Yesterday was a wild day across the area. Tornadoes in the southern row of counties that have left several people dead and more injured. Here in the GR metro area we had very heavy rainfall. There were two rounds of thunderstorms with some of the heaviest rain I have seen in a long time, here in Grand Rapids a new rainfall record was set with 1.55” of rainfall. The high for the day came after sunset and reached 60 yesterday and is now up to 62 this morning. The week ahead will be mild to warm before cooling down to more average temperatures. Don’t forget to change the time tonight to “summer time” KEY MESSAGES STORMS SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING MID WEEK SYSTEM TO BRING RAIN TURNING COLDER BEHIND THE MID WEEK LOW WITH CHANCES FOR SNOW Detailed Forecast Today Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers. Temperature rising to near 60 by 10am, then falling to around 53 during the remainder of the day. Southwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible. Tonight A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Sunday Sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Sunday Night Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Monday Sunny, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Monday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Tuesday A 40 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Tuesday Night Showers. Cloudy, with a low around 38. Wednesday Rain showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Wednesday Night A chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Thursday Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Thursday Night A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Friday A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 60/37 that 60 was just before midnight. There was a new record rainfall of 1.55” the highest wind speed was 31 MPH out of the SW. For today the average H/L is 41/24 the record high of 72 was in 2000 the coldest high of 15 was in 1920 the record low of -3 was in 1986 the warmest low of 53 was in 2012. The most rainfall of 1.03” was in 1903 the most snowfall of 5.3” was in 1935 the most snow on the ground was 19” in 2014. Today the sun rise is at 7:08 AM and the sunset time is 6:39PM Remember we change time tonight. Some weather history for March 7th 1987, Forty-five cities in the north central and northeastern U.S. reported record high temperatures for the date. Huron SD hit 80 degrees, and Pickstown SD reached 81 degrees. Rochester MN and Rockford IL smashed their previous record for the date by sixteen degrees. (The National Weather Summary) and in 1990, A major ice storm left much of Iowa under a thick coat of ice. It was the worst ice storm in at least twenty-five years for Iowa, perhaps the worst of the century. Up to two inches of ice coated much of western and central Iowa, with three inches reported in Crawford County and Carroll County. As much as five inches of ice was reported on some electrical lines. The ice downed 78 towers in a 17-mile stretch of a high voltage feeder near Boone costing three electric utilities fifteen million dollars. Damage to trees was incredible, and clean-up costs alone ran into the millions. Total damage from the storm was more than fifty million dollars. (Storm Data)

These nights are underappreciated

Heavy mist started around 5:30 am and didn't stop until about 8-9pm. You can spot where mist turned to rain for a minute.

The video with the frozen lake will go down as one of the more iconic weather moments of all time.

That tornado in Michigan today was crazy.