DETROIT – Cool, but not as cold this morning and for the rest of the day thanks to southerly winds and a blanket of cloud cover overnight.
There will be a chance for some isolated rain showers today, mainly north of I-69 into the Thumb. Highs today will be in the mid to upper 40s. We remain cloudy and breezy with gusts around 30 mph, which means wind chills will likely not exceed 40 degrees today.
We will trend drier and warmer through the rest of the week. We flirt with 60 this weekend and rain chances increase late Saturday, but drier and windier on Sunday.
Northern Lights
The Aurora Borealis put on an impressive showing Tuesday night, and there’s potential for it to dance in the sky again today. kP indices peaked near 9 last night allowing for the Northern Lights to be viewable as far south as Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Cloud cover across Metro Detroit did hinder some of the viewing across the area last night. However, Space Weather Prediction Center forecasters believe that Earth was and is being impacted by the first two of three anticipated CME (Coronal Mass Ejection) arrivals. That means that the final and most energetic CME has yet to arrive and may still be on track for a midday arrival today which could lead to another viewing chance tonight.
We will possibly experience another G4 Geomagnetic Storm midday which means the daylight will keep us from seeing the peak of the event, but the forecast still holds on to a G3 storm after sunset tonight. Keep your eyes to the (early) night sky!