Temperatures remain below normal through the weekend
High temperatures today reached only 38 degrees in Alpena. Brisk northwest winds and a generally cold air mass anyway have brought well below-normal temperatures to our area. The weekend will be a little less chilly and drier.
Scattered snow showers have been moving through Northern Michigan. Most of those snow showers will dissipate this evening. The weekend is looking drier although lots of cloud cover is expected to hang around.
Low temperatures overnight will cool to the middle 20s. Morning temperatures will be in the lower 30s with a slim chance of flurries. Saturday will be mostly cloud with afternoon highs near 45 degrees. A breeze will pick up out of the northwest, around 15 mph.
Over the weekend, the jet stream will remain well to the south over the eastern half of the country. The jet stream acts as a major divider between warm and cold air masses. Michigan is on the cold side of the jet stream through the weekend early next week. Temperatures over the next few days will remain below normal.
Weather conditions are looking fine for spending time outdoors over the next several days. There could be an isolated flurry, otherwise it should end up mainly dry. Sunday will be a touch milder with mostly cloudy skies and completely dry conditions. Monday will have less cloud cover and cool temperatures are still expected into early next week. Tuesday, temperatures should finally get above the 50 degree mark with breaks of sunshine.
The weekend will be mostly cloudy with cool temperatures. Highs will be near 45 degrees Saturday, and near 50 degree Sunday. Monday will be partly cloudy with highs in the middle 40s. Tuesday will be mostly sunny with highs around the lower 50s. For the rest of Northeast Michigan’s weather forecast, watch the latest weather video by clicking the weather tab at the top of the page.
