We start the day in the 30s, and will struggle to reach the upper 40s by this afternoon. In fact, some of us won’t even reach the upper 40s. Factor in a west wind moving at 10 to 15 mph, and it’ll be a raw, chilly April day.
Remember that the live radar on the free Local4Casters weather app is color coded just like what we show you on TV, so you can see where the precipitation is liquid versus frozen. And also remember our FutureCast product, which shows you the precipitation pattern’s projected movement.
If you are one of the lucky (or unlucky) ones to see those snowflakes today, and then start wondering how unusual this is, be assured that April snow isn’t that unusual. For sure, it’s not nearly as common as March snow, but it happens. In fact, today’s record snow of 2.6 inches occurred just seven years ago in 2014. And, as I remind you every year, Detroit’s biggest snowfall ever occurred on April 6th, 1886, when we got 24.5 inches! Oh, happy day.
Thursday’s sunset is at 8:15 p.m.
There will still be a few scattered rain showers around on Thursday night, with some wet snowflakes possible later at night. Lows will be in the mid 30s.
It will be mostly cloudy on Friday, with a few morning showers still possible in the Thumb region. Highs will be in the mid 50s.
Clouds break up Friday night, with lows in the mid 30s. By the way, if skies are clear enough Friday evening, take a peek in the western sky as soon as it’s dark -- you’ll see a pretty crescent moon with the planet Mars right above it!
Warm, cloudy weekend ahead
We’ll start our Saturday with partly cloudy skies, but clouds should increase by Saturday afternoon. Highs will be in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees.
It will be mostly cloudy Saturday night with a stray shower possible. Lows will drop to the low 40s.
It will be mostly cloudy again on Sunday, with a stray shower possible -- though many of us may end up dry. Highs will be in the low 60s.
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