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    Weather forecast for Detroit: More record temperatures

    Caradoc Wyn Posted on

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    Weather forecasters are predicting another record high temperature for southeast Michigan on Wednesday.

    Wednesday’s high of 80 degrees is expected to be even warmer than Tuesday’s record high of 79 degrees, unusual this late fall.

    Typically highs this time of year in southeastern Michigan are around 50°.

    “We’ll probably break the record again,” National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Manion said of Wednesday’s high temperatures. “It will be windy with southerly winds gusting to 30-35 mph and a mix of clouds and sunshine.”

    By Thursday evening, when it’s time to take your little ghosts some Halloween trick-or-treating, temperatures are expected to drop back into the 60s – and be wet from earlier and lingering rain showers.

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    So if you like the warmer weather, this might be a good day to get outside.

    Call in sick?

    “I don’t recommend that,” Manion said with a laugh. “But enjoy it while you can.”

    Manion explained that a strong band of wind in the upper atmosphere north of the Great Lakes is keeping all the cold air there and, along with high pressure to the east, is pulling warmer air across the Midwest.

    The record, which dates back more than 140 years when weather watchers began recording daily highs of 76 degrees, was set in 1999. That same year, on October 29, exactly one day earlier, the previous high was 77 degrees.

    On Halloween, temperatures are expected to drop and a cold front will move into southeastern Michigan, along with rain and possible thundershowers late morning through afternoon, possibly lasting into the early evening.

    So if you decide to go door-to-door, consider bringing an umbrella.

    “We have about an 80% chance of showers,” Manion said, adding that there could even be thunderstorms and lightning. “At about 5 p.m. we expect highs of about 70 degrees, and then by 8 p.m. the temperature should drop to about 60 degrees.”

    Contact Frank Witsil: 313-222-5022 or [email protected].

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