Too much water in the area! Multiple rivers are out of their banks and flooding is a problem in multiple places across South Central Michigan. Here's a quick look for you!
FLOOD WARNINGS AND SUCH: A good chunk of the area is under Flood Warnings, but there is also a fair amount in the blog coverage areas that is NOT. Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee, Washtenaw, Livingston, Shiawassee have either no warning, or just the part of the county near a riverbed is impacted. All other counties in the blog area are under Flood Warnings until further notice.
CHANGES COMING: The trough that has the western US cold and snow covered, and also touching off some stormy weather to our south, will finally begin to ever so slowly creep eastward over the next 24 hours or so. Looking back up at the map, you see all the blue shading for the Winter Weather Advisories that stretch from the Upper Peninsula all the way down into western Texas. All of that will slowly start to migrate this way over the weekend, and I suspect that it will lose a bit of steam as it marches this way.
SUMMARY: We'll need to put up with the rain and such for another 48 hours or so, then as we get into late Sunday and Monday for the new work week, we'll finally clear out the skies and give everyone a chance to dry out a bit! Those conditions should last into mid-week, when the next system works into the area, increasing the chances to pick up more rain and such.
Here's the forecast for Jackson and surrounding areas including Michigan Center and Parma:
Today - Cloudy, periods of rain and showers, high 48.
Tonight - More clouds and still rainy at times, but any showers will diminish, lows roll back to 31.
Saturday - Mainly cloudy, a lonely shower or two can't be ruled out, high 47.
Sunday - AM clouds should give way to PM sunshine, seasonable. High 48.
Monday - Mainly sunny and a touch warmer than the weekend, high 51.
Tuesday - Sunshine, conditions will remind you of early Spring. High 53.
Wednesday - Increasing clouds with a couple of PM showers possible, a bit cooler, high 47.
Thursday - Cloudy with scattered to numerous showers. High only 46.
There's a look at your forecast, I hope that you have a great Friday!
