Gray and Gloomy, It Doesn't Feel Like Summer...

Good Morning!


This forecast will be damp and dreary today.  That's about it in a nutshell.  Things will remain unseasonably chilly with rain.  Things to start to improve some the further away we get from today.  The Jackson Blues Festival out at the airport will be pretty much a washout today, though tomorrow they should see better conditions.  Rain in periods all day today!  Let's take a brief look:


TEMPERATURES:  We don't make it out of the 50's today, with the GFS and NAM asking for 56 and 58 degree highs, respectively.  Rain will make it feel even cooler than that, so I am going to low ball and say 55.  After that, we moderate and warm back up to close to seasonable, as our daytime highs should be into the mid or upper 70's, and we should see a couple of 73 degree readings the next six days.  Here's a look at current temperatures around the nation at around 7AM EDT...

For today to be the first day of meteorological summer, it'll feel more like early spring or late in the fall, at least today!


RAIN:  Good beneficial rain to green things back up a bit will be around today and tomorrow.  We were almost 2.5 inches light on precipitation last month, but we get a running start now!  Here's what the National Weather Service thinks we get as far as rain totals between now and Tuesday at 7AM...

You see we should come in at over an inch -- we'll take it!


SEVERE WEATHER:  Not likely.  Tomorrow is the only day of the three that the Storm Prediction Center is suggesting thunderstorm development over Michigan specifically, and that extends throughout the Great Lakes into the Tennessee Valley, but that's just for garden variety storms.  Best threat of severe weather today is way out east, the Mid Atlantic.  Here's a look at the maps, valid at 7AM EDT each day.

Day 1

Day 2

Plenty of rain around right now, here's a look at the infrared satellite with the regional NEXRAD composite overlaid on it, and then a look at the Grand Rapids NEXRAD radar...

 Infrared Satellite with Regional NEXRAD Composite Data

Grand Rapids NEXRAD Radar Reflectivity

Here's the local forecast for Jackson County:


For today, GLOOMY.  Cloudy, periods of showers, chilly, high 55, winds swing from NE and turn WNW 8-14 MPH.


Tonight, cloudy, rain showers start to taper off, chilly.  Lows all the way down to 44 with W winds 10-15 MPH.


Tomorrow, mainly cloudy, chance of a widely scattered shower or thunderstorm, high 68, west winds 10-15 MPH.


Tomorrow night, still some lingering clouds, and still the chance of an isolated or widely scattered shower, low of 51, winds W 7-13 MPH.


Sunday, periods of clouds and sunshine, warmer, high 73.


Monday, cloudy skies, scattered showers and thunderstorms likely, high 73.


Tuesday, continued cloudy, still a chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms, high 72.


Wednesday, a mix of clouds and sun, a chance of a widely scattered shower or roaming thunderstorm, high 73.


There's a look at your forecast for the next six days, I do hope that you have a good Friday!  Blessings!