Metro Detroit weather forecast Aug. 28, 2024 -- 7:10 a.m. Update

Published: Aug 27, 2024 Duration: 00:03:24 Category: News & Politics

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PROGRESSES, IT WILL WILL. SO WE'RE STILL HAVE A LOT OF POWER OUTAGES AND ALSO A LOT OF SCHOOL CLOSINGS ACROSS THE METRO AREA. >> SEEMS LIKE THE MOST OF THEM ARE IN OAKLAND COUNTY, BUT THE DAMAGE FROM THE STORMS IS ALL OVER. YEAH. >> PRETTY WIDESPREAD. BUT YEAH, IF YOU'RE NOT CONTENDING WITH FOUR WAY STOPS THIS MORNING, YOU MIGHT BE DEALING WITH STANDING WATER ON THE ROADS AND OR JUST EVEN TREES OR POWER LINES DOWN IN YOUR WAY. SO YEAH, THIS IS THE AFTERMATH OF WHAT ROLLED THROUGH YESTERDAY EVENING AND THROUGHOUT THE OVERNIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY REPORTS COMING IN FROM THE OVERNIGHT YET. AS FAR AS HOW STRONG THE WINDS WERE WITH THAT ROUND THAT ROLLED THROUGH AT 2 OR 3:00. I WILL SAY THOUGH, THIS CAME IN JUST ABOUT 7:00 REGARDING THETORMS THAT WERE BETWEEN ABOUT FIVE AND SIX YESTERDAY. METRO AIRPORT PICKED UP A WIND GUST OF 76MPH IN ROSEVILLE 75. THOSE ARE DESTRUCTIVE WINDS THAT COULD BRING DAMAGE JUST LIKE TORNADOES COULD. AND SO WE TALK ABOUT THAT ALL THE TIME DURING OUR SPRING AND SUMMER SEASONS THAT HERE IN SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, WE GET FAR MORE STRAIGHT LINE WIND STORMS THAN WE DO TORNADIC STORMS. AND THEY DO CREATE JUST AS MUCH DAMAGE FROM TIME TO TIME. TROY HAD A 58 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUST. GROSSE POINTE 50 ALGONAC 48 AND THEN GROSSE ILE, 47 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS REPORTED. SO THERE ARE DOWNED POWER LINES ACROSS THE AREA. DARNE'S BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, AND JUST TO REITERATE, IF YOU ARE WAKING UP TO SOME NEW POWER LINES THAT ARE DOWN FROM THOSE OVERNIGHT STORMS, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CALL 911, STAY AT LEAST 25FT AWAY, AND YOU JUST HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THOSE KIND OF LINES ARE LIVE. USE EXTRA CAUTION, ESPECIALLY FOR THE KIDS THAT COULD BE WALKING TO THE BUS STOP THIS MORNING 70 DEGREES OVER AT METRO AIRPORT, 74 IN PONTIAC, 71 IN GROSSE ISLE AND PORT HURON, 70. SO WE'RE ALL WAKING UP TO 70 DEGREE TEMPERATURES TO START THE DAY DRYING THINGS OUT AS FAR AS RAIN OFF TOWARD STURGIS AND SOUTH OF THE STATE LINE. BUT WE STILL HAVE THE HUMIDITY THAT'S LINGERING FROM THE MOISTURE. THE AFTERMATH OF ALL OF THESE STORMS. ANN ARBOR PICKED UP THE MOST RAIN, AT LEAST THE ANN ARBOR AREA, OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. ZOOMING INTO THAT MAP, THERE UPWARD OF TWO INCHES OF RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL FROM YPSILANTI TOWARD SUPERIOR TOWNSHIP AND OFF TOWARDS PITTSFIELD AND ANN ARBOR. YOU GET THESE LOW LYING AREAS, AND YOU STILL COULD BE CONTENDING WITH SOME STANDING WATER THIS MORNING. SO THE HOURLY FORECAST FOR YOU TODAY, ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS THAT ARE IN SCHOOL, WILL BE AT 73 AT 8:00, 78 AT 11 A.M, 86 AT TWO. WITH THAT AFTERNOON HIGH FOR ANY AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES, 87. AND WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS TO DEVELOP AROUND 4:00 ONWARD. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THE TIMELINE. MAYBE A LITTLE SPRINKLE OR TWO THROUGHOUT THE DAY, BUT I THINK MOST OF THIS IS JUST GOING TO BE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, PROBABLY MORE CLOUD COVER THAN SUN. AND THEN AS WE HEAD INTO THE PEAK HEAT OF THE DAY, 4:00 ONWARD, WE CAN'T RULE OUT SOME POP UP SHOWERS. WE'RE STILL IN A PRETTY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT. SO YOU SEE THERE UP TO OUR NORTH AROUND 4:00, BUT THEN THIS BECOMES A LITTLE MORE WIDESPREAD IN COVERAGE AS WE HEAD TOWARD SIX 7:00. WE'RE NOT ANTICIPATING THIS REACHING SEVERE LIMITS. I'LL NEVER RULE IT OUT. WHEN YOU HAVE AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS LIKE THIS. BUT AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THAT SOUTH OF I-94, WHH DOESN'T REALLY MATCH UP WITH THE DATA THAT WE SAW THOSE STORMS AROUND THE METRO AREA. BUT IF WE WERE TO SEE SOMETHING SEVERE, HAIL AND WIND WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS. AND SO AS WE LOOK AHEAD, FRIDAY WILL BE OUR NEXT BIG RAINMAKER. AFTER WE GET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND THAT BRINGS THE CHANCE FOR SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS HEADING INTO THE PEAK HEAT OF THE DAY, WITH 90 THE AFTERNOON HIGH. SO WE TAKE A DIP TOMORROW, BUT THEN WARM THINGS UP WITH MORE SCATTERED SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES TO ROUND OUT THE WORKWEEK. HOLIDAY WEEKEND DRYING THINGS OUT, WE GRADUALLY SLIDE IN TEMPERATURES AND BY THE TIME WE GET TO LABOR DAY MONDAY, WE DIP BELOW AVERAGE 72 DEGREES. WITHIN THE WEEK. AND THEN G

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