Many throughout the Great Lakes region are seeing temperatures well above normal for this time of year. Here in Metro Detroit our normal high is 61°, and we’ll see 70s in most neighborhoods through Friday before turning cooler.
Earth Day afternoon temperatures will reach the low to mid 70s for most locations. A northerly breeze will keep those in the thumb region and closer to Lake Huron cooler, in the 50s and 60s.
The morning and lunchtime hours will be filled with sunshine, and many will remain under blue skies throughout the afternoon.
Closer to the I-94 corridor and southward will see a chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening.
The main time frame for these storms is between 2:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m.
We dry out with clearing skies tonight. Make sure to check out the Lyrid meteor shower while viewing is still possible. Overnight temperatures will fall to near 40° in our northern communities to near 50° toward the Ohio border.
Thursday features a few clouds with highs in the mid 70s. We’ll keep afternoon temperatures in the 70s Friday, also.
Friday brings our next best chance of rain. Scattered showers and storms look to begin midday and linger into the start of Saturday.
The weekend marks our temperatures falling back closer to where they should be for this time of year. Both Saturday and Sunday we’ll see highs in the low to mid 60s.
Highs stay in the mid 60s to start the upcoming workweek with rain chances Monday and Tuesday.