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Good morning. Here in NW Grand Rapids I have clear skies and a early morning temperature of 54. Today looks to be sunny with highs around 80 tonight the low should be around 60. There is a good chance of showers on Wednesday there are still some questions on any severe storms. The rest of the next seven days should see typical late summer weather. Detailed Forecast for Grand Rapids Today Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind. Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light and variable wind. Wednesday A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Wednesday Night Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 63. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Friday Sunny, with a high near 80. Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 58. Saturday Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Saturday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Sunday Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Sunday Night A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Monday A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Climate report for August 25. The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 76/53 there was 1 HDD there was no rainfall the highest wind gust was 24 MPH out of the NW. There were no significant weather events. For today the average H/L is 80/60 the record high of 94 was in 1948 and 1952 the coolest high of 60 was in 1940 the record low of 41 was in 1942 the warmest low of 72 was in 2020 and 1948 the most rainfall of 2.02” was in 1940. Last year the H/L was 70/51. Some weather history for August 25th 1987, Morning thunderstorms produced heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa. Stanton IA reported 10.50 inches of rain. Water was reported up to the handle of automobiles west of Greenwood NE. Rainfall totals for a two day period ranged from 7 to 14 inches across southwestern Iowa. Crop damage was in the millions for both states. Subsequent flooding of streams in Iowa the last week of August caused millions of dollars damage to crops, as some streams crested ten feet above flood stage. (Storm Data) 1989, Morning thunderstorms drenched Spencer, IN, with 4.10 inches of rain in three hours causing extensive street flooding. Evening thunderstorms in eastern Kansas produced up to six inches of rain around Emporia, and four inches of rain in just forty-five minutes near Parsons, and also produced wind gusts to 70 mph at Lake Melvern. (The National Weather Summary) (Storm Data) and here in Michigan 1940, A stalled cold front brings clouds and very cool high temperatures. At Muskegon the high was only 56 degrees and Lansing was 57, both records for the coldest maximum temperatures for the month of August. The high of 60 degrees at Grand Rapids is only one degree higher than the record of 59 degrees set on August 26, 1987.

Given there was no winter last year I guess eventually there will be another one at some point.

Bit of a flatter ridge builds on the 00z Euro, but still trending much warmer again for Labor Day weekend and beyond. Rain opportunities looking very scarce down here with this blink and you miss it trough deal.

I do think this winter will be more interesting than many believe

I think he told you not to look at the AIFS now. I'll have to double check though.