4Warn Weather – Happy Friday!
We’ll have another nice day with more sunshine and unseasonably warm temps that could near record highs this afternoon.
High pressure will remain in control of our forecast again today. That will give us a good southerly flow, continuing our sunshine and sending our high temperatures back into the lower 80s this afternoon.
The record high for today at Detroit-Wayne County International Airport is 81 degrees set back in 2006. Our high temperature is expected to hit 81 degrees today, so we may tie that record -- or break it by a degree or two, if we get warm enough.
An Air Quality Alert has been issued for Metro Detroit for Friday. Pollutant levels are expected to be in the unhealthy range for sensitive groups today. People and businesses are urged to avoid activities including refueling vehicles or topping off when refueling, using gasoline powered lawn equipment, and using charcoal lighter fluid. Positive activities include biking to work, delaying or combining errands, and using water-based paints.
It is also recommended that people, especially those with respiratory diseases such as asthma, limit prolonged outdoor exertion during an Air Quality Alert.
More: Air Quality Alert in Metro Detroit on Friday: Here’s what that means
Rain, storms this weekend
The weather pattern becomes a little more active this weekend. A strong system will bring us a case of “weather whiplash” for the end of the weekend and early next week.
We’ll stay mostly dry throughout Saturday, except for isolated rain showers possible at night. High temps will be in the lower 80s.
Showers and a few thunderstorms are possible Sunday afternoon and evening as a cold front moves through the region. The Storm Prediction Center has placed Southeastern Michigan under a level 1 (marginal risk) for severe thunderstorms on Sunday. If we did see any stronger thunderstorms, they could bring strong winds with gusts faster than 60 mph.
Snow possible Monday
As the cold front moves through, any rain showers on Monday will change over to snow showers in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will drop into the 40s for daytime highs, and then into the middle 30s on Monday night.
Sunshine, warmer temps return
Drier weather will move in Tuesday, with sunshine returning for the forecast.
Warmer temperatures move back into the region as we will head into the lower 60s by Wednesday with a mixture of sunshine and clouds, then a little more cloud cover works in and we head back into the 70s by the time we get to next Thursday.
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