Brisk Winds Continue...Rain Moving In Tomorrow Night

Strong high pressure to our east and a pretty strong area of low pressure to our west will provide us with a windy period through Tuesday evening. Winds will be E/SE 12-22mph and gusty.

Then the system moves through Wednesday a.m. with winds shifting to the west.These cool, dry winds will eat away at most of the rain that tries to make it into the region today-Tuesday. But eventually the rain will win.

The best chance for rain will be later Tuesday into Wednesday a.m.*The strong E/SE winds and very low relative humidities will create an elevated fire danger this afternoon and evening. Fires can easily spread in conditions at this time of year because vegitation is still dormant and dried out.

Highs today will be in the middle to upper 30's north to the 40' south. Lows tonight will be in the middle 20's and lower 30's. There is a chance for some sprinkles near Lake Michigan in Oceana and Mason counties today But, again, with those winds eating away at the moisture, we expect most areas to be dry with mid to high level cloudiness.

Highs on Tuesday will be a few degrees warmer as the chance for rain increases later on especially into the late evening and nighttime hours.Showers and thundershowers are likely Wednesday a.m. then tapering off to scattered showers and drizzle into the p.m.

Thursday is looking dry but the shower chance once again enters the picture for later Friday into the weekend. It will also be windy Friday-Sunday.

-Meteorologist Jim Lehocky