4Warn Weather – 4WARN WEATHER ALERT: Remains in effect through Sunday and Monday due to the gusty winds over the next few days, as well as the potential for strong to severe thunderstorms overnight tonight and into early Monday Morning.
WIND ADVISORY: Remains in effect for all of Southeastern Michigan until 12:00 AM (Midnight) Monday Morning. Sustained winds will be around 15-25 MPH with gusts as high as 45-50 MPH throughout the day, and into the evening hours on Sunday.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY: Sanilac County, MI until 11:00 AM Sunday Morning. 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected through late Sunday morning, with a light glazing of ice possible as well.
SHORT-TERM FORECAST:
SUNDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. Breezy winds are anticipated. High: 64.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies, a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Windy conditions are anticipated. Low: 52.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of showers and thunderstorms early. A chance of snow showers or snow squalls by the time we get to the evening hours. Windy conditions anticipated. High: 52. Temperatures falling throughout the day, into the 30s by the late afternoon/early evening hours.
MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of snow showers or snow squalls. Windy conditions anticipated. Low: 18. Wild chills into the single digits to near zero by early Tuesday morning.
TUESDAY: (ST. PATRICK’S DAY): Mostly cloudy skies. Much colder. High: 28.
After some much-needed sunshine as we worked through the start of the weekend, we’ve got an active weather forecast shaping up over the next 48 hours, bringing a little bit of everything to Southeastern Michigan. Here’s the breakdown of what you can expect:
SUNDAY: Most of the region is starting off with a little bit of light snow or sleet, the exception being north of I-64, where a light snow accumulation is possible through late Sunday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect through late Sunday morning for Sanilac County.
While temperatures are starting off near the freezing mark on Sunday morning, we will drastically warm up throughout the day into the low to mid-60s by late this afternoon and into the evening hours tonight, thanks to a strong, southerly flow, ahead of a strengthening area of low pressure that will work into the region over the next 48 hours.
Clouds will stick around as we work throughout the rest of the day. With the Wind Advisory in effect throughout the day, wind gusts upwards of 45-50 MPH are expected, so if you have anything outdoors, or even the trash cans, be sure to secure them this morning.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Expect rain showers to move into the region by the early to mid evening hours, then the chance of thunderstorms works into the forecast late Sunday night and into the overnight. This is where we would look for the chance of strong to severe thunderstorms.
The Storm Prediction Center has placed the entire region under a Marginal Risk (1 out of 5) on our severe weather scale. This is a little bit of a “downgrade” from what we had on Saturday, but that is a good thing, as the timing for the severe weather is not where we would typically look for it.
Damaging winds will be the primary threat as a line of showers and thunderstorms moves in late tonight and into the overnight. Overnight lows will hold into the 50s through the overnight and into Sunday morning.
MONDAY: We will continue with the chance of showers and thunderstorms in the forecast to start the day on Monday as our cold front rolls through the region. Then, with colder air moving in late Monday night, we also bring the chance of snow showers and/or snow squalls into the forecast late Monday night. Winds will also be an issue once again, looking ahead through the day on Monday. The National Weather Service is saying a Wind Advisory may be needed for Monday, with wind gusts expected to be back into the 40 to 50 MPH range to start next week. We will hit our daytime high into the 50s early, then expect falling temperatures throughout much of the day, and 30s will be expected by the late afternoon/evening hours.
TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY: Colder changes stick around for the middle of next week. High temperatures will be near zero when waking up on Tuesday morning. High temperatures are warming only into the 20s by Tuesday afternoon. Then, we will warm back up into the 50s by Thursday and Friday. Cloud cover sticks around, but a much more tranquil weather pattern for the second half of next week. We are expecting a little bit of sunshine by the time we get to Thursday, but more cloud cover sticks around into the end of the week.
SATURDAY: A mix of sunshine and clouds is expected for the start of next weekend. More seasonable temperatures return for the start of the weekend as well, with high temperatures expected to remain in the lower 50s by next Saturday afternoon.