Freeze Warning

Cool Pattern Continues for the Next 10 Days

We’ll be under a Freeze Warning late Friday night into early Saturday morning. A good portion of West Michigan will dip below the freezing mark.

All counties in West Michigan are under the Freeze Warning.

All of northern Lower Michigan is under a Freeze Warning Friday night/early Sasturday. The U.P. will also see freezing temperatures. Their vegetation isn’t far enough along to warrant a Freeze Warning.

The Freeze Warning extends down into northern Indiana. Much of the rest of Indiana has a Frost Advisory.

Here’s forecast low temperatures for early Saturday morning. Most of West Michigan will dip into the upper 20s and low 30s. The coldest spots (mainly north of Grand Rapids will reach the mid 20s.

The latest 8-14 day temperature forecast for May 8-14 keeps the Great Lakes in the below average category. By the end of this period, warmer air is moving east into the Plains states. So my educated guess is that we will be able to plant more frost sensitive flowers and vegetables during the middle of the month.

Rainfall is expected to be a touch below average in West Michigan. Above average rainfall is forecast across the Southern U.S., where we have had drought conditions.

Here’s combined rainfall over the next 3 days. A significant band of heavy rainfall is likely from New Mexico east to the Carolinas.

You can still find “winter” in parts of Alaska. This pic. is from the FAA camera at Point Lay on the northwest coast of our 49th State. I wonder if that pile on the right side of the pic. is all snow, or just a snow covered mound of something else.. This was taken at 8:39 pm. Daylight is quite long in May in Alaska.

Today we have a full moon. There are 2 full moons this month. Today we have the “Flower Moon”. The second full moon in a calendar month is called a “Blue Moon” though it’s not any bluer than any other full moon.

Also: Large hail falling in a swimming pool. Baseball-sized hail. For the first time since records of this began, there were no tornado warnings in Alabama in April. Volcano in Mexico.