DETROIT – Good Wednesday afternoon!
As a storm to our south moves east, our Metro Detroit skies will begin to clear out, allowing some afternoon sunshine and highs to hit the mid-40s.
Winds will move WSW at 5-12 mph, occasionally gusting to 20-25 mph.
Today’s sunset is at 6:33 p.m.
Dry Thursday
Thursday will be another dry day here in Pure Michigan. It is unusual in almost mid-March for us to get 3-4 day stretches of dry weather in Metro Detroit. Yet, that’s exactly what we have on tap starting late Tuesday, all day Wednesday and now Thursday.
There is some weather heading our way to end the week, and we will see clouds moving in tomorrow afternoon, which will keep our temps down just a bit. We also have a shift in winds to the NNW, and that cooler air with increasing clouds will keep Thursday highs in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Winds will be cool but light, moving NNW at 5-10 mph.
Snow possible Friday
Friday will start dry, although clouds will keep coming at us without any rain or snow -- yet.
Morning lows, like they’ve been all week, will be in the mid-to-upper 20s as we watch radar for the arrival of some wet weather later. Most of Metro Detroit will reach high temps in the mid-to-upper 30s.
A mix of rain and snow will start sliding in during the late morning, but dry air will not help the onset of this precipitation.
There is a chance that this storm will bring mostly snow, but it won’t be too much. There is also a chance that we’ll get just a glancing blow from this storm, as some computer model data skirts the system to our south and east. We should plan on an inch or two of new snow Friday afternoon through Saturday morning.
Warming up for Daylight Saving Time
Saturday morning snowflakes will come with a cold frontal passage that also brings blustery conditions. Highs likely won’t leave the upper 20s, and those winds will be whipping NW at 15-25 mph.
Sunday is the start of Daylight Saving Time, but you can move the clocks forward one hour before you go to bed Saturday night. Yes, we lose an hour of sleep, but we get a better use of natural light later in the day -- which means Sunday’s sunset won’t happen until 7:38 p.m.
It looks like it will be dry and in the low 40s Sunday.
Tain showers are possible on Monday. Computer model data is hinting at a nice March warm-up next week, mainly in the 40s and even low 50s.
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