Severe Thunderstorms, Tornado Possible Thursday: MI Weather

SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN — Wednesday will be another day of record-high temperatures across southeastern Michigan just before rain showers and possible thunderstorms roll into the region Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

High temperatures Wednesday will reach the upper 60s and lower 70s in most places across southeastern Michigan, according to the National Weather Service.

The average high for this time of the year in southeastern Michigan is 45 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Spotty rain showers are possible Wednesday when temperatures hit the lower 70s in the metro Detroit area, but any shower that pops up should be south of Interstate 94 and toward the Ohio border, according to the National Weather Service.

Chances for rain across southeastern Michigan grow Thursday as multiple rounds of thunderstorms are likely to cross the region, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters said the first round of thunderstorms will likely move into southeastern Michigan during the afternoon hours when temperatures hit the low 60s, according to the National Weather Service.

A second round of thunderstorms is likely to follow during the evening hours when temperatures start falling toward the upper 40s, according to the National Weather Service.

The thunderstorms can be severe with heavy downpours, wind gusts reaching up to 60 miles per hour, large hail up to 1 inch in diameter and even a tornado can't be ruled out, according to the National Weather Service.

The greatest threat for severe weather is south of the Pontiac/Michigan 59 corridor in the Detroit area, according to the National Weather Service.

Forecasters placed most of southeastern Michigan under a marginal risk for severe weather Thursday.

Any lingering thunderstorms in the region should fade away overnight, but widespread rain showers will stick around Friday morning across most of southeastern Michigan, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures across southeastern Michigan will also start cooling Friday as highs will only reach the upper 50s, according to the National Weather Service.

Highs across southeastern Michigan will stay in the 50s Saturday and drop into the 40s on St. Patrick’s Day, along with multiple rounds of rain showers, according to the National Weather Service.

Here's the National Weather Service's extended forecast for southeastern Michigan:

Wednesday: Sunny/Slight Rain Chances; High 68, Low 45

Thursday: Rain/Thunderstorms; High 62, Low 44

Friday: Rain; High 51, Low 35

Saturday: Sunny/Rain; High 56, Low 39

Sunday: Sunny/Rain; High 47, Low 30