Beware of the Ides of March

The overnight low here in MVY was 23 at the current time it is clear and 24. The next week is on tap to be on the warm side with several chances of rain and possible thunder. It will become very mild with highs maybe even reaching the mid to upper 60’s. But there is a chance of a cool down later next week. KEY MESSAGES DRY TODAY, RAIN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO NEXT WEEK (NORMAL HIGHS UPPER 30S TO LOW 40S) Detailed Forecast Today Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the morning. Tonight A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind around 6 mph. Thursday Showers, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before noon. High near 46. East wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible. Thursday Night A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. East wind 5 to 8 mph. Friday Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. High near 66. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Friday Night Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely between 10pm and 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 51. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Saturday A 50 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Saturday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Sunday Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Sunday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Monday Sunny, with a high near 65. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Tuesday Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 40/23 there was no rain or snowfall. There was some sun and clouds. The highest wind speed was 15 MPH out of the E. For today the average H/L is 39/24 the record high of 70 was in 2024 the coldest high of 13 was in 2002 the record low of -3 was in 1948 the warmest low of 49 was in 2024. The wettest was 1.36” in 1985 the most snowfall of 8.0” was in 1900 the most snow on the ground was 19” in 2014. The sunrise today is at 7:13 AM and the sunset is at 6:35 PM, The sun up time is about the same as on October 8th Some weather history for March 4th 1966, A severe blizzard raged across Minnesota and North Dakota. The blizzard lasted four days producing up to 35 inches of snow, and wind gusting to 100 mph produced snow drifts 30 to 40 feet high. Bismarck ND reported zero visibility for 11 hours. Traffic was paralyzed for three days. (2nd-5th) (The Weather Channel) and in 2008, Only two days after reaching 78 degrees, St. Louis receives nearly a foot of snow in seven hours, the biggest snowstorm in 15 years.

More signs of cold coming mid month. MJO moves into 7

GEFS snow for Victoria BC

Ensembles are all in pretty good agreement on a more extended chilly period next week