Sunday, September 30, 2012

Mild Start, A Little Rain By Midweek...

Good Evening!

Another busy few days, and I feel like I can't do enough to stay on top of this blog beyond the current day's forecast!  Between working so much and trying to take care of my daughter, there just aren't enough hours in the day!

At any rate, the mild early fall weather we have had will be coming to an end as we work toward Friday, with sharply cooler air and some rain in the mix for about a week from now.  Closer to today, mild weather continues with the chance of a lonely shower here and there over the next few days.  Let's pop the hood and see what we have running underneath it...

TEMPERATURES:  We'll continue to see temperatures from 64-72 for the next several days, then as we get into late Thursday and Friday, we'll see some rain and then a sharp drop in temperatures, with the daytime highs falling 20 degrees in some locales.  After nighttime lows work their way into nearly the mid 50's, those same reading will flirt with freezing in time for the weekend, so some frost is definitely a possibility.

RAIN:  Right now it looks like we will see a slight chance at an isolated shower or two each day starting Tuesday evening and running right through the tail end of the week, into the weekend.  Tuesday evening looks like just a chance of a stray shower, but then we slowly bump up the chances of precipitation through Friday night.  Here's a look at what the National Weather thinks for us regarding rain the next five days:

5 Day Precipitation Forecast

As you can see, any rain that we do get, if this is correct, should be fairly light and sparse in nature.  Even though we have some clouds around the area tonight, I don't think these produce anything, as we are sitting under a particularly dry piece of atmosphere right now.

SEVERE WEATHER:  Nothing in this part of the world, however there are some issues in Dixie.  The Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for northeast Louisiana and the southern half of Mississippi until 8PM EDT.  Though a tornado can't be eliminated from consideration down there, it looks like the primary threat will be severe straight-line winds.  Nothing like that here in Michigan for you.

Visible Satellite Image
Some clouds visible on the satellite image right now, and nothing but ground clutter to see on the radar...

A fairly steady northeast breeze in Jackson right now, here's the forecast for Jackson County.

Tonight, clearing skies, cool, lows down to 38, winds becoming light and variable...

Monday, mostly sunny, mild, high 66.  Winds ESE 3-7 MPH.

Monday night, becoming cloudy, a small chance of a stray shower, lows roll back to 45, winds E 5-10 MPH.

Tuesday, mainly gray skies, chance of a couple of scattered showers, high 66.  Winds E 5-10 MPH.

Wednesday, continued cloudy, scattered to numerous showers, high 67.

Thursday, mainly cloudy, perhaps a peek or two of sun, an isolated shower is still possible, high 68.

Friday, cloudy skies early, scattered to numerous showers, then sharply cooler, high 56.

Saturday, clearing skies, very cool, high 52.

There's your six day forecast, I do hope that you have a great evening and a good start to your week tomorrow!  Blessings.

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