Great sunrise this morning.

There's a lake in Hanoi with some remnants of a B52 stratofortress in it lol. They shot it down in '72 and part of the landing gear is still there.

Ok, one last photo dump to share... Monemvasia, Greece was a cool midevil fortress town to explore. My wife and I got lost on the twisty turny streets and found new things and beautiful views around every corner, even with the clouds and rain we had that day. Santorini was a clear highlight of the trip. We visited the red sand beach, had lunch on the black sand beach, visited a winery at the top of the island with breathtaking postcard-worthy views, then finished with an amazing dinner overlooking Oia and the caldera. A standout, wonderful day with the family and we all fell in love with this place. Ephesus, Turkey was much different than we expected. Very lush, green, mountainous terrain. Pretty area and it was very cool visiting such a well-preserved ancient city. Visiting the area where John and Paul preached was a notable experience for us. Finally, we ended in Athens. We hiked up to the Acropolis and explored the Plaka neighborhood. The view from our loft was stunning. We are now on our way back to Chicago and then home to Sioux Falls. Overall we had the trip of a lifetime and it is one we will never forget. I highly recommend checking out some of the places I've shared, especially the ones in Greece. We truly loved all our time in Greece (and especially the food!) and hope to return there again in the future!

Widespread lows were in the 30’s overnight with some valley locations near or below freezing this morning. The lowest reading was the 31.5 at Warwick Township. That is tied for the 2nd coldest reading for today’s date across Chester County behind only the 31-degree low recorded at Coatesville in 1907 and Morgantown in 1963, That may well be our last freezing observation across the county until October. We continue with below normal temperatures through the rest of the work week before we warm up to well above normal temperatures starting Saturday and into next week. Rain chances increase by tomorrow night into Thursday morning.

The overnight low here in my yard was 33, with cloud cover it is now up to 38. Today looks to be mostly cloudy with showers and a high that could reach the upper 60’s. It will turn colder once again tomorrow with highs only in the lower 50’s. It looks like it will be come warmer for the weekend with highs reaching near 80 it will be a nice change after all of the cold days with have had. The official H/L at Grand Rapids yesterday was 60/38 there was no rainfall the highest wind gust was 23 MPH out of the W. There was no significant weather events. For today the average H/L is 69/47 the record high of 87 was in 2022 the coldest high of 43 was in 1966 the record low of 27 was in 1981 the warmest low of 64 was in 2004. The most rainfall of 1.43” was in 1912. Last year the H/L was 83/46. Some weather history for May 12th 1971 Dust storms suddenly reduced visibilities to near zero on Interstate Highway 10 near Casa Grande AZ. Chain reaction accidents involving cars and trucks resulted, killing seven persons. 1990 Thunderstorms produced severe weather from eastern Texas and the Central Gulf Coast States into Missouri and Illinois. Thunderstorms spawned six tornadoes, including one which injured four persons at Doloroso MS. Thunderstorms also produced hail three inches in diameter west of Vicksburg MS, and wind gusts to 83 mph in southern Illinois, north of Vevay Park and at the Coles County Airport. High winds and heavy rain caused 1.6 million dollars crop damage in Calhoun County IL, and in southeastern Louisiana, Saint Joseph was deluged with eight inches of rain. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) Here in Michigan 1956 A severe weather outbreak produces tornadoes, high winds and large hail across Lower Michigan. A deadly tornado hit near Flint for the second time in three years, killing three people on the southeast side of the city. One person was killed in Gratiot County as a tornado moved between Alma and Ithaca. Muskegon was pelted with baseball-sized hail that caused thousands of dollars in damage to homes and cars.