IT’S TECHNOLOGY TO HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILY SAFE BEATING IT TO DEATH. BUT I DON’T KNOW IF
YOU’VE HEARD TODAY IS THE FIRST
DAY OF SPRING COMING UP, BUT
WE’RE CHANNELING IT. WE HAVE TO,
BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT
MARCH OF ALL THE YEARS IT’S
REALLY FIT. THE OLD CLICHE CAME
IN LIKE A LION OUT LIKE A LAMB.
WE’LL SEE IF IT’S OUT LIKE A
LAMB, BUT IT HAS BEEN. IT’S
GOING TO BE NICER THE FIRST
THREE WEEKS. I MEAN, YOU AREN’T
KIDDING ME. I HAD TO GO TAKE A
VACATION FROM ALL THE WINTER
STORMS THAT WE HAD JUST TO
RESET, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY
BRINGING A LITTLE SUNSHINE TO
YOU THIS AFTERNOON. SO LET’S GO
AHEAD. TAKE A LOOK. OUTSIDE
DOWNTOWN DETROIT. THE SUN IS
BEAMING, AND SO IT LOOKS
BEAUTIFUL AS YOU’RE STEPPING
OUTSIDE FEELING A LITTLE BIT
BETTER. THAN WHERE WE WERE THIS
WEEKEND WITH THAT WINTER CHILL
THAT WAS IN THE AIR. WE HAD
FLAKES FLYING. I MEAN, WINTER
WAS STILL HOLDING PRETTY STRONG.
THESE TEMPERATURES, THOUGH, A
BIT MORE PROMISING, SO 41
DEGREES RIGHT NOW IN DETROIT.
THAT’S WHERE WE TOPPED OUT
YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. SO WE
ANTICIPATE GETTING A LITTLE
WARMER TODAY WITH THAT
SOUTHWESTERLY BREEZE 40 AND AN
ARBOR 43 HEALTH 39 ADRIAN, BUT
THE SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE
REALLY BETWEEN ABOUT 15 TO 20
MPH. SO IT DOES STILL FACTOR
INTO A WINDCHILL. YOU CAN SEE
THE WIND SPEEDS ALL ACROSS
SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN, REALLY
FROM EIGHT MPH IMPORT. YOU’RE ON
UPWARD OF 20 MPH IN MONROE. SO
THAT MAKES IT STILL FEEL LIKE
WE’RE AROUND THE FREEZING MARK,
SO DON’T BE FOOLED BY THE ACTUAL
TEMPERATURE IS YOU’RE GETTING
READY TO STEP OUT THIS AFTERNOON
BECAUSE IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT
COLDER, EVEN WITH THE SUN.
HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST
THIS AFTERNOON 45 AROUND TWO
O’CLOCK AND THEN WE WILL BE IN
THE UPPER FORTIES BY 46 O’CLOCK
. WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOME CLOUD
COVER TO BUILD IN, AND WE’RE
STILL GOING TO HOLD ON TO THE
BREEZE. BUT 48 IS EXACTLY WHERE
WE SHOULD TOP OUT FOR THIS TIME
IN MARCH, SO VERY SEASONAL START
TO SPRING THAT WIND GUST
FORECAST SHOWS THOSE GUSTS
REALLY PEAKING CLOSER TO ABOUT
FIVE O’CLOCK WHEN WE WILL HAVE
GUSTS REACHING ABOUT 30 MILES
PER HOURS. YOU SEE HERE WITH THE
FORECAST UP TOWARDS LAPIERRE
FLINT EVEN DOWN INTO MONROE AND
ANN ARBOR, AND THEN AS WE
PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING
HE’S STILL ABOUT 20 TO 25 MILE
PER HOUR GUSTS AND WE’RE GOING
TO HOLD ON TO THAT 15 TO 20 MPH
RANGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT BUT
LET’S NOT FORGET IT IS THE FIRST
DAY OF SPRING OFFICIALLY AT 5 24
THIS AFTERNOON. TODAY’S THE
VERNAL EQUINOX. WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN? WELL THE FIRST DAY OF
SPRING TODAY MEANS THAT WE HAVE
THE CENTER OF THE SUN DIRECTLY
ABOVE THE EQUATOR, WHICH MEANS
ALMOST ALL THE AREAS OF THE
EARTH ARE GOING TO RECEIVE ABOUT
12 HOURS OF DAYLIGHT TODAY. SO
WHAT IS OUR OFFICIAL SUNRISE AND
SUNSET TIMES WHILE OUR SON ROSE
AT 7 37. IT’S GOING TO SET
TONIGHT AT 7 45 CLOUDS AND RADAR
FORECASTS SHOW THAT WE ARE GOING
TO HOLD ON TO THE SUNSHINE AND
THE NICE PART. WE’RE GONNA HOLD
ONTO LONGER DAYLIGHT HOURS ALL
THE WAY UP UNTIL JUNE 21ST FOR
THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. SO THOSE
DAYS ARE GETTING LONGER, BUT THE
CLOUDS ARE BUILDING RIGHT NOW
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THAT’S GOING
TO PUSH EASTWARD. BRINGING THE
CLOUD COVER LATER TODAY STILL
HAVE EYES OFF TO THE WEST. IF
YOU ARE GOING TO BE TRAVELING,
DEALING WITH SOME SNOW AND RAIN
OUT WEST, SO JUST A QUICK LITTLE
SNAPSHOT. THERE IS FLOODING
POTENTIAL OFF ON THE WEST COAST
OF CALIFORNIA AND INTO THE
DESERT OF ARIZONA FOR TOMORROW,
SO JUST TAKE A QUICK LITTLE NOTE
OF THAT IF YOU’RE TRAVELING OUT
THAT WAY, OTHERWISE CLOSER TO
HOME CLOUDS CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THROUGHOUT THE EVENING. OVERCAST
SKIES PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT THEN AS WE HEAD INTO
TOMORROW, KIND OF IN AND OUT OF
THE CLOUDS, REALLY NOT A WHOLE
LOT TO SHOW YOU UNTIL WE GET TO
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THAT’S WHAT
I’M GOING TO STOP THE CLOCK AT
78 O’CLOCK. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
START TO MOVE IN. WE COULD EVEN
HAVE A FEW POCKETS OF HEAVY
SHOWERS WITH RUMBLES OF THUNDER
. SO DO TAKE NOTE. WE COULD HAVE
SOME NON SEVERE STORMS ROLLING
THROUGH THE AREA AND HOLDING ON
TO SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAIN LATE
WEDNESDAY, GOING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT THURSDAY BY THE TIME
WE GET TO THE EARLY MORNING
HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE THURSDAY,
THAT BECOMES A LITTLE MORE
SPOTTY, BUT WE’RE NOT COMPLETELY
DONE WITH THE RAIN FOR YOUR
THURSDAY AS YOU CAN SEE, ANOTHER
ROUND WILL START TO BUILD IN
JUST IN TIME. FOR THAT MORNING
RUSH HOUR DRIVE ON THURSDAY.
BEFORE WE GET THERE, THOUGH,
IT’S WORTH NOTING. THIS IS
SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK
HERE IN MICHIGAN, AND THERE’S
GONNA BE A STATEWIDE TORNADO
DRILL ON WEDNESDAY, RIGHT AROUND
ONE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
THIS DRILL IS ISSUED BY THE NOAH
WEATHER RADIO TEST. AND SO IT’S
A GOOD TIME TO TEST YOUR SEVERE
WEATHER PLANS. WE REALLY CAN GET
SEVERE WEATHER ALL YEAR ROUND
BUT SPECIFICALLY IN THE SPRING
AND EARLY SUMMER MONTHS WHEN WE
HAVE THESE TEMPERATURE
DIFFERENTIALS FLUCTUATING AS YOU
SEE RIGHT HERE IN YOUR FULL
FORECAST, SO WE WILL BE IN THE
FIFTIES. COME TOMORROW
WEDNESDAY, MAYBE EVEN INCHING
CLOSE TO 60 ON THURSDAY. CHANCES
FOR RAIN, THOUGH WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY FRIDAY, MAYBE A FLAKE
OR TWO MIXING IN SATURDAY BEFORE