Northern Michigan Recreation Weather

For those of you looking to have nice sunny weather for the 4th, you are in luck! The forecast is looking great and it looks like it will stay that way. If you are looking for 80s, well then not so much luck there. Here are the details…

Friday looks to be a dry mainly sunny day, with a front moving through at night. The front must be dry because the NWS in Gaylord is keeping the forecast dry for the night.  Seems reasonable as the upper level system is well to the east and north. What this leaves us on Saturday is high pressure building into the region

Saturday morning weather map

and some cooler weather than the day before.  Friday looks like 68 to 75 degrees from the Soo to Houghton Lake, while Saturday is mid 60s to lower 70s.

If you are wondering about fireworks over the weekend, weather-wise it should be pretty good on all the evenings. The only caveat is the Friday evening fireworks that some towns are having. If the clouds are low enough when the front goes through, then that could cause problems, but if the forecast is dry then the cloud bases should be high enough to allow the fireworks to go off. If you wonder where and when the fireworks will go off check out Michiganfireworks.com or follow them on twitter.

For Sunday, the weather should rebound to the warmer side with the weather again sunny!

Sunday Morning weather map

High pressure stays in the region and the temperatures heat up a bit into the lower to mid 70s.  Not sure why there is a chance of showers overnight Sunday, but Monday is sunny again. Temperatures for the first part of the week will be in the lower to mid 70s and it will continue to be sunny through Wednesday. So if you are staying into the early part of next week it is looking pretty good so far.

Looking at the following weekend, The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) shows us in normal Temperatures and Precipitation in the 8-14 day outlook. The map shows us caught between above normal and below normal areas. This usually means that the jet stream will be over us. The problem is that with all of the little wiggles in the jet stream that we could be above or below normal easily. However, for now it looks like we would be ranging from the mid 70s near the Soo to the lower 80s near Traverse City and Houghton Lake.