Chilly Friday and dropping below freezing early Saturday

A cold front passed through Northeast Michigan today, generating scattered showers. Winds out of the north will bring in colder temperatures Friday. A few lake effect rain showers will develop off Lake Huron and Lake Michigan.

Temperatures will drop to the lower/middle 30s overnight. The National Weather Service has issued a Frost Advisory for most of Northern Michigan from midnight to 8 a.m. Friday. Late Friday night to early Saturday morning, temperatures will become even colder.

Friday: Cold with patchy rain showers possible. Early-morning temperatures will be in the upper 30s. Late-morning temperatures will rise to the lower/middle 40s. Afternoon highs will be only 47 degrees. Temperatures will cool to the 30s during the evening.

Saturday: Cold early and mostly cloudy. Early-morning temperatures will start in the upper 20s! Temperatures will rise to the lower 40s in the late-morning. Afternoon highs will reach about 51 degrees. Early-evening temperatures will be in the middle 40s.

Sunday: Showers will move in predawn and continue into the afternoon. Predawn temperatures will be in the upper 30s. Late-morning temperatures will be in the lower 40s. Afternoon highs will climb to 50 degrees. Early-evening temperatures will be in the middle 40s.

Taking a look back at September in review: Temperatures throughout the month averaged around the long-term normal values. The average of all the high temperatures in September was 68 degrees, near the long-term normal. All of the low temperatures during September averaged to 46 degrees, only 1 degree cooler than normal. Rainfall totaled about 2.5 inches for the month, less than a half-inch off the long-term normal.

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