Metro Detroit weather: Clouds with falling temperatures Sunday afternoon

Temperatures go from the upper 30s to the low 30s

DETROIT – Welcome to Sunday, Motown.

After this morning’s fog, Sunday afternoon will be clearer but cloudy. It will be chilly with falling temperatures after midday. Colder with slightly clearer skies, tonight. Rain and snow make a brief appearance for the start of winter, Monday. Snowflakes are still in the forecast for Christmas Day.

Sunday afternoon will be cloudy and chilly. Highs will reach the upper 30s by lunch then slip back to the middle then low 30s during the afternoon. It will be dry outside shopping malls in store fronts for anyone shopping for the holidays or picking out a Christmas tree.

Sunset is at 5:04 p.m.

Sunday evening will be mostly cloudy and chilly. Temperatures will fall to the low 30s after sunset.

Sunday night will be mostly cloudy and colder. Overnight lows will be in the middle and upper 20s.

A fast-moving clipper-like system will zip across the area with rain and snow showers Monday. Afternoon temperatures reach the middle and upper 30s.

Tuesday and Wednesday will be brighter with higher temperatures. Afternoon highs will be near 40°F on Tuesday and near 45°F on Wednesday.

Christmas Eve Thursday becomes cloudy again with rain and snow showers. Daytime temperatures will be in the middle and upper 30s.

Enough cold air wraps around an area of low pressure to give us snow flurries and light snow showers as Santa arrives early Christmas morning and when families wake up on Christmas Day. It will be colder with highs near 30°F.

Happy Kwanzaa, Friday! The first day of the holiday will be partly sunny and cold with morning temperatures in the teens and afternoon temperatures in the middle and upper 20s.

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