Metro Detroit faces thunderstorms on Friday
Metro Detroit could see thunderstorms and severe weather Friday after on-and-off rain showers on the Fourth of July.
The National Weather Service said there is a "marginal" potential for isolated severe thunderstorms throughout Friday afternoon and evening.
Main risks include damaging wind gusts of up to 60 mph and hail reaching 1 inch in diameter, with the most likely time frame for the thunderstorms from 4-10 p.m., the agency announced on X. The storm motion is from west to east at around 40 mph.
AccuWeather meteorologists are watching over specific areas stretching from Tennessee to Michigan and New Hampshire to Massachusetts. Some of those areas might face heavy rainfall and wind gusts capable of breaking tree limbs and bringing down power lines, though National Weather Service meteorologists report that this storm pattern is not unusual compared to others Metro Detroit has faced.
The weather Friday is expected to be warm during the day and cool down at night, with the forecasted high reaching 85 degrees and the low dipping to 62.
Friday's average high is 84, and the mercury will top out at highs about 5 degrees warmer, said Kevin Kacan, a National Weather Service meteorologist.
Saturday could see highs in the 80s and scattered rainfall possible from the afternoon into the evening, with an overall 30% chance of rain, said Sara Schultz, another meteorologist with the National Weather Service. It is also expected to be less humid.
Metro Detroit will then have sunny weather on Sunday, with highs back into the 80s and little chance of storms.
Next week will warm up again, with clear skies forecast for Monday and a high of 90, Schultz said.