GRAND RAPIDS (WKZO-AM) — Fall arrived early Wednesday morning in Michigan, and, while there may be a seasonal nip in the air, forecasters are predicting summer-like temperatures for the rest of the week.
In fact, because of an El Nino rising in the South Pacific, the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids is saying the area could be transitioning from a cooler-than-normal summer to a nicer-than-normal fall and winter.
“Basically, warmer temperatures and drier-than-normal, National Weater Service meteorologist Mark Sekelsky said. “Looks like that pattern will hold, even into the early start of the winter period.”
Sekelsky said the El Nino began a few months ago and will eventually change the weather patterns we’ve seen over the last two years, however.
“It’s been developing as we’ve gone through the summer, and into the fall,” Sekelsky said.
That means weather that is more like the rest of the planet, which has been feeling the effects of global warming for the past two years. In recent years, states in the Great Lakes region have been the exception.
– John McNeill
