Record Highs Today. Big Storm This Week

Record Highs On This Saturday....

SHORTLY AFTER NOON, CHERRY CAPITAL AIRPORT REACHED 50 DEGREES. THIS TIES THE OLD RECORD OF 50 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1925.

AT THE GAYLORD AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 45 DEGREES AT 313 PM THIS AFTERNOON...BREAKING THE OLD RECORD OF 44 DEGREES FROM 1990.

FINALLY...AT THE PELLSTON AIRPORT...THE TEMPERATURE REACHED 43 DEGREES AT 1150 AM THIS MORNING...TYING THE OLD RECORD OF 43 DEGREES LAST SET IN 1965.

Now here is the forecast. It will be sharply colder tonight, though, as a cold front is moving through. Look for lows mostly in the 20s by morning, and a refreeze of standing water on roadways, with gusty breezes at times from the northwest.

Sunday looks like a split day across the viewing area. Northern areas (generally north of M-72 in the lower peninsula) will see clouds, breezy conditions and highs in the upper 20s to near 30. Areas south of M-72 will see partly to mostly sunny skies (more sunshine the further south you go) with highs ranging from the low 30s in Traverse City to the upper 30s in Mt. Pleasant.

Temperatures will again be mild for Monday through Wednesday of this coming week. After sunshine Monday and some more upper 30s to mid 40s across the area Tuesday and Wednesday will bring scattered showers (with the slight chance of some icing in the early morning hours) but with afternoon highs generally in the upper 30s to mid 40s.

Wednesday night a storm system will approach that will bring rain initially late Wednesday that will pick up in intensity before changing over to potentially heavy snow Thursday morning. This will mark the end of our mild stretch of weather and a return to normal February temperatures for awhile.

We will continue to monitor what could be a pretty major winter storm (the kind we haven't had in a few weeks) on Thursday.

-Jim Lehocky
9and10 Meteorologist