DETROIT – Get ready for some big changes.
Tuesday is Veterans Day, which means a day off work or school for some, and it's going to be the warmest day we'll see in quite a while. That's perfect timing, except that it won't last long.
Read on:
No weather problems tonight, as skies will be partly to mostly cloudy, and temperatures will only fall into the low to mid 40s.
Veterans Day will start off nice, with perhaps a bit of sun and temperatures quickly warming into the 50s by late morning. Clouds will increase, which will slow our temperature climb, but we should still get close to 60 by mid afternoon. Rain showers will approach our western suburbs after 2:00-3:00 PM, and quickly progress eastward. South-southwest wind at 10 to 20 mph -- so it'll become breezy, too.
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A potent cold front will cross the area around dinnertime Tuesday, and the frontal passage itself will bring solid wind gusts and sharply falling temperatures -- so you'll know when it happens. Showers should gradually taper off during the evening, and temperatures will drop from the 50s into the 30s by midnight, and to an eventual overnight low in the low 30s.
Wednesday will be mostly cloudy, breezy and cold with some flurries possible. Highs only rising a few degrees from the morning lows – into the mid 30s.
Mostly cloudy and breezy Wednesday night, with lows in the mid 20s.
Mostly cloudy and breezy on Thursday, with snow showers possible as an upper level disturbance crossing the state energizes the lake effect snow machine off of Lake Michigan. Highs in the mid 30s.
Breezy with snow showers still possible Thursday night. Lows in the mid 20s.
Partly cloudy and continued cold on Friday, with highs in the mid 30s.
Partly cloudy Friday night, with lows in the low 20s.
Partly cloudy on Saturday, with highs in the mid 30s.
Mostly cloudy Saturday night, with lows in the mid 20s.
Mostly cloudy on Sunday with snow showers possible. Highs in the mid 30s.
Mostly cloudy again on Monday, but becoming breezy, with highs only in the low 30s.