Sunshine continues today in our neighborhoods with clear skies as we await an incoming cold front that will drive shower and storm potential beginning Thursday. Even though we are tracking an abundance of sunshine, lingering wildfire smoke could make the sky a bit hazy today with air quality ranging Moderate today.
WATCH THE FULL FORECAST BELOW
More strong winds today ahead of shower and t-storm potential through the end of the week
High temperatures today will warm into the mid to lower 80’s as winds turn more out of the southwest allowing for warm, moist air to return to our neighborhoods. With dew points elevated into the 60’s, we are looking at muggy to humid conditions that will continue through the end of the week as the frontal boundary stalls out.
Winds will remain our main impact today with gusts up to 40 mph possible in our northern neighborhoods including Clinton County and portions of Eaton and Ingham counties. Jackson and Hillsdale could see gust up to 30 mph today. These high winds will begin in the early afternoon hours around noon and continue through early evening.
Thursday brings an incoming cold front south into our neighborhoods. This frontal boundary is expected to stall out tomorrow along the I-94 corridor. We could see some storm initiation at around 6 PM Thursday with present instability. We are not expecting any severe weather with these storms.
A main impact from these showers and storms will be potential flooding. A marginal risk for excessive rainfall exists on Friday for all of our neighborhoods.
Shower and storm potential will continue on through Saturday as this frontal boundary continues to stall in southern Michigan and along the border. Weather conditions will be dependent on the evolution of this frontal boundary and we will continue to watch very closely…