DETROIT – Good Wednesday morning!
What a spectacular start to your day as we awake to temps in the low 60s with some cloud cover, which will become partly cloudy to mostly clear.
Clearing will allow early morning temps to dip down into the mid 50s in many of our suburbs, and a little closer to 60 degrees near Downtown Detroit. Without all of that humidity, our pesky fog problem has all but gone away: It’ll be smooth sailing as you hit the roads. Grab your sunglasses and keep shorts in the arsenal until further notice.
Today’s sunrise was at 6:59 a.m.
We will get a little more sunshine Wednesday, yet temps are trending in a cooler direction as we’ve been feeling overnight and this morning.
Highs will be a degree or three below 80 this afternoon around Metro Detroit, keeping those 70s around for the next few days -- and that is just fine with me (and right where we should be this time of year).
We will likely see a few remnant clouds from Tropical Depression Ida through the afternoon, but fewer than we saw yesterday. There aren’t any rain showers in our forecast today, so get out there and enjoy the absolute best weather in the country right now. Winds have picked up and may produce 1-2 foot wave activity out there on some of our lakes , as they move NNE at 5-15 mph, gusting to 22 mph at times. It’s a nice, cooler breeze that keeps our temps perfectly average for the beginning of our Meteorological Fall. The Autumnal Equinox, or the official start of Fall, is on September 22.
Today’s sunset is at 8:07 p.m.
More mild temps
Thursday looks like a copy and paste of Wednesday.
Thursday morning lows will dip into the low and mid 50s, which means some of our normally cooler suburbs could be flirting with the 40s. Sunshine will bring Thursday highs into the mid and upper 70s again, with a lighter wind moving N at 5-12 mph.
Expect a few more clouds on Friday, a light wind moving SE at 5-10 mph and similar highs in those 70s. Pacific moisture will try to weasel in here Friday, but we will deflect rain chances and end the week on the dry side.
Possible rain ahead
It’s Labor Day weekend, with the Arts, Beats, and Eats festival happening in Royal Oak! One tiny weather obstacle is possible this weekend, and we’re keeping a close eye on it.
Computer model data brings rain chances to Metro Detroit well after dinner Saturday night and into early Sunday. It looks like that rain could be perfectly timed overnight and early Sunday.
Highs should get back into the low 80s both Saturday and Sunday.
There’s a slight chance for a shower Monday afternoon, but don’t cancel your Labor Day plans -- we’ll keep you posted.
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