Hey there West
Michigan. Thanks for watching 13 Plus.
I'm meteorologist Michael Barons.
It's been a pretty quiet evening
here around West Michigan.
A little bit of cloudiness and some rain,
but thankfully we missed out on
some stronger storms that have been
impacting the Great Lakes region,
including what is video of what is
likely a confirmed tornado over near
Point Place that is near Toledo.
OH, you can see this video.
From our sister station at WTOL,
showing the tornado coming through
a looks to be a neighborhood there
and certainly causing some damage
appears to be a roof or some
structure being thrown into the air.
We're working to get more details
on that tonight.
We'll have those for you throughout.
The rest of this evening and into the
early hours of your Friday morning.
Now, when it comes to those storms
still causing severe weather as
of shortly past 10:00 o'clock,
they're pushing through northern
portions of Ohio.
Multiple severe thunderstorm
warnings in place at this hour.
No tornado warnings as of 1003,
but we're going to keep an eye
on it as those storms continue
to push off toward the east.
The risk for severe weather remains
in place over Ohio tonight,
including the risk for another
rumble of Thunder here in Michigan.
But again,
we are not under that severe weather
threat in our neck of the woods.
The storms left the path of
some destruction though,
including lots of hail reports,
especially out of Michigan,
and at least one tornado report that was
from down in Monroe near the Lakeshore.
We haven't seen any pictures
or video confirmation of that,
but was reported to the Weather
Service as a tornado,
so I'm sure they'll be out there
to survey that.
As we head into Friday,
hail, quite impressive.
You can see it from all the way
just to the northwest of Flat Rock,
stretching back up through Howl and
just to the east of the Lansing region.
That video did come in from
a BC sister station at WX.
YZ1 of their full journalists took
this video of hail basically coming
down like snow Earlier this evening.
They took a measurement of that hail
and it was almost two inches deep by
the time it was all said and done.
Certainly dodged the bullet here
in West Michigan today.
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this is a good time to remind you
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Taking a look at her high temperatures today,
we hit a broad range of numbers
in West Michigan.
As cold as 56 in Ludington,
75 in Grand Rapids in the 80s.
Down in Kalamazoo and Battle Creek,
should be around 80 this time of the year.
The temperature though,
while a bit cooler than average,
was right on target with
the forecast said 75 hits.
75 brings the accuracy streak to two days in
a row with only two misses in the last month.
Forecasting tomorrow look for warmer
temperatures in West Michigan.
That's why 13 weather ball is lit up in
red as warmer temperatures are ahead.
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We're looking at temperatures as
of 10/05 that had dropped into
the mid 50s across West Michigan.
We're going to see these temperatures
continue to drop tonight as winds
come in mostly from the north.
The winds have backed down some,
but we'll see winds around 5 to 15
mph through tonight as temperatures
continue to stay in the 50s.
Clearing skies will come as we
head toward tomorrow and will be
mostly sunny by the afternoon as
temperatures push toward the upper
70s will start the day around 52,
with the temperature of
79 by Friday afternoon.
A little bit of haze around
throughout the day tomorrow and
Saturday 80s will return as we head
toward the start of the weekend.
We'll keep an eye out for a little
bit of light rain potential tonight
that comes from that same system
doing the severe weather out toward
our South and E You can already see
some of that up off the Saginaw Bay
north of Saginaw toward Bay City.
This could come into West Michigan
is the back end of this system
kind of spins its way on out.
You can see those tiny rain
chances are going to stick with us,
at least for the early part of the
overnight hour by hour forecast
here shows that dissipating as
we head past midnight.
The cloudy skies start to clear
by Friday morning, and again,
mostly sunny skies take over
by the afternoon.
Really nice forecast for Friday
afternoon with plenty of sunshine
as we head into the weekend.
In fact,
Saturday,
completely sunny,
just dealing with some haze here across
the region will stay clear Saturday
night and into early Sunday mostly.
Sunny skies again of a little bit
of haze as we head towards Sunday,
but otherwise dry weather here
in West Michigan.
Here's a look at the Lakeshore
forecast for your Friday 70s.
Mid to upper 70s for the Lakeshore again,
with those hazy skies in place,
we'll look for upper 70s for our
northern counties with temperatures
that will hang around upper 70s.
Again,
close to 80 for Grand Rapids in
areas down toward Kalamazoo 13.
Your side 10 Day outlook We hit
the 80s again this weekend,
climbing toward the mid 80s by Father's Day.
Temperatures keep going up from
their humidity comes in next week.
We're close to 90.
A storm chance to start to come
in by Thursday and Friday should
hit 90 by the end of the forecast.
The 13 on your side beach and
boating forecast sponsored by a
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and now it's time for your
beach and boating forecast.
We start the day off tomorrow
of beach hazard statements,
but they go away early as wave
activity decreases from what we
had Thursday and Thursday night.
Still though could see waves as
high as three to four feet along
the West Michigan Lakeshore,
so do use caution if the water
looks too choppy to swim in.
Definitely a good notion to follow
and better play it safe than sorry.
Not that you want to do too much
swimming anyways because water
temperatures remain on the cool side.
Lots of 40s and 50s on Lake MI.
The only 60s start to pop up areas
Warren Dunes and further to the South.
Now Speaking of the beach,
summer is pretty much here and that
means beach weather is returning as well.
The fun in the sun comes along
with some inevitable dangers,
however,
meteorologist Samantha Jacks refreshes
our memories on rip current safety.
The Great Lakes are beautiful
beasts and like any wild animal,
the beauty comes with danger.
This one is hidden in
plain sight rip currents.
A rip current is a channel of
flowing water that can swiftly
move you away from shore,
often indicated by a calm area
of water between breaking waves,
typically forming from
sandbars or near Piers.
Before entering the water,
you should know how to escape it.
If you find yourself caught in a rip current,
relax. It will not pull you under,
but even the strongest swimmers
should never try to swim against
the current directly into shore.
Instead, swim parallel to the shoreline
until you no longer feel the currents pull.
Then swim at an angle away from the rip.
If you can't make it to shore,
lip onto your back,
float and follow the current.
They are typically 50 to 100 feet
wide and will eventually break.
Call for help if necessary,
but remember the key is to not
exhaust yourself and when in doubt,
don't go out.
Of good advice there from Sam,
especially that last one.
If you have any doubt about the
safety of the water, always best
to play it safe and stay on shore.
Of course, now that you're up to date
with the latest weather here around
the region and in West Michigan,
you can always find more online at
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For now though,
thanks for watching 13 Plus.
I'm meteorologist Michael Barons.