4Warn Weather – Metro Detroit is heading into a quieter stretch of weather to close out the week, with comfortable temperatures and few clouds Thursday night providing favorable conditions for a partial lunar eclipse.
Skies will become mostly clear to partly cloudy Thursday night as temperatures fall to around 60 degrees in Detroit. Many communities farther north and west will dip into the mid- and upper 50s.
The clearing comes at a good time for anyone hoping to look toward the sky overnight.
Partial lunar eclipse visible overnight
A partial lunar eclipse will unfold Thursday night into early Friday morning and will be visible across the United States.
A partial lunar eclipse will unfold Thursday night into early Friday morning and will be visible across the United States. (WDIV)
This will be an especially deep partial eclipse. At its peak, roughly 96 percent of the moon’s disk will be covered by Earth’s shadow, making this an almost-total lunar eclipse. The greatest eclipse occurs at 12:12 a.m. EDT Friday. Unlike a solar eclipse, no special eye protection is needed to watch a lunar eclipse.
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Partly cloudy to mostly clear skies across Metro Detroit should provide favorable viewing conditions.
Beautiful Friday for baseball and football
Friday brings plenty of sunshine and comfortable late-August weather. Temperatures around 60 degrees at the morning bus stop will climb into the upper 70s by late afternoon, with a high around 80 degrees.
The pleasant conditions continue into Friday evening, making weather a nonfactor for two big sporting events in Detroit.
Cass Tech faces Michigan City in the Local 4 Game of the Week at Wayne State University. The 7 p.m. kickoff should feature temperatures in the mid-70s, falling into the upper 60s around halftime and mid-60s for the drive home.
At Comerica Park, the Detroit Tigers host the Los Angeles Dodgers with first pitch scheduled for 6:40 p.m. Temperatures should be in the upper 70s at the start of the game, falling through the 70s during the evening.
Rain is not expected for either event.
Heat builds next week
Saturday remains pleasant and dry with temperatures around 80 degrees, but the pattern begins changing Sunday.
Warmer and increasingly humid air will move into Southeast Michigan, pushing highs into the mid-80s Sunday.
Most of the weekend should remain dry, although a few spotty showers could develop on Sunday.
The heat becomes more noticeable as the new workweek begins.
High temperatures could reach 90 degrees Monday and Tuesday and remain in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees Wednesday and Thursday.
High temperatures could reach 90 degrees Monday and Tuesday and remain in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees Wednesday and Thursday in Metro Detroit. (WDIV)
Those readings would be roughly 10 degrees above normal for this time of year.
The increasingly warm and humid air mass will also bring additional opportunities for showers and thunderstorms through the middle of next week.
The timing and coverage of individual rounds remain uncertain this far out.
Tropical Storm Dolly forms
Meanwhile, another named storm has developed in the Atlantic.
Tropical Storm Dolly had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph Thursday afternoon and was moving quickly west at 24 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Dolly was about 1,425 miles east of the Leeward Islands as of the 5 p.m. AST advisory.
Dolly is not expected to become a hurricane. Increasingly hostile atmospheric conditions should weaken the system, with the National Hurricane Center forecasting Dolly to lose its tropical characteristics before reaching the Leeward Islands.
Even so, Dolly’s moisture could become more consequential than its winds.
Heavy rainfall could reach the Leeward Islands late Saturday into Sunday before spreading toward the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola Sunday and Monday.
Flash flooding will be possible, particularly in mountainous terrain.
There are currently no coastal watches or warnings in effect.
Back in Metro Detroit, the immediate forecast is considerably quieter: comfortable weather through Saturday, followed by a return to summerlike heat and humidity as August gives way to September.
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