March going out with a "Wintry Mix" storm
We got a taste of it, so no worries, spring will be here soon enough. Winter just isnt ready to say goodbye yet. The region will see colder than normal temperatures for the next week, and rain, snow,...
View ArticleWeather prompts heat advisory
The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for parts of Michigan as more severe thunderstorms were in the forecast. The weather service says that Tuesday temperatures were expected to...
View ArticleBlame (or Thank) the Jet Stream for Michigan's unusually warm weather
Michigan will be flirting with temperatures near 80 degrees today. The state has been seeing record or near record breaking temperatures for the past few days. Amos Dotson is a meteorologist with the...
View ArticleElevated fire danger in lower Michigan today
Todays high winds and dry weather are making conditions right for fire. The National Weather Services office in Grand Rapids issued a bulletin today warning of Elevated Fire Danger Today : Fire danger...
View ArticleIt’s hot… and only getting warmer the rest of the week
The National Weather Service has put much of southwest and lower mid-Michigan under an excessive heat warning through Saturday. With the humidity factored in, it could feel as hot as 110-degrees in...
View ArticleIn this morning's news: Diane Hathaway sentenced, additional funding for...
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice sentenced to jail time “Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway was sentenced to one year and one day in federal custody, for the crime of bank fraud....
View ArticleTornado touched down in Atlas township last night
Tornado conditions merely amounted to warnings in Washtenaw County, but a tornado did touch down in Atlas township last night. Ron Fonger , of MLive.com reported that the majority of the damage was...
View ArticleRegardless of skepticism, derechos are still scary
There's an alarming red banner at the top of weather.com's Ann Arbor page : "BEWARE: Dangerous Commute Ahead!" If the storm does turn into a derecho, there's reason to worry. Driving through one is...
View ArticleIf its name is any indication, this winter storm headed for Michigan could be...
The most recent winter storm on the National Weather Service's radar is on her way. The Weather Channel named her Electra. This is what she looks like: According to the NWS , there's a prediction of "a...
View ArticleUpdate: Ice storms knock out power to 294,000 in Michigan
JACKSON, Mich. (AP) - Winter has arrived in Michigan with an icy blast, sending freezing rain across a wide section of the Lower Peninsula and knocking out electrical service to 294,000 homes and...
View ArticleMore snow today after record setting January in parts of Michigan
DETROIT (AP) - The weather outside continues to be frightful for parts of Michigan even after some areas experienced their snowiest Januaries. The National Weather Service says up to seven inches of...
View ArticleRecords may fall with the snow this week in Michigan
All-time snowfall records could be broken this week in Michigan. A storm blowing through the state tonight is expected to dump two to eight inches of snow. What’s on the line this week may very well be...
View ArticleIt's been spring for a week, but the weather says otherwise
So here we are, a week in to spring. And what did we get this week as a present from Mother Nature? That's right: snow. And cold. National Weather Service meteorologist Jim Maczko, who is based in...
View Article24-hours of snowfall heading toward southeast Michigan
WHITE LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - This winter has yet to wallop the Detroit area, but that could change as what may be the first major snowstorm of the season heads toward southern Michigan. The...
View ArticleMother Nature brings Northern Michigan diamond dust along with her cold...
Mother Nature, with her cold temperatures, is turning out diamond dust in Northern Michigan. Justin Arnott , a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gaylord, described diamond dust as “the...
View ArticleLooking back at the deadly Palm Sunday tornado outbreak on its 50th anniversary
This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most devastating weather events in Michigan history: the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak. It happened with virtually no warning on April 11, 1965....
View ArticleWe might get 20 foot waves in Lake Michigan this week
Those gales of November are coming in full force tonight. The National Weather Service issued a notice that predicts waves up to 20 feet high in Lake Michigan over the next few days. Those waves, plus...
View ArticleNational Weather Service issues gale warning for Lake Michigan, predicts...
Extremely high winds will cause massive waves on Lake Michigan tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a gale warning that predicts wind gusts with speeds up to 52 miles per hour, which could...
View ArticleHigh winds cause power outages across the state
Extremely high winds have caused power outages and more throughout Michigan today. DTE, Consumer's Energy, and Great Lakes Energy are all reporting power outages due to winds that have reached up to 60...
View ArticleToday marks the anniversary of the deadliest tornado in Michigan history
65 years ago today, Michigan was struck one of the deadliest tornado’s in U.S. history. The powerful F5 tornado touched down north of Flint just after 8:30 on the night of June 8 th , 1953. The...
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