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THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
SEVEN DAY FORECAST GRAND RAPIDS
WEATHER
Did January’s weather feel warm to you?
Today
Mon.
Tue.
Wed.
Thu.
Fri.
Sat.
38° 23°
38° 28°
38° 25°
30° 18°
32° 22°
40° 29°
46° 31°
Snow showers; colder Wind W 12-25
Plenty of sunshine Wind W 7-14
Breezy with some sun Wind W 10-20
Houghton 30/19 Ontonagon 31/21
Clouds and sun Wind NW 6-12
Copper Harbor 32/22
Iron Mountain 33/16 Escanaba 35/18
100°+ 90° 80° 70° 50° 40° 30° 10° 0°
Ludington 38/27
-10° -20°F.
Weather blog MLive meteorologist Mark Torregrossa keeps you up to date at mlive.com/weather and on Facebook.
Rogers City 36/23
LOUISIANA TORNADOES
Alpena 35/22
Houghton Lake 33/21
Big Rapids 36/21
Whitehall/ Montague 39/27
East Tawas 38/23 Bad Axe
Midland 38/23
36/23
Bay City 38/24
Sandusky 37/24
Mt. Pleasant 38/23
Muskegon Saginaw 38/27 38/24 Grand Haven Flint 39/27 Port Huron 37/23 Grand Rapids Lansing 37/23 Holland 37/25 38/23 41/27 Battle Creek Pontiac 37/23 36/22 Detroit Jackson Ann Arbor 40/26 Kalamazoo 38/23 38/24 39/23 Benton Harbor Sturgis Niles Adrian 40/29 39/23 42/26 39/22
Saginaw Bay at Bay City: Waves: 0-1 ft. Winds: W 8-16 kts. Water temp: 32°
-0°
Cheboygan 35/21 Gaylord 29/19
Cadillac 34/20
Lake Huron at Port Huron: Waves: 1-2 ft. Winds: W 7-14 kts. Water temp: 32°
20°
Petoskey 38/24
Willie Anderson tries to salvage possessions from his daughter’s destroyed home Wednesday after a tornado tore through the New Orleans East section of New Orleans on Tuesday. AP
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GRAND RAPIDS CONDITIONS The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme. The patented AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature is an exclusive index of effective temperature based on eight weather factors.
UV Index and RealFeel Temperature®
EXTREMES Sunday through Friday State 60° Lambertville, -16° Wakefield Nation 85° Edinburg, Texas -11° Rugby, North Dakota World 117° Tarcoola, Australia -59° Delinde, Russia
ALMANAC
Daily range
80° 70° 60° 50° 40° 30° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20° -30°
5.9 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.0 4.6
January 2017 was the second warmest January, behind 1932, at Sault Ste. Marie. An average temperature 6 degrees above normal is significant and obvious to Michiganders.
Drummond Island 34/19
St. Ignace 31/19
Manistique 33/20
Traverse City Kalamazoo Saginaw/Bay City Lansing Marquette Grand Rapids
Traverse City 37/23
Lake Michigan at Holland: Waves: 2-4 ft. Winds: W 20-30 kts. Water temp: 36°
60°
Newberry 32/18
Menominee 36/20
Lake Superior at Marquette: Waves: 2-4 ft. Winds: NW 12-25 kts. Water temp: 36°
Sault Ste. Marie, 9.8 degrees Detroit 6.5 Flint 6.5 Jackson 6.3 Alpena 6.1 Houghton Lake 6.0 Ann Arbor 5.9 Muskegon 4.5
Sault Ste. Marie 31/20
Munising 31/22
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January 2017 was much warmer than normal across Michigan. One city was almost 10 degrees warmer than normal. The temperature deviation from normal for some cities:
Plenty of sunshine Wind WSW 7-14
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
Ishpeming 30/16
Iron River 30/15 Forecasts are for today. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Clouds and sun Wind SSW 6-12
Marquette 30/15
L’Anse 30/19
Ironwood 31/19
Cloudy, some snow Wind NW 10-20
Mark Torregrossa
Normal range
Record high
WORLD’S WORST Showers and thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall across parts of Argentina on Friday. At Santiago del Estero, 3.64 inches of rain fell, with 3.43 inches falling at La Rioja.
Record low
0
1
21
20
1
1
23 20
0
0
18
16
8 a.m. 10a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
TODAY’S HUMIDITY 10 a.m.: 83%
2 p.m.: 75%
6 p.m.: 64%
AIR QUALITY INDEX Today
Good
Yesterday
Good
10 p.m.: 60%
Source: Michigan DEQ
Hazardous
Good
Hazardous
Moderate
SNOWFALL Day
Sun.
Mon.
35/19 52/-16
Tue.
43/16 54/-9
38/33 52/-15
Wed.
34/20 60/-12
Thu.
20/12 55/-16
Fri.
40/16 61/-21
Latest information available.
SUN AND MOON Today Sunrise/set: 7:43 a.m., 6:10 p.m. Moonrise/set: 8:14 p.m., 8:38 a.m.
Last Quarter Feb. 18
Monday Sunrise/set: 7:42 a.m., 6:11 p.m., Moonrise/set: 9:16 p.m., 9:09 a.m. Tuesday Sunrise/set: 7:41 a.m., 6:12 p.m., Moonrise/set: 10:18 p.m., 9:39 a.m. Wednesday Sunrise/set: 7:39 a.m., 6:14 p.m., Moonrise/set: 11:17 p.m., 10:08 a.m. Thursday Sunrise/set: 7:38 a.m., 6:15 p.m., Moonrise/set: none, 10:37 a.m. Friday Sunrise/set: 7:36 a.m., 6:16 p.m., Moonrise/set: 12:15 a.m., 11:08 a.m. Saturday Sunrise/set: 7:35 a.m., 6:18 p.m., Moonrise/set: 1:12 a.m., 11:41 a.m.
New Moon Feb. 26
First Quarter Mar. 5
Today 73° Cloudy 43° Partly cloudy 44° Partly cloudy 84° Cloudy 73° Sunny 38° Rain 83° Sunny 54° Partly cloudy 48° Partly cloudy
42 Days January
Monday 63° Sunny 43° Sunny 50° Partly cloudy 72° Rain 74° Sunny 39° Partly cloudy 79° Partly cloudy 50° Sunny 52° Partly cloudy
Beijing London Mexico City Moscow Nassau Paris Rome Sydney Tokyo
Today 52° Sunny 43° Cloudy 77° Sunny 23° Snow 81° Sunny 49° Ice 61° Partly cloudy 83° Partly cloudy 49° Sunny
Monday 52° Sunny 48° Sunny 76° Sunny 26° Snow 82° Sunny 52° Sunny 61° Partly cloudy 78° Sunny 50° Sunny
Normal past 30 days: 18.6”
Normal season to date: 56.3”
8.9”
54.5”
NIGHT SKIES
Month to date
Leo Minor, the little lion, can be found in between Leo and the Big Dipper. All are fairly dim; you’ll be looking for a small trapezoid of stars.
Year to date
Actual Normal
Actual Normal
10
10
50
50
8
8
40
40
6
6
30
30
4
4
20
20
2
2
10
10
0
0
0
0
0.54”
0.63”
4.05”
2.72”
STARGAZING FORECAST
Poor
RIVER LEVELS Flood stage, level at 7 a.m. Saturday and change over previous 24 hours in feet. Grand River Grand Rapids Ada Rogue River Rockford Flat River Smyrna
Source: Longway Planetarium, Flint
18 20
7.34 11.39
+0.22 -0.21
8
4.61
+0.02
8.5
4.23
+0.37
The AccuWeather.com Stargazing Forecast considers weather conditions and the lunar cycle to forecast the peak evenings for amateur astronomy.
Daylight Saving Time: Mar. 12 - Nov. 5
322 Days
February
Season to date
PRECIPITATION
Full Moon Mar. 12
TRAVELER’S FORECAST Atlanta Chicago Denver Houston Los Angeles New York Orlando St. Louis Seattle
0.0”
in the 24 hours ending at noon Saturday.
Inches
Sat.
30/4 53/-14
Daily Records
Past 30 days
March
Vernal Equinox, March 20 First day of spring
April
May
June
Summer solstice, June 21 Longest day of the year
July
August
September
Autumnal Equinox, Sept. 22 First day of fall
October
November
December
Winter solstice, Dec. 21 Shortest day of the year