Rain is on the way for Sunday into Tuesday, this will help our developing drought over Lower Michigan but it likely will not be enough to end it.

It’s been unusually dry is Lower Michigan since early May, this is expected to change by Sunday.

A Very Dry May is Expected to be Followed by a Not all the Wet June over Southern Lower Michigan (at least through mid June)

May in Southwest Michigan was one of the top 10 driest on Record, the fist half of June is not expected to be all that much wetter.

You may have noticed we have an Elevated Layer of Smoke our skies over the western Great Lakes. The smoke is coming from Canada.

The smoke in the sky the past few days is coming from western and central Canada due to wildfires there.

The Latest Forecast Guidance Continues to Suggest Cooler than Normal Temperatures and Below Normal Precipitation most of the Remainder of May for the Great Lakes Area.

Over Southwest Michigan, May has largely been drier than normal and cooler than normal Overall the next two weeks will mostly be that way.

Cool and Wet into Tuesday, than mostly dry weather and becoming warmer than normal by the weekend and that is expected to continue into the 3rd week in May.

It may be cool today and tomorrow but warmer than normal temperatures are expected from this coming weekend through the 3rd week in May.