Reruns

Yesterday we had a high of 59° and the low of 35°.  We have 31° at 6:30 this morning.

We will have a consistent pattern of reruns over the rest of the week into early next week with sunny skies and temperatures in the 60s warming into the low 70s over the weekend.

Weather History

1952: After a frosty morning with lows in the 20s, snowflakes fly across western Lower Michigan. An inch of snow accumulates at Muskegon.

2002: Cold weather arrives across western Lower Michigan with high temperatures only around 40 degrees and periods of wet snow mixing in with a cold rain.

On October 17, 1947, a three-day heat streak ended in Flint. Temperatures ranged from 86 degrees on the 15th, 82 degrees on the 16th, and 84 degrees on the 17th.

NWS Forecast

Forecast Discussion

- Dry and warmer

Latest IR loop shows clear skies across the Mitten. High pressure
was noted over the Ohio Valley and this will influence our weather
for the next few days. the dome of high pressure will drift east
through Friday and we`ll begin to tap a southwest wind which will
advect warmer air northward into the cwa. H8 temperatures near 6c
today will increase to 12c by Friday afternoon. Surface
temperatures will climb to the lower 60s under sunny skies today
and mid 60s Friday. Normal highs are in the lower 60s.
Comfortable conditions are expected with dewpoints in the 30s.
Another chilly night is expected tonight. Temperatures will fall
into the mid to upper 30s, which is a few degrees below normal.

- Dry this weekend into early next week...rain chances Tues/Wed

Dry weather will continue into the weekend as the pattern will
remain fairly locked in. In general, ridging aloft will be present
from Saturday through Monday. A southwest flow will be in place at
the surface during the same time with gradually warming
temperatures. 850mb temperatures rise from the lower teens C to the
middle teens C from Saturday to Monday. High temperatures will
respond as expected, nudging up a bit through the 70s each day.
Given normal highs are in the upper 50s to around 60, we are looking
at temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal.

An upper low in the plains in the Sunday and Monday time frame moves
into the Great Lakes region on Tuesday. Chances for rain showers are
in the forecast from Tuesday into Wednesday. This does not look to
be a significant rainfall as surface dew points hold in the lower
50s and PWAT values barely reach 1.00 inch on Tuesday. A secondary
shortwave moves in from the northwest Tuesday night into Wednesday
with an associated surface cold front. Chances for rain at this
point are small, on the order of 20-40 percent.