Best Of The Week Tomorrow!!!

Good Afternoon!

And what a fantastic afternoon it is here in Michigan.  Plenty of sunshine and temperatures into the 40's!  It gets better tomorrow.  Let's have a look and see what's running under here:

A GORGEOUS STRETCH:  Simply put, you'll love tomorrow.  The warmest readings we have had in the area since before winter started will be on the table.  I'm predicting a high of 61, with tons of sunshine, before clouds start working in on Tuesday.  From the perch here, the lowest temperature we see in the next several days is 43 on Thursday, so the snow should be disappearing all this week, at least during the daylight hours. Perhaps winter is FINALLY packing up to head back north, and allow us to get into our warm season.  Have a look at the temperatures around the nation as I write this...

You see that tongue of 50's and 60's reaching into the upper Plains now?  That will be here tomorrow!

If you look at the visible satellite image, all of that white is snow that's still on the ground, as well as ice that is thawing off the Great Lakes...

I don't need to show you radar right now - unless you like looking at ground clutter!

MIDWEEK:  As much as I hate to say, 60's are only here briefly.  Remember, average temperature in this part of the world is 52 degrees this time of year.  After Monday we'll be in that range for most of the week, with the exception of Thursday.  We'll also introduce some showers into the area as we progress through the week, Tuesday and Wednesday chances are very low, just enough to mention, chances go up some for Thursday.  We'll watch Wednesday, as a disturbance runs south of us, that may bring some scattered shower activity to the south zone of the blog.

A DAMP END TO THE WEEK:  Our increasing rain chances culminate in what appears to be a pretty damp Friday and Saturday, with a surface low coming out of Illinois to bring rain and cooler air down from Canada in time for the weekend.  As usual in the warm season, if you get nice weather you have to pay the piper at some point downstream!  Let's have a look at the WPC forecast map for rain to get a feel for what we may encounter:

You see here a half-inch of rain over the next week, so I'm saying not a washout by any stretch, but the second half of the week will see some chances of rain pretty much every day...

And here's the forecast for Jackson and surrounding areas including Vandercook Lake and Sandstone Township:

And here's the extended outlook, with a chance for a pretty wet back half of the week!

I hope you have a wonderful day! Blessings.