DETROIT – Good Thursday afternoon!
The sky conditions will be the positive highlight of our day today, with a nice balance of sun and clouds making it look a little nicer than it actually is.
Cool air will keep pouring in today and tonight, keeping us shy of average highs near 40 degrees. Instead, you can expect high temps in the upper 20s to low 30s, depending on the cloud cover through our mid and late afternoon. We believe most of Metro Detroit will see the lower 30s under partly cloudy skies, with lighter winds moving N at 5-13 mph. It’s still enough of a breeze to keep afternoon wind chills in the lower 20s.
The coldest night of the week is just ahead of us, as temps will drop quickly after the sun goes down today.
Today’s sunset is at 6:26 p.m.
We will be waking up to temps in the low-to-mid teens early Friday due to the cold air and the lack of cloud cover to insulate our area.
The clouds will pour in here later Friday morning, and that will lead to a mostly cloudy and dry day Friday. Winds will move SSE at 5-10 mph, and high temperatures will land between 35 to 40 degrees to end our week. This will be the end of this brief cold snap, as the weekend will bring both spring warmth and spring showers.
Warmer, rainy weekend ahead
Saturday will be the drier day this weekend. Morning lows will be in the upper 20s to near 30 degrees.
Warmer air will be coming into Pure Michigan all day Saturday under a deck of clouds that will be hard to shake. We do have a shot at 50 degrees or warmer, even with the lack of sunshine. And this is just an appetizer for what is to come Sunday.
We’ll stay mild overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. Rain will arrive in the morning, but because temps will be in the 40s to near 50 degrees to start the day, there’s no real threat for snow or ice.
The rain will start to move out Sunday afternoon and temps will take off into the lower 60s! Yes: the 60s, which will put us close to record high temperature territory. But, as always in Michigan, it won’t last long.
We’ll see more rain on Monday, and it looks like a cold front will slide through during the day, changing rain to snow. Stay tuned. Again, it is still winter for another couple of weeks.
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