First alert weather day on Thursday morning

On Wednesday, temperatures again reached highs of over 70 degrees across most of Michigan. Winds will remain strong overnight and Thursday. A first weather alert has been issued for Thursday morning as there is a slight potential for some stronger storms. The biggest threat with these storms would be strong straight-line winds. Thursday will be a transition day from the 70s and wind to the 60s and cooler. A strong cold front will move through on Thursday evening, followed by dry air. Between Thursday night and Friday morning temperatures will drop to over 30°C. While Friday's forecast will feel cold in the mid-50s, temperatures will actually be about average for this time of year. It will warm up slightly again over the weekend, into the 60s, with a chance of rain again forecast for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday of next week.

FIRST ALARM WEATHER DAY HALLOWEEN TOMORROW: Cloudy and warm with spooky, isolated showers before 1pm. Thunder and lightning strikes can also occur in the first half of the day if a strong cold front approaches. Widespread gusts of 40-50 miles per hour are expected during the morning hours. Isolated damaging wind gusts in excess of 50 mph during any thunderstorm. Temperatures will fall into the low 60s in the afternoon behind the front, with gusts around 30-40 mph. The rain is expected to end well before the evening trick-or-treaters, but plan on a cool evening in the low 50s to upper 40s with a breeze.

FRIDAY: Morning clouds and a breeze. In the afternoon and early evening hours the amount of sunshine increases and the wind becomes calmer. High 55F. Low around 35F. Winds northwest at 5 to 15 mph.

SATURDAY: Sunny and calm wind. Highs around 60°F. Low temperatures around 40°F. Wind SE at 5 to 10 mph.

OUR NEXT FIRST ALERT: Daylight saving time ends Saturday night/Sunday morning. Falling back 1 hour at 2am on Sunday. Our next system will arrive late this weekend and on Election Day. Scattered showers are expected on Sunday as a warm front moves in. Expect highs to rebound into the 60s Sunday through Election Day. Further showers are also expected on Monday and Tuesday next week, but no all-day rainfall. A cold front will move in immediately after Election Day, cooling our high temperatures into the lower 50s until it ends next week. Long-term forecasts continue to point to a brief blast of cold air in the second half of November. This could give some the first snowflakes of the season!

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