Bill Steffen

At the moment, the kp-index is at a lowly 1 - so no view of the aurora tonight in West Michigan...but we'll see a waxing gibbous moon the next couple nights.

NOAA Satellites @NOAASatellites

The sun had four dramatic filament eruptions over the last 24 hours, and the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (#SUVI) onboard @NOAA’s #GOESEast 🛰️ caught them! These filaments are comprised of long strands of cooler, denser plasma that lift off the sun’s surface. #GOES19 https://t.co/AiMSfzFvlT

The highest mountains in Colorado could see 2-3 FEET of new snow.

James Spann @spann

Conifer, CO this afternoon… photo from Alex Brown https://t.co/yUVAMQpdcb

Here's a couple of satellite pics. (overcast - a few breaks in the clouds near Lake Michigan - sunny in eastern Wisconsin), radar (a few sprinkles west of US 131, light rain toward Lansing and Jackson). There's also a pic. of the Muskegon Channel late this morning with one boat https://t.co/TAX4QhUsVi

Here's a satellite pic. (variable cloud cover in West Michigan), radar (dry in West Michigan right now...isolated shower possible late PM) and two pics. of the Muskegon Channel, with the Lake-Express Ferry heading out to Milwaykee. It's warmer the farther north you go in https://t.co/La5UXDkZBc

Here's a picture taken at 10:32 PM Alaska Time (2:24 am EDT) in Deadhorse AK. The temperature there at 10 pm was 12°, the wind is east at 19 mph and the wind chill was -7°. Barter Is. reported a temperature of 11° with a wind chill of -8° and Point Barrow was 14° with light https://t.co/jDZr6y5mAx

Here's a satellite pic. (variable cloud cover in West Michigan), radar (rain in Illinois will slowly move into SW Michigan later tonight and tomorrow), the Muskegon Channel (lots of boats out, many are fishing) and the South Haven Beach (whitecaps). Waves at the mid-Lake https://t.co/jf7QvVUby3

Here's a satellite pic. (partly sunny to overcast in West Michigan), radar (dry in W. Michigan), the Muskegon Channel and the South Haven Channel (a few boats and pier walkers out this aftn.). Current temperatures: Coldwater 64°, Kalamazoo 54°, Grand Rapids 57°, Muskegon Beach https://t.co/YTjVlPFwPe

Here's a satellite picture (mostly overcast in W. Michigan), wide and closeup radar (a few mostly light showers and a few pockets of drizzle) and the Muskegon Channel (one boat out fishing in the light rain). Big temperature spread across Lower Michigan. Its 72° in Coldwater, https://t.co/h9okmuw18c

Here's a satellite pic. (some high level clouds over Wet Michigan dimming the sun just a bit), radar (showers in Illinois are moving northeast. We certainly have at least a chance of rain tonight and tomorrow). There's two views of the Muskegon Channel - one with a big ship https://t.co/Vr9i95Ys72

Freeze Warnings and Frost Advisories have been issued for West Michigan. It's a Frost Advisory for the counties along I-96 and to the south...and it's a Freeze Warning for Oceana, Newaygo, Montcalm and Gratiot Counties to the north. We'll probably have a chance of frost again https://t.co/sGfdD7IDqS

Welcome to spring in Michigan...snowing in the Keweenaw Peninsula...while it was in the mid 80s in Detroit.

Isaac @ID_photo_graphy

It was in the 60's yesterday with thunderstorms. It's 30°F with snow today. I hate spring in the Keweenaw some days... #906wx #miwx #KeweenawPeninsula #UpperMichigan #StormHour https://t.co/xhbDo926TW

Here's a satellite pic. (partly to mostly cloudy in West Michigan), radar (line of showers and t-storms forming across southeast Michigan from Port Huron to Hillsdale. That line will move east - we'll stay dry and breezy in W. Michigan. There are 4 severe thunderstorm watches https://t.co/Wy3Wb61uSW

Here's a look at peak wind gusts over the past couple of hours. There are now 5,349 customers without power in Michigan, mainly due to the strong winds. That's second most of any state - second only to California. That includes 1,531 customers in Mackinac Co., 755 in Antrim https://t.co/jekVWReSaa

Here's radar - storms weakening in Wisconsin and that trend should continue. It's 77 degrees at 1 am at both Manistee and Traverse City. Last hour, non-thunderstorm wind gusts to 46 mph at Frankfort and 43 mph at Muskegon. Inland, we have 72 degrees with a wind gusting to 24 https://t.co/fM6gBBYD1D

Here's the latest tornado watch - including much of Wisconsin. As of 9:30 pm EDT, we've had 81 reports of severe weather from Texas to Upper Michigan. There have been 69 reports of severe criteria hail - up to baseball-size. A gust to 74 mph was measured at the Estherville IA https://t.co/1HCmAZTBRU

There are 3 tornado watches in effect now - this is the latest one covering western WI, southeast MN and northern IA. Already we've had reports of baseball-sized hail and 60 mph from the storms in MN. More on the threat for severe weather here: https://t.co/G0LZJcBlEi #miwx https://t.co/WbCaIvpn0N