Chance of spotty storms Friday through Sunday, but no washouts expected

A few different weather boundaries will be affecting Northern Michigan over the next few days. A cold front from a storm system in central Canada is bringing a few showers near the Tip of the Mitt this evening. A stationary front near the United States-Canada border will keep a buoyant air mass in the Upper Plains and Upper Midwest (south of the front) and there will be impulses of instability leading to a chance of spotty thunderstorms Friday and Saturday during the midday/afternoon/early evening hours. A cold front currently over Montana will move through our area Sunday.

High temperatures today reached 86 degrees in Alpena and 85 degrees in Grand Rapids. The previously-mentioned cold front has brought colder temperatures to the Upper Peninsula, where highs reached 74 degrees in Sault Ste. Marie and 70 degrees in Houghton.

Friday: Spotty showers or thunderstorms will be possible midday-afternoon. Predawn temperatures will be in the lower 60s. Late-morning temperatures will be close to 70 degrees. Afternoon highs will reach around 81 degrees. Early-evening temperatures will be in the lower 70s.

Saturday: Spotty showers or thunderstorms will be possible midday through early evening. Early-morning lows will be in the lower 60s. Temperatures will rise to the lower/middle 70s in the late-morning. Afternoon highs will warm to about 85 degrees. Early-evening temperatures will be near 80 degrees.

Sunday: Spotty showers or thunderstorms will be possible midday through early evening. Early-morning lows will be in the lower 60s. Late-morning temperatures will be in the lower 70s. Afternoon highs will be close to 81 degrees. Early-evening temperatures will be in the lower 70s.