westMJim

I had what might have been a small but very heavy rain storm come thru yesterday afternoon. Here at my house I recorded 1.72″ of rain for 3 rain events yesterday. At this time it is cloudy and 67 here with a DP of 64.

This afternoons heavy rain storm dropped 1.20" and I am now up to 1.63" for the day. The temperature here is now down to 69.

I just got back from a short 30 minute walk. I left with cloudy skies but this sun came out and it is now warm and very humid. The current temperature is 84 with a DP of 75. According to my weather station that is good for a heat index of 90

Had 0.43" of rain here. With mostly cloudy skies the current temperature here is 76 with a DP of 70.

Yesterday West Michigan had a record high tied at Grand Rapid 90 and a new record high set at Muskegon also 90. The average 1st 90 day at Grand Rapids is June 18 and at Muskegon it is July 3rd And it is the earliest first 90° at both locations since 2012. It looks like the official overnight low at GRR will be 67 if that holds until midnight it will be the 7th warmest minimum for any May 27th The current temperature here at my house is 70 with a DP of 63.

Muskegon has now set a new record high for May 26 with a between readings high of 90 and here at Grand Rapids the 4PM reading was 90 and that will tie the record set in 2010. Also now both Muskegon and Grand Rapids have their first 90 day for the summer of 2020. Here at my house I now have a reading of 92.

At this time the official reading at Grand Rapids is 87 with a DP of 68. But here at my house I now have a unofficial reading of 90 with a DP of 71. Will have to see if GRR reaches 90 in the next few hours. The current reading of 87 at GRR is the 5th warmest for the date. 90 is the record high for this date.

With the H/L of 86/64 yesterday was tied with 2018 for the 6th warmest high for any May 25th and the low of 63 is now the 11th warmest minimum for May 25th. If is stays at or above 64 until midnight today will be the 4th warmest minimum at Grand Rapids. The record high for today is 90 set in 2010. At this time here at my house I have a temperature of 82 with a DP of 72.

It now has gotten even worse the latest reading was reported as -14 with a DP of -16. But then again it is 49 at Mackinac Island.

Yesterdays official of H/L was 82/62 at Grand Rapids. Wow I just looked and that high of 82 was the 15th warmest for any May 24th and the low of 62 was the 7th warmest low for the date. I would have thought by this late in May there would have been more year with warmer temperatures.

Ok, Jaster posted on another site 3 times in the month of May (or at least someone used his device) but there are post from his account on May 3rd and then on May 17 and 18.

I will keep looking. I know Jaster post on another site under a different screen name. I think I seen him post a couple of weeks ago under that name. I do not post on that side but if I see his name on there I will let you know.

The sun has now broken thru the clouds. The low here at my house was just 61 and at this time it is now at 77 with a DP of 67 according it my weather station that gives me a heat index of 78. Yesterday was the first time I had the AC on this year. I now have central air but that was not always the case. We had just fans until May of 1991. That is when I bought a window air conditioner from Builders Square. Anyone still remember Builders Square? And I did not have central air until 1998.

Currently, it is sunny and 75 here. Now what happened to last nights rain? The storms to the SW just did not make it here at all. Not that we need any rain at this time, but I was not expecting to receive no rain at all.

It looks like we should enter a very warm and humid period over the next several days. This has happened in the past so it is not all that unusual. There is some question as to how long this warmup will last as there are some hints to a cool down as we get past the first week of June. As has been said before a brief warm up then maybe a cool down. At this time it is clear here and 61.

Boyce Hydro also the Edenville Dam – which failed Tuesday afternoon – as well as the Secord and Smallwood dams It looks like there has been a issue with Boyce Hydro for some time. It also looks like the Lake Associations also may have had a hand in the issue. Here is a report on the denial of what took place in 2018 https://www.troutmanenergyreport.com/2018/10/ferc-denies-stay-hydro-project-license-termination/

I will second that jaster has been posting on another site. I am not sure the reason why he has not been on this site for a while. But I can say for sure he has been on the other site this week posting on the heavy rain and flooding here in Michigan. That is unless some one else is using his device.

Has anyone else noticed how some of the trees are late this year in getting all of their leaves on them. And looking at the web cams from the UP. https://www.mtu.edu/webcams/ and https://www.exploremunising.com/web-cams/ They are really late this year up there.

Here in Michigan. There is major flooding going on today in Midland. Two dams broke on the Tittabawassee River. The Tittabawassee River in Midland is 34.72 feet at 8:45 a.m. The flood stage is 24 feet. The river is projected to crest at 38 feet at midnight Wednesday night, according to the NWS. However, city officials expect the river to crest sooner than that, at 8 p.m. Wednesday. M-20 is closed between Main Street and Meridian in both directions. The M-30 bridge near Stryker's Lakeside Marina is washed out. U.S. 10 was closed in Sanford. I take M 20 thru Midland on my way to Bay City so I know this area rather well.

May 2020 started out cool and dry but in the last week it has become very wet. For the month the mean temperature is 49.8° and that is good for a departure of -6.8°. There have been only 3 days with a above average mean temperature. For the month so far just 4 days have had highs of above average and 5 nights of warmer than average lows. And so far 3.76” of rain has fallen at Grand Rapids (3.98” is average for the whole month) At this time it is cloudy here with a temperature of 58. For today the average High/Low is 71/49. If the weekends high in the upper 70’s and low 80’s pan out it will feel very summer like around here for a change.

I recorded 2.89" of rain for this event so far. At this time it is just cloudy here with a temperature of 57. With all this rain there is going to be a large crop of mosquitoes in a few weeks.

The rain has become heaver here and I am now up to 1.16" of rain

I am now up to 0.75" of rain fall. With rain still falling it is now 55°

Looks like there could be a lot of rain on tap for today. That means more grass cutting in the coming days. That will make a lot of exercise for some of us. Here at Grand Rapids there have only been 3 days that the mean temperature has been above average and for the month the mean is now at 49.2° and that is a departure of -7.0. At this time there is light rain falling and the current temperature here is 53°

At this time Grand Rapids is still waiting for its first 80° Last year we did not have our 1st one until June 7th the last time Grand Rapids reached 80 or better was back on September 30th last year. That means it has been 229 days since the last time it has reached 80 here at Grand Rapids.