DETROIT – Good Wednesday morning!
It’s a chilly start as skies cleared out overnight, allowing for temps to cool down into the upper 20s to low 30s -- about 10 degrees below average for April 20. Skies will be mostly clear through the early morning.
This cold air has a loose grip, which will relax as we eventually warm throughout your Wednesday. You’ll probably need that winter garb if you plan on being outside for part of this morning, with those low temps remaining low through about 9 a.m.
Today’s sunrise is at 6:45 a.m.
This morning’s sunshine will not last all day. We will have more sun than clouds through the morning, and possibly into the early afternoon, as high temperatures head into the lower 50s. Skies will go from mostly sunny to mostly cloudy by 3 p.m. or 4 p.m. today.
The winds will start picking up a little bit, moving SE at 7-15 mph, gusting to 20-25 mph at times, so it will feel slightly cooler.
Wednesday is a dry day here, even with more and more cloud cover sneaking in from the south and west. Any outdoor plans through the late afternoon and evening will be fine as temps cool down into the 40s near sunset.
Today’s sunset is at 8:20 p.m.
Rain overnight into Thursday
Rain is on the way closer to midnight and overnight into early Thursday, with a slight chance for a random shower or two through late Wednesday evening.
Rain showers could produce a quarter of an inch of fresh rain through the early morning hours on Thursday. Those showers will begin to dry out and move on between 7 a.m. and 9 a.m. Thursday.
The winds will shift to a warming direction and the skies will begin to clear out through the mid-morning, making for a mostly dry day. You can count on high temperatures heading into the mid-60s or warmer. Winds will move SW at 10-20 mph, gusting to 20-25 mph at times, drawing in mild air from the deep south.
We may even have a few neighborhoods flirting with 70 degrees by late Thursday afternoon. Skies will be partly cloudy all afternoon and evening.
Showers Friday afternoon
Friday will start off dry and nice with a decent blend of sun and clouds. High temperatures will stop around 60 degrees due to increasing clouds and mid-to-late afternoon showers.
There is a warm front that will move into Metro Detroit in the afternoon hours on Friday, bringing scattered rain and isolated thundershowers to end the week. Friday doesn’t look like a washout by any stretch if you have outdoor plans, so watch the Local4Casters app into the afternoon hours to dodge any showers that might be coming. Isolated lightning is possible.
Mostly dry weekend
Showers will linger late Friday into Saturday morning, and we have shower chances Sunday. With that said, most of this weekend ahead looks ideal, warmer and mostly dry for Metro Detroit.
Saturday morning showers fade will by 9 a.m., and we’ll spend most of the day under partly sunny to partly cloudy skies. Highs will be in the low-to-mid 70s with winds moving SE at 5-15 mph.
Sunday will warm into the upper 70s. Morning sunshine will give way to afternoon clouds and rain chances by dinnertime. Warmer winds will move SW at 10-20 mph.
Rain late Sunday will linger into Monday morning, making for a slower and slippery commute as we get back to it early next week.
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