Cathie Ursu

There are numerous showers popping up on radar but they all seem to  be missing us.  I expected to hear the rumble of thunder overnight but no such luck.  Everything was dry this morning.  We’ll be heading up to […]

Yesterday was quite comfortable, and today will be also .  But there is more hot weather knocking on the door and that is expected by the weekend.  We’ll be heading up to our campground on Thursday, just in time f […]

Severe thunderstorms rocked northern Michigan early yesterday causing damage to a school in Cheboygan, and many trees down across the northern areas of the state.  Even our campground had some damage done, mainly […]

This radar image was from this morning when a line of thunderstorms moved across the state, causing severe storm warnings in various places.   We were under a warning briefly, but there was nothing here that was s […]

We took a drive to Sleeper State Park in Caseville yesterday.  Caseville is in the thumb area of the state and was a favorite camping destination for us when my kids were little.  We hadn’t been there in years a […]

Rain began around 3 AM this morning and left 0.50″ in my gauge.  It was very welcome and exceeded the predictions.  Light rain continues at this time but radar is showing that it won’t last much longer.  Re […]

We complained when it was cold, and now we complain because it’s too hot.  Why can’t the weather ever reach a happy medium?  At least we got some very beneficial rain last week and the lawn has greened up a […]

Yesterday was as perfect as a summer day in Michigan can be.  Temperatures were comfortable and the humidity and dew points were low.  There was just enough breeze to open the windows and give the AC a rest.  To […]

After all the heat of last week, today feels really refreshing.  Highs are only expected to be around 80° and that’s sounds wonderful to me.  We may just be able to give the AC a rest.  We have a few clouds thi […]

Friday produced multiple showers and thunderstorms for our state.  The rain was very badly needed following this past week of very hot, dry weather.  We received 1.28″ but some areas recorded as much as 3-4 i […]

I was very happy to see rain on the radar this morning and it is raining quite hard now as I post this.  There was only 0.02″ in my gauge from yesterday even though most areas received more than that.  We seemed t […]

Today will be another day of hot, dry weather, although the humidity will  be on the rise.  The past two days have been remarkably dry in terms of humidity, which is rare for Michigan in summer.  There is no ra […]

Temperatures yesterday were in the mid 80s, but the humidity was very low as was the dew point, so it really wasn’t that uncomfortable.  Today will be about the same, and there is no rain in the forecast until […]

For anyone who loves hot summer weather, they should be overjoyed right now.  It looks like that will be our weather pattern for quite a while.  For me, that will be a bit much as I’m not a fan of anything much o […]

Yesterday was lovely and the same is expected for today.  We are in a period of dry, hot weather, something that we have been waiting for since June began.  We were wondering if it was ever going to happen, but a […]

As severe thunderstorms developed yesterday, they remained to our south and west.  We received 0.53″ of rain with a little thunder and lightning, but not much more.  Many areas got over 2 inches of rain and some w […]

This morning is sunny and mild, but I can already see clouds in the west ahead of the storms which are expected to reach us later today.  The is a good chance that we’ll have some severe weather.  Temperatures w […]

Our week in Indian River was wonderful except for the last two days.  Until then, we had clear skies, light winds, and very comfortable temperatures.  We will be going back up for the 4th of July week, and I h […]

The past two days have been total washouts with close to 2 inches of rainfall.   It finally ended late last night and today should be fairly decent although quite chilly.  we will be heading home but will re […]