Bill Steffen

The relatively mild and dry pattern will continue through early and mid-October. Here’s the 8-14 day temperature outlook from the Climate Prediction Center for October 10-16. They are forecas…

Brisk north to northeast winds have caused water temperatures to tumble along the Lake Michigan coast in West Michigan. (pic. is Lake Michigan at Holland State Park in West Michigan Wednesday morni…

Nearly a foot of snow has fallen in the Fairbanks, Alaska area. It was a heavy, wet snowfall that brought down tree limbs and wires. Over 3,000 customers lost power. Some schools had two snow days …

There is a good chance of a severe weather outbreak in the Central U.S. this PM. Since Hurricane Milton produced 54 tornadoes in 24 hours back on October 9th, there has been very little severe weat…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) November 1, 2024 – Another tropical storm is likely to develop in the Caribbean late next week. This storm will be called “Patty”. Here’s what the…

October 2024 was warmer, drier and sunnier than an average October in West Michigan. The average high temperature for the month in Grand Rapids was 67.1° and the average low temperature was 42.7°. …

The top picture shows tornado damage near Newcastle, Oklahoma overnight. This map shows storm reports from Saturday and Saturday night. Each red dot on the map is a tornado report, each blue dot re…

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Do you remember the snowstorm we had two years ago. From Nov. 17-19, 2022 (Thursday to Saturday), a total of 23.3″ of snow fell at the Ford Airport in Grand Rapid…

Chances are improving that an Arctic Blast will move south into the Central/Eastern U.S. as we close out the month of November and move into the month of December. Here’s a look at forecast h…

The computer models continue to forecast an Arctic outbreak starting around Thanksgiving Day and lasting into at least the first week of December. Here’s the forecast high and low temperature…