Forecasters this week are predicting rainy, cool weather in metro Detroit, and they have issued a small watercraft advisory for Lake Huron, St. Clair and Erie, where winds are expected to gust up to 30 knots and waves could be up to seven feet.
Obviously, this week isn’t the time to blow off work to go boating.
It’s also not the best moment to mow the lawn, even though it might need it.
The marine advisory, which was issued by weather service, starts at 10 a.m. Tuesday and is in effect for nearshore waters in Lake St. Clair and western Lake Erie until 10 p.m. Wednesday and in Saginaw Bay, from Port Austin to Port Huron, until 10 p.m. Thursday.
As for the weather outlook on land, it calls for rain, with highs from 55 to 61 degrees on Tuesday; rain, with highs from 52 to 56 degrees on Wednesday; rain, with highs from 52 to 60 degrees on Thursday and more rain, with highs from 54 to 59 degrees on Friday.
That, weather forecasters said, is about 15 degrees cooler than it usually is this time of year.
Or, in weather-speak, there’s “high-confidence for below-normal temperatures.”
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As for the best chance to get outside to tidy up the yard, if you want to, will be during the weekend, when it will warm up a few degrees, and but even then, there’s a 15%-20% chance of rain, mostly in the afternoon, on both days.
Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or fwitsil@freepress.com.
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