One of only six meteorologists in the world ever named AMS Fellow, CCM and CBM. WDIV-TV meteorologist: 1983-2023. Lived my childhood dream for 40 years!
Michigan
Joined July 2013
- Tweets32.7K
- Following377
- Followers13.7K
- Likes7.2K
I just may pay you guys a visit if the ones close to home close early!
Paul, I am retired and work at Royal Oak Golf Course. 9 hole golf course. We lost money during the 100 degree heat and the rain early. Royal Oak will be open until it snows. Gotta make it up.
FYI I used to contact you when I ran Adult softball leagues in Rochester Hills/ Rochester back in the day. You always responded. Thanks.
I mow. As much as I can to stay active. Tees, Collars, par three fairways.
Love it. Never stop or you die.
I played at Glen Oaks last Thursday, and they told me they’re closing November 8th, no matter what the weather. I hope some courses wait until the weather turns before closing…if we still manage to hold onto some relatively milder weather, they’ll make some money!
Let’s wait and see how long this streak goes before deciding how impressive or not it is. All I said today is that this is something to monitor.
(Tue, 10/27) Interesting stat to monitor: through yesterday, we’ve officially had 9 straight days at or above 60°. And we potentially could see another 7, which would bring the streak to 16. That would put us in the top-ten for consecutive 60°-days in October-November!
Since it’s a relatively pleasant Sunday evening, if you head outside and look to the east, you’ll see the full Harvest Moon, which also serves as a nice beacon directing you to see the planet Saturn to its right! (Image credit: @earthskyscience)
(Sunday, 10/25) Here’s your first reminder: NEXT weekend we go back onto Eastern Standard Time. Saturday night, you’ll set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed…I guess that means the kids get an extra hour of eating candy…and we all get an extra hour of sleep.
Species migration is indeed another big indicator. And therein lies a problem for some birds, who time their traditional migration with the timing of plants producing seeds: the changing of the plants’ flowering times means there’s less food available for the traveling birds.
There are many ways. The most common refrain I hear is “winters aren’t like they used to be.” People are definitely noticing the increase in the most extreme precipitation events. More subtly, I have certain perennials that bloom nearly a month earlier than they did 34 years ago.
With the mid-term elections coming up, the scientists at @ClimateCentral did something interesting: they computed the temperature change since 1970 for every congressional district. And every single district has experienced warming…highest in the southwest. (Cont.➡️)
Just in case you missed this earlier…
(7:15am Wednesday) The annual Orionid Meteor Shower peaks today…best time to look is between 4:00am and dawn Thursday morning. Expect perhaps 10-20 meteors per hour…grape-nuts size pieces of rock hitting our atmosphere at ~150,000 mph. Image from spaceweather.com!
Hey @HP - after THREE hours troubleshooting a printer error message, your people say I have to call you because the problem is on your end. I logged in on your website, as instructed, but there is no number to call. I NEED TO SPEAK TO YOU ASSP. Please advise. Thank you.
(7:15am Wednesday) The annual Orionid Meteor Shower peaks today…best time to look is between 4:00am and dawn Thursday morning. Expect perhaps 10-20 meteors per hour…grape-nuts size pieces of rock hitting our atmosphere at ~150,000 mph. Image from spaceweather.com!
On this date (October 19th) in 1989, 2.7 inches of snow was officially recorded at Metro Airport. This is the earliest snowfall of the season greater than one inch in recorded Detroit weather history!