Damp & Cooler...

Good Evening!

Showers and thunderstorms continue to work their way through S. Central Michigan at this hour, leaving cool and wet conditions in their wake.  A look at NEXRAD radar shows the line weakening and some good soaking rain over southern Ingham, and a good chunk of Jackson County.

LOOKING AHEAD:  Tonight we'll see the storms tapering off to showers before they finally dissipate during the nighttime hours.  There is a chance we may see a straggling shower or two in the area early tomorrow morning, a peek or two of sun, before scattered showers and perhaps a thunderstorm reorganize tomorrow after 4 PM.  I don't think those will be as strong with the rainfall as the pulse storms that formed and congealed into a line that marched due south this evening.

COOL AND REFRESHING:  I did say that we would see some cooler temperatures.  It looks like the forecast models were a day too fast regarding the timing, but now that we have the showers and storms moving through the area  that's the calling card of the upper air pattern resetting itself.  We'll see a ridge/trough deal when we get to the end of all of this, which means cooler and drier for the weekend.  The GFS is printing a high of only 75 for tomorrow, which is more of a May temperature!  The average temperature in Jackson this time of year is right around 82.  We stay there or cooler right through next Friday.

RAIN:  Rain chances day right around 50/50 through Sunday, but I really think that we'll see some drying in the next day or so.  You may still get a stray shower or two, but for the most part, I expect us to remain fairly dry.  A chance at garden variety thunderstorms tomorrow also according to the Storm Prediction Center, then we shouldn't see much of anything for the next few days.

Here's the forecast for Jackson and surrounding areas:

Tonight - Storms taper off to showers, lows roll all way the back to 53.

Saturday, mainly cloudy skies with the chance of a couple of showers, high 76.  Wind N 4-8 MPH.

Tomorrow night, cloudy, perhaps a couple more showers or maybe a thunderstorm, low 58.

I'll have a 7 day forecast for you soon, have a wonderful evening!  Blessings.