PM Thoughts For Friday...

Good Evening!

I have had the chance to look at some data.  Yep, Summer, see ya later!  Autumn starts tomorrow.  It will definitely feel like it, with temperatures in the 50's and nighttime low below 40.  Most places around the area right now are showing the showers that I forecast moving in to dampen the high school football games for the evening.

We'll see temperatures in the 37-43 range throughout the blog area tonight with light to moderate showers that may persist into the morning on Saturday, then we'll see some partial clearing with temperatures thinking about making a run at 60, though most places will not get there.  A general risk of thunderstorms exists for Michigan according to the Storm Prediction Center, but I don't see the atmosphere supporting it.  Cool and stable and thunderstorms are almost mutually exclusive terms.  That being said, there is some instability not that far away, in central Indiana and Illinois, where strong to severe showers and thunderstorms are firing along a warm front being pushed along by a surface low.  I pointed out a particularly nasty looking storm cell on this image...

NEXRAD Composite and Satellite Overlay

Damp and chilly is the rule here.  I'm working on an extended forecast for you, but here's my forecast for tonight into tomorrow:

Have a great one!