Sunny, but Cool for the Whitecaps Home Opener

Next rain comes Wed. night/Thursday

The Whitecaps first home game is this evening (Tue.) and the weather looks pleasant, but cool. The average high temperature this week is mid 50s, but we’ll only reach the low 40s today. The good news is that the sun will shine much of the day. The wind will be light, less than 5 mph during the game.

Today (Tue.) will be the coolest day of the week. We’ll start today with a north wind, which is coming down from Canada, across a solid snowpack down to far northern Lower Michigan. Monday AM snow cover: Harbor Springs 7”, Mancelona 2”. Early this AM (Tue.) Marquette (arpt.) still had 37” of snow on the ground and the last check at Herman MI - they reported 40” of snow cover.

Here’s 66-hour total forecast rainfall. For West Michigan, this would come Wed. night into Thursday AM. Rainfall forecasts: Grand Rapids 0.13”, Big Rapids 0.30”. The heaviest rain will be in the Florida Peninsula, with a few 2-3” totals possible. They have been on the dry side and could use some rain. Northern California gets another round of showers, as does South Texas

Here’s forecast high temperatures for today. These are chilly temps., especially considering the sunshine. Low 40s for inland area and mid-upper 30s at Lake Michigan. Gaylord is expecting a high of 32 and S. Ste. Marie only 30.

Tornado confirmed - Saturday near Detroit - pic. from National Weather Service Here’s the details:

...NWS Damage Survey for 04/04/2026 Tornado Event...

.Van Buren Township Tornado...

Rating:                 EF-1
Estimated Peak Wind:    100 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.25 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   200 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             April 4, 2026
Start Time:             5:46 PM EDT
Start Location:         2 NE Willis / Wayne County / MI
Start Lat/Lon:          42.1788 / -83.5371

End Date:               April 4, 2026
End Time:               5:50 PM EDT
End Location:           Belleville / Wayne County / MI
End Lat/Lon:            42.2009 / -83.4749

The tornado started just south of Martz Rd between Rawsonville Rd
and Hoeft Rd. It first flipped a hayride trailer and continued
northeast toward Hull Rd. EF-1 damage occurred along Hull Rd with
the greatest concentration of EF-1 damage along and just south of
Hull Rd between Elwell Rd and Bak Rd. This damage included
multiple trees uprooted and snapped, telephone poles snapped, and
a large barn wall blown out. The tornado continued northeast
crossing Sumpter Rd producing EF-0 damage with scattered large
tree limbs and power lines downed. The tornado lifted right
before reaching Savage Rd.

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