A cool, damp day yesterday as the cold front came though and started things sprinkling on us as it moved by. Gray and quiet today. Let's take a deeper dive and see if things get any better...
TEMPERATURES: A 10-15 degree swing on the back side of the cold front that tracked through yesterday evening and shifted winds to the northwest brought in cooler temperatures for much of lower Michigan, not just here in the blog area. Temperatures plunged way down into the 40's last night throughout this part of the world, and most places are just into the 50's as I write this.
We do see changes coming later this week though, as warm air returns. Computer models like 80's starting on Thursday, and continuing until next Tuesday. Sunday is forecast to be the warmest day of the week, with the GFS suggesting a high of 88 for Jackson! Be patient, warmth returns shortly, I promise you.
RAIN: Not a whole lot of wet stuff on tap. The National Weather Service is thinking that Michigan only picks up a half-inch of rain tops the next five days. In fact, most places only pick up around a quarter inch between now and 8AM Sunday morning. Here's the map showing that...
Not much moving through here once that ridge elbows it's way back into town with the warm air and sits on us like the one from this past weekend.
SEVERE WEATHER: Nothing to write about regarding rough weather for Lower Michigan the next three days. All the risk and forecasting involves Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula exclusively. Today and tomorrow, a "general" risk of storms for the western part of the U.P. And for Thursday, a "slight" risk for severe storms covering the western half of the U.P. again. Here's the SPC Day 3 forecast map:
Grand Rapids NEXRAD radar is snoring, here's the visible satellite image showing the cloudiness over us now, but that should start to dissipate as the day progresses...
And here's the local forecast for Jackson and surrounding communities including Parma and Michigan Center:
For today, cloudy early, skies start to clear late, cool, high 71, winds N 5-10 MPH.
Tonight, mainly clear skies with perhaps a few scattered clouds low 45, winds NE 3-8 MPH.
Wednesday, sunny skies and pleasant, warmer with a high of 77, winds SSE 5-10 MPH.
Wednesday night, starry skies and cool, low of 45. Winds S 3-8 MPH.
Thursday, sunny, warmer still high 85.
Friday, clouds increase during the day, not quite as warm, chance of a scattered shower late, high 82.
Saturday, mostly cloudy, a chance at a scattered shower or lonely thunderstorm, high 85.
Sunday, periods of clouds and sunshine, very warm, high 88, heat indexes could reach into the mid 90's.
That's a look at your forecast for the next six days, I do hope you have a great Tuesday! Blessings.
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