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severe weather season is winding down here over the next few weeks and it has been a dud.

While GR has had a couple of very warm days with highs in the upper 80's with the wind and lower humidity it has not been all that bad and most felt nice out. And while the air has been on it has not been running all that much yet. We took a trip to the beach at Muskegon yesterday and at the beach area the temperature was just 67 between 2 and 5 when we were at the beach area. About 3 miles inland it was in the mid 70's and at 5 miles it was in the low then mid 80's by the time we got to Coopersville it was up to 87. The overnight low here was a warm 68 it looks like the official low at GRR will be 70. At this time it is clear and 71 here the winds are calm at this time.

As usual in this part of the country, we’ve jumped from a rainy and cool May to summer with no in between.

GFS and Euro both look rather wet next week. GFS brings more convection, while Euro advertises an SLP rolling through and bringing a decent spell of moderate rain here. I will take either at this point, just anything to put a dent in this stupid drought.

It's not looking like the greatest summer up there or anywhere west of there into the mountain west. It sucks. Question is how long the drought lasts and where it spreads to.

It looks like today will put a hole in the anticipated 90+ streak. Though this was only supposed to be day 3 and 90s keep getting added all the way through the forseeable future.

we have our pool cleaned up and ready to go but the morning opened with clouds and a temperature of 69 hoping for some sun this afternoon would like to enjoy the pool.

Waking up to a balmy morning here today with a current temp of 73F along with slight SW breeze. Love these type of summer mornings. DP's will begin climbing farther today into the mid/upper 60's. Pool day??? The 00z EPS is encouraging for the Lower Lakes region through Saturday...

June has been as hot as July and August the past few years. The difference is it tends to be a more "dry" heat compared to later in the year. It's really not that bad other than a few hours in the afternoon.

Its a very dull and cloudy marine layer day today.

We’ve been fortunate here, dew is only in the low 50’s with a strong south breeze. At 87 degrees it actually feels nice.

A bit cooler today, probably won't hit 100, but the DP in the 60s makes it feel worse than yesterday when it was in the 40s. 97*F.

What’s funny is we started June last year having the first 9 days above 90 degrees here. The grids all upped the temperatures for this coming week and every day is above 90 so we might do it again

I actually don't mind the heat itself, I work nights inside a hospital so not like it affects me. I do, however, mind the electric bills that are half as much as my rent.

The dewpoint has finally jumped up to the next level. Yesterday it was in the upper 40s. This morning it's in the mid 60s.

I haven’t turned on my underground sprinklers yet, which is as late as I can ever remember. Probably will need to by early next week. Nothing is dry, but this pattern may start stressing things.

I'm going to be putting some water on the garden this morning. There are chances of rain each day next week but I wouldn't be surprised if I received less than a quarter of an inch over the course of the week as the rain looks to be scattered and mostly to my south and east. It's going to be muggy as dew point will reach 70.

It's time to put this thread to bed...until next year...Winter...see you soon...

This pattern is certainly and oddity as I can't recall seeing widespread BN temps in the deep south and a powerhouse Ridge to the north. TX/OK appear to me that they will not be seeing much of a traditional summer down there. I mean, for example, Dallas has rain in the forecast every day this weekend into next week with temps in the low/mid 80's when low 90's are normal. My cousin is loving the cooler pattern but the rainfall is getting outta hand. Its very soupy and soggy which isn't good for agriculture.

What is worse @FAR_Weather....a Hot Summer or Warm Winter??? The 00z EPS not to friendly for folks up north as the Heat Dome has some legs but sorta shifts W/NW while the east/south Sub cools relative to where we are now. On a positive note, the 00z Euro op has come back north with precip over the course of next week and is late to the party, but could be onto the idea of a "Ring of Fire" pattern starting up Wed/Thu out in the Plains. The GFS/ICON picked up on this early on. Had my HVAC guy come by yesterday to fill up some freon using the older R22. Thankfully, he scooped up an entire pallet full of them for such a cheap price and took care of me on the price. Meanwhile, ORD hit 91F yesterday and the forecast shows 90's through the weekend which would officially make it the 1st legit "Heat Wave" of 2020 (3 straight days of 90F+).

Quick summary of the recent weather in my backyard: May 26: Snow showers May 29: Hard Freeze June 4: 98°F Some crazy extremes!

There are already water restrictions in some of the smaller towns here. It's gonna be bad if this pattern continues a couple more weeks.

Thank goodness we’ve had record breaking rainfall. Many areas haven’t. It will start getting serious for parts of the region without irrigation if this pattern verifies. I’m sure some are already seeing drought problems.