Early Morning Showers or Thunderstorms, Then A Blustery Day

Most of Monday's rainfall will be done by mid or late morning, then 30 to 40 mph gusts are expected the rest of the day. Temperatures will climb to 55 to 65 degrees across Lower Michigan during the morning, then drop about 10 degrees during the afternoon. Read More >

Overview

A large upper level low moving through the Upper Great Lakes region brought a finger of the northern jet streak through the region that coupled with a low level jet filtered through the warm air over the lake and caused damaging winds along the lakeshore. Buoys and observations stations in and along Lake Michigan had wind reports upwards of 62 mph. This caused power outages along the lakeshore and just inland as the storms moved souteasterly through southwest Michigan.