Metro Detroit weather: Clouds and flakes Sunday morning, milder afternoon with sun

Highs in the mid 40s

DETROIT – Happy Groundhog Day, Motown! It’s Sunday, and the sun returns.

Sunday will be brighter and eventually milder after a brief shot of snow to start the day. Temperatures rise way above average, and Monday will have more of the same. Slippery weather returns with lower temperatures, mid week.

Sunday morning will be cloudy and chilly. Head of a warm front, quick shot of snow is possible, especially north of 8 Mile Road and in The Thumb. Temperatures start just below freezing.

Sunrise is at 7:46 a.m.

Sunday afternoon will be sunnier and much milder than average. The average high on this day is in the low 30s. Highs will easily make it to the low and middle 40s. Streets will be drier going to and from Little Caesars Arena for the Detroit Pistons basketball game against the Denver Nuggets. Tip off is at 12:30 p.m.

Sunset is at 5:48 p.m.

Sunday evening will be cool under fair skies. Temperatures will be near 40°F. It remains dry going to and from restaurants and activities at dinner time.

Sunday night will be partly cloudy to mostly clear and chilly. Temperatures return to the low 30s after midnight.

Monday will have some more sunshine and relative mildness. Afternoon temperatures will be near 45°F.

A new area of low pressure arrives, Tuesday. It will be warm enough during the day to have rain and cold enough at night to have snow mix with that rain. Daytime temperatures will be in the upper 30s.

Wednesday will have scattered snow showers, and it will be colder. Temperatures will be in the low 30s all day.

Thursday will be cloudy and chilly with scattered flurries. Highs will be in the mid 30s.

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