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TOP: Alpena resident Bill McClure walks along State Avenue on a cold and rainy Monday evening; BOTTOM: A mix of rain and fog moved through Squaw Bay early Monday morning. The first week of May is expected to be cooler than normal.
ALPENA The month of April was a little warmer and a little drier than normal, according to meteorologists with the National Weather Service in Gaylord.
“Overall, the average temperature of the month was 43.3 degrees which is about 1.7 degrees warmer than normal,” Meteorologist Jeff Zoltowski said. “All the warmth was in the first half of the month, with a particularly warm stretch of weather from April 6 to April 11.”
ALPENA High Winds caused power outages in several Northeast Michigan counties Friday evening. Alpena Power Company reported multiple power outages in Alpe
We may be nearing the start of May, but recently snowflakes were in the air.
While that unwelcomed reminder of the past winter season was nothing that caused too much trouble, other than some muttered choice words under the breath, it did remind us weather is unpredictable in Michigan. Spring is here and soon enough it will give way to summer.
That fact also means there will be times where storms wreak havoc.
If you want to meet someone more in tune with the changing weather outside of those in the meteorological sciences, talk with Consumers Energy spokesperson Roger Morgenstern. When there is a chance of severe weather in the spring, summer, fall or winter, Morgenstern is in tune with it and what, if any, response will be needed by the utility company.
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A photographer captures morning sunlight over recently-formed ice at Seagull Point in Rogers City on Tuesday.
ALPENA The big lake is blue instead of white and opinions are mixed as to whether that’s a good thing.
After several months of gentle winter weather, Lake Huron has almost none of the crisp ice cover that often graces it this time of year.
Ice is coming, experts say. In the meantime, some worry that the lack of ice threatens valued parts of Northeast Michigan, while others say the open waters of early 2021 offer a possible break from years of high water damage.