Bill Steffen is the Chief Meteorologist Emeritas for WOOD-TV/WOTV4/WXSP in Grand Rapids, Michigan. With a focus on local weather, Bill provides accurate and timely forecasts for the Michigan area. He has extensive experience in meteorology and is known for his expertise in tracking and reporting on severe weather events.
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Posted: Updated: The Storm Prediction Center has introduced a Marginal (or low) Risk of a severe thunderstorm for later today.
A Freeze Warning has been issued for West Michigan. The Warning will be in effect from midnight until 8 am Friday. Here’s the latest forecast discussion from the Grand Rapids National Weather…
We expect at least several days of significant severe weather in the Central U.S. The most likely time for severe weather in Michigan will be Saturday PM/night. Here's a breakdown day by day:
This is a mid-afternoon picture from the Chicago Water Intake (Harrison Crib) showing a layer of fog (cloud) that appeared very briefly as a warm front lifted over the city.
A total of 219 tornadoes have been reported to the Storm Prediction Center in the last 6 days. This includes the first EF4 tornado in Oklahoma since 2016. That tornado (see pic. above) had peak win…
There is a Marginal Risk of a severe thunderstorm from mid-afternoon tomorrow (Thu.) through tomorrow night. This is a level one or low risk. This is the Severe Risk Area map from the Storm Predict…
It’s the first week of May and even after a relatively warm winter, you can still find snow in Michigan. The top pic. was yesterday at Mont Ripley, where there are still patches of snow. The …
Great Lakes water levels rose in April. The levels are still down year-to-year, but within a foot of May average levels.
There were (as I write this – this number will be revised May 8) exactly 300 tornadoes in the U.S. during the month of April. That's the second highest total in any April since 1950.
It's May 5 and there are still several patches of snow left on Mont Ripley in Upper Michigan. We've been in a warm pattern. The last 8 days (not including today) have averaged 8.2 degrees warmer than average. A cooler pattern relative to average is on the way for the end of this week into next week.
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