it to read about 3-4 degrees higher that what it really is.  R […]