Lightning

I was think more like 70s but yeah I am also a bit more loose on summer I ended up with over 3". I wish I could give exact but my rain gauge failed during the heaviest part of the storm . This immediate area had flooding (not my house as I am on a decent hill). Many yards were flooded. It was a great day (though not wishing destruction on anyone).

1988 heat was for MI was end of May to mid-August, the main flow was from the SW. I.e. it was definitely not as humid and 1995 and 2012. Yeah 1995 had a major Derechos (July 13). 1995 was the summer I got struck by lightning (indirectly thankfully)!! All 3 of those hot summers had something special about them and equally memorable for me.

MI summers are awesome. 1988, 1995 and 2012 are the hottest summers I experienced in MI. I would says there are 5 months of what I call summer weather in MI; mid-May to mid-October. Note: It has been a bit since we had a cold fall. Plus I am well inland for the GLs to impact my temps much in May into June. Hardcore summer weather, yeah, definitely not 5 months.

It has been pretty chilly all day that is for sure. We had over 2" of rain here. Lots of water everywhere. Hopefully you are not have any power problems. It has been horrible since the weekend because of ice in northern lower MI.

Going to be interesting to see how things play out. Currently showers/storms are holding on in SM. It doesn't look like we will have any surface recovery for severe weather. I still hope to get some decent storms this evening as some models are suggesting.

Totally agree. These fast moving storms that last under 20 minutes are not my favorite but it has been REALLY weather boring lately so yesterday was a fun change!! I much prefer your scenario above but it is only March

That was fun. We were outside to hear the roar coming. Estimate we had gusts ~65MPH, heavy rain, small hail and lots of thunder.

Yes it is. Wonder how much that line holds when it hits here.

First awesome streaks of lightning and thunder

Morch was a disaster to many Orchards and other related industries causing problems for many people. No thanks!

It would be nice to have a real fun stormy period with a couple major storms systems.

Love that area!! I could live there (wife couldn't though)

Major ice improvements this past week:

Your new around here . I wouldn't count on it!