2 more crappy days expected before the big warmup.

Exact same playbook as last year, when he went full hype mode on every warm season month at the beginning, only for most places to not end up close to record warmth. Even PDX couldn't get that close to delivering a record month, which it had been doing most warm seasons recently. So I guess if he was going for jinxing it worked!

After the morning clouds and showers yesterday, the sun came out and some rather gusty winds blew out of the NW which felt kinda nice to be honest. I had a great time with the family celebrating my nephews 1st Communion and playing catch football out in the backyard. It was a picture perfect afternoon and the warmest day of my trip thus far visiting Chicagoland. I'm excited to feel the upper 70's today and plan on taking a short road trip up to Lake Geneva to see what has changed over the years since I have been there. Gosh, I think it's been well over 10 years or so since I've come up there. Should feel like summer with a good SW flow wind all day today. Have a wonderful day!

Overreaction Monday! We are 3 days into May. I am sure you are doing for jinxing purposes... and I am also sure we will have a decent troughy period this month. The ECMWF AIFS is already showing this on every run now.

With the wind yesterday, the highest wind gust was 50 MPH. The high of 61 did not feel like it. The overnight low here in my yard was 41 and with clear skies it at 7AM it is 42. Today will be by far the warmest day for the foreseeable future. Highs look to reach the mid 70’s there is a 60% chance of showers tonight with a possible thunderstorm. The rest of the week looks below average with highs only in the 50’s and lows in the 30’s before a possible slight warm-up over the weekend. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 61/38 there was a trace of rainfall, the highest wind gust was 50MPH out of the W. light rain was the only major weather event. For today the average H/L is 66/44 the record high of 88 was in 1949, the coldest high of 43 was in 1907 the record low of 26 in 1971 the warmest low of 68 was in 1949. The most rainfall of 1.06” was in 1902 the most snowfall of 0.04” was in 1954. Last year the H/L was 62/40 and there was 0.64” of rainfall. Some weather history for May 4th 1977 A tornado 500 yards in width struck Pleasant Hill, MO, severely damaging the high school and grade school. Only minor injuries were reported among the more than 1000 teaches and students due to excellent warnings and prior tornado drills. (The Weather Channel)here in Michigan 1928: A tornado destroyed several cottages along Bostwick Lake, about ten miles northeast of Grand Rapids.