
Alan Longstreet
I’m on the wake-up-at-2am-on-air-by-4am shift and… I ACTUALLY LIKE IT. When most people are taking their lunch break, I’m heading home. It's quite nice, once I move beyond the first 10 minutes of being awake which is truly awful. A small price to pay for an afternoon of freedom. Freedom to assist my wife in tending to our house full of small children, which let’s be honest is where the real work takes place.
I grew up in West Michigan (here’s looking at you Coopersville!) with three sisters and a brother, which yes, makes five of us + two parents = 7. This of course was a busy house and being in the middle of the bunch I seem to have developed a deep desire to keep the peace. So when you come at me with one of those “How does it feel to be a meteorologist? You get paid to be wrong!” comments, I will politely respond, “It feels great, thanks for watching.” Now if you ask my little brother about my harmonious ways he might tell you about the time I pinned him down and punched him repeatedly, but having no memory of this myself, I’m not sure who we should believe.
Growing up half an hour from Lake Michigan was both the best and the worst. The summer is best for obvious reasons; incredible sunsets, gorgeous beaches, huge dunes, etc etc. But then! summer turns to fall turns to winter and lake effect snow hits you like a ton of bricks and doesn't let up for what feels like a year and a half. So while my heart yearns for the west side in the summer, I am thrilled to spend my winters three hours away.
Weather is fascinating and frustrating and wonderful. I’m blessed to work with the morning gang and thank you for watching!
The latest from Alan Longstreet
We're close to 40 this afternoon, but it won't feel like it!
Windy conditions will persist through the day, followed by some snow showers tonight.
FOX 2 News Morning
FOX 2 News Morning
Our overnight snow is gone, but the cold remains!
You'll feel single digit wind chill this morning without much improvement by afternoon.
Temps head down another day, move back up later this week
We'll likely see some snow showers this evening!
Get Fit: Stoking your motivation!
We're trying to keep the momentum going into the New Year!
Off and on light snow showers Monday, temps trending down and then up!
Today's snow showers don't amount to much.
Some Friday rain turns to snow, leads to a colder weekend.
Rain and snow break out this morning.
Finding motivation with a partner
Des2Fit stopped in with some tips.
40's again! Wet weather is coming tonight with some snow chances looming.
It looks like we won't see 40 again for a while.
Warming up a bit! Near 40 by afternoon.
Rain and snow showers return by week's end!