When Will It Finally Stop Raining In Metro Detroit? Weekend Weather

METRO DETROIT, MI — If you have a good book to read, a stack of movies you haven’t watched or an indoor project you’ve been neglecting, this is a good weekend to catch up.

It’s going to rain and rain and rain some more. It’ll be at least Monday before you see the sunshine again, according to the National Weather Service. Chances of thunderstorms remain in the forecast both Saturday and Sunday as a slow moving upper level low pressure system tracks across the area. As with any thunderstorm, localized heavy rain is possible.

With heavy rains still possible, a flood warning remains in effect in southeast Michigan through 8 p.m. Friday.

Here’s the outlook for the weekend:

Saturday: 60 percent of showers and thunderstorms; cloudy with a high near 68; east-northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south-southeast in the afternoon; new rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms Saturday night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms; mostly cloudy, with a low around 55; east wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday: 60 percent of showers and possibly a thunderstorm; mostly cloudy, with a high near 66; calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon; new rainfall amounts between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Sunday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

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