Winter Sunshine Waves by Matt Kazmierski

mLive’s Mark Torregrossa is my favorite Michigan meteorologist most especially for articles like the one he shares today about why Michigan’s winter weather is unlike anywhere else in America:

Several times a year I can point out to you weather we see nowhere else in America. One of those times is when we get Arctic air crossing the 40-degree water of Lake Michigan.

Look at the low temperature forecast for tomorrow morning, Jan. 9. You could call a friend in northeast Lower Michigan, and they will tell you it’s very cold and near zero degrees. Look at the “warmer” air that blows off of 40-degree Lake Michigan. We will have spots around Kalamazoo, South Haven and Benton Harbor that only drop to 20 degrees. Southeast Lower Michigan can be colder than the northwest shoreline of Lake Michigan at this time of year. Thursday morning’s map clearly shows that strange temperature pattern. We also see the warmer air under the clouds and lake effect snow stretching southeast off Lake Michigan.

Matt took this at Nordhouse Dunes back in March of 2022 & the one below in March of 2023. Head over to his Flickr for his latest!