Forecast: Showers, storms possible Friday in metro Detroit

DETROIT – As a new moon approaches, clouds gather in Detroit's Thursday evening sky. It will be warm with higher daytime temperatures for Friday and the weekend.

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Thursday evening will be fair and warm with temperatures near 80 degrees. NFL pre-season begins with the Lions versus the Jets at Ford Field. Football fans will have dry roads to and from the stadium. Skies will be clear before kickoff and mostly cloudy after the Lions win. 

Overnight lows will be near 70 degrees in the city and in the 60s in Detroit's suburbs. Any scattered showers will fall in the tip of The Thumb and the central and northern portions of the Lower Peninsula.

Friday will have more clouds than sun, but a southwesterly wind ahead of a cold front will create hotter, more humid conditions. Highs will be in the middle to upper 80s. The increased instability will give way to scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday afternoon and evening.

Participants in the 2015 Woodward Dream Cruise will have to make sure climate control works to stay cool and keep the tops up on their convertibles during part of the first half of the weekend. There is a slight possibility of showers and thunderstorms Saturday with highs in the upper 80s. It will be hot, again, Sunday but calmer. Highs will be near 90 degrees with mostly sunny skies.

Monday remains warm with highs close to 85 degrees. Another cold front brings showers and storms. Tuesday will be sunnier with lower temperatures. Highs will be in the middle and upper 70s.

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