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Published on May 06, 2024
Detroit's Fickle Spring Forecast, Sunny Spells to Stormy Skies with Unsteady Temperatures AheadSource: Unsplash/ Loren Gu

Motor City residents can expect a week of fickle spring weather, featuring sunny skies abruptly turning to storm clouds, according to the latest forecasts. With today's mostly cloudy weather giving way to a high near 68, Northeast winds blow 7 to 9 mph throughout the day, reported by National Weather Service.

Tonight's forecast is clearer skies later with a comfortable low around 48. Still, today’s wind around 6 mph is expected to become almost non-existent after midnight, creeping in before tomorrow's potential thunderstorms, which have a 30% chance of disrupting your afternoon plans after 5 pm with clouds on the increase, Tuesday evening could bring further showers and thunderstorms the chance of precipitation jumps to 50%.

The sun will make a bold return Wednesday, hitting highs near 80 degrees, but this seeming respite ushers in gusty west winds as high as 20 mph. As the day folds into night, the likelihood of showers comes back into play—there's a 60% chance that rain will start after 2 am, according to the same NWS forecast.

Thursday's weather might have you dodging raindrops again, showers are likely and thunderstorms join the fray in the afternoon, keep an eye on the sky because there's another 60% chance of precipitation expected, Friday though offers a slight reprieve from the storms with a mostly sunny outlook and a high near 64, but showers might still loom as a possibility.

Looking ahead to the weekend, Detroit will see a mixture of showers and partial sunshine with daytime highs lingering around the mid to upper 60s, and nighttime lows will dip into the high 40s. Sunday parallels the pattern with a continued chance of showers amidst partly sunny conditions.