DETROIT – Good Tuesday morning!
Most of our early Tuesday morning is on the dry side, but we are anticipating quite a wet and stormy day today.
Mild morning temperatures are in the upper 40s to low 50s, with clouds both increasing and thickening before sunrise.
We will be mostly dry before 8 a.m., which means most of our morning commute will be dry. So, keep the umbrella handy and check on those basements this afternoon and tonight if you are prone to collecting water, because today’s rain has the potential of some good downpours and gushing thundershowers later on.
Today’s sunrise is at 6:26 a.m.
Rain all day
Morning rain should get going by 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. with scattered rain showers. Heavier showers will fill in through the late morning and afternoon.
On top of that, we will mix in a little rain and thunder this afternoon, with severe storm potential present down south into Central Indiana and Ohio. In Metro Detroit, our biggest problem today will be the possibility of getting 1-2 inches of new rain, which is a little too much, too fast. Some pooling and ponding is possible on the roads, especially through the afternoon leading into the evening commute.
Highs will be in the mid-to-upper 50s and winds will move E at 5-12 mph, gusting to 20 mph now and again. Be careful on the roads, as the rain will make for some tricky traveling around Metro Detroit.
The rain and thundershowers will become more widely scattered by the late afternoon and into the evening.
Today’s sunset is at 8:35 p.m.
Clouds will linger Wednesday morning after early morning showers fade. We do expect some sunshine. We’ll see a cloudy start in the mid-40s, and then a gradual clearing to mostly sunny and low-to-mid 60s.
Rain possible Thursday
We will see a dry start to our Thursday with cooler morning lows in the lower 40s, and afternoon highs in the lower 60s.
Rain chances will increase late in the day Thursday, but there’s still no great alignment in our computer models for the start time. It is possible that the rain will hold off until the evening. If we stay dry all day with some peeks of sun, we may see some mid-60s.
It should be a rainy Thursday night, and then more widespread rain showers are coming Friday, keeping skies cloudy. Our temps will not likely get out of the 50s. Between Tuesday and Friday, we could see a surplus of rain here in Metro Detroit this week.
Mostly dry, sunny weekend
We will see dry conditions moving in on Saturday with morning showers possible, and then partly sunny skies and highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Sunday is Mother’s Day and we are in for a good one with mostly sunshine and highs well into the mid or upper 60s. Let’s get ready for some 70s starting Monday of next week here in Metro Detroit.
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