The National Weather Service was forecasting wind gusts up to 50 mph in parts of northern MI yesterday.

At the Northern Michigan Policy Conference for @iprnews.bsky.social - Gov. Whitmer took questions from reporters on issues including housing programs and recent confusion around federal funding. Stay tuned to IPR in the next few days for more.

The NWS in Gaylord told me high pressure systems building in parts of the Arctic pushed this cold weather down to northern Michigan, with wind chills rn around -10.

But it could be worse. We could all be in Wisconsin:

It’s snowing rn, but I’m thinking about early August in ICA’s greenhouse, when this monarch emerged from its cocoon and was testing its wings