The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment have declared Wednesday as a Clean Air Action Day for Allegan, Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, Kent, Livingston, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, Ottawa, St Joseph, and Van Buren counties. This means that you should avoid activities which lead to ozone formation. Such activities are refueling vehicles or topping off when refueling, using gasoline powered lawn equipment, and using charcoal lighter fluid. Positive activities include car pooling, biking to work, delaying or combining errands and using water based paints. It is recommended that active people, and people with respiratory diseases (for example, asthma) limit prolonged times outside. There is also a Heat Advisory until midnight Wednesday Night for Berrien, Branch, Cass, Hillsdale, Livingston, Midland, Shiawassee, and St Joseph counties. Highs on Wednesday will be in the low to mid-90s, with heat indices (how hot it feels) in the upper-90s to near 100 degrees. With dewpoints and low temperatures in the low to mid-70s, it will feel very hot and humid.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

SPC Puts Us in Slight Risk for Wednesday


The Storm Prediction Center's 1:30 PM update has included areas north of a New Buffalo to Saginaw Bay line in a Slight Risk of Severe Weather on Wednesday. Storms are expected to initiate in Wisconsin and progress towards us by Wednesday evening into the overnight hours. It's looking more likely we'll see development for Wednesday than we did last night. In fact, there wasn't much development even on the other side of the lake last night. For the threat Wednesday evening/night, we could see some scattered large hail and wind damage. The threat isn't looking super bad, as the worst of it will be in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and northeastern Iowa. Locally heavy rainfall is also a possibility. We'll keep tracking it for you!

~ Forecaster Ben Kouch
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