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An area of high pressure will build into Ontario today. This fair weather system will generate southeast winds here in Michigan...drawing a dry airmass into the state. A low pressure system will attempt to move in from the west on Tuesday...but it will be slowing down. Thus it looks like any chance for rain will hold off until Wednesday. Today:  Sunny, with a high near 69. East southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Tonight:  Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. East southeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Tuesday:  Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Sunday’s high temperature in Jackson was 70 at 4:44 PM, the low was 33 at 5:06 AM.  Normal high for today is 62.  The record high is 83, set in 1960. No precipitation yesterday.  Month to date:  3.43 inches. Sunrise today at 6:43 AM EDT, sunset at 8:30 PM EDT.

A large area of high pressure located in the Upper Plains will  track slowly eastward into the Great Lakes Region through the weekend. This fair weather system will act to keep it dry. A weak cold front will try to slip down from the north Sunday night...but this feature is expected to diminish as it moves in. Today:  Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. North northeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Tonight:  Patchy frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 34. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light northeast after midnight. Sunday:  Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Friday’s high temperature in Jackson was 53 at 12:10 AM, the low was 43 at 10:08 PM.  Normal high for today is 61.  The record high is 88, set in 1980. No precipitation yesterday.  Month to date:  3.43 inches. Highest wind speed recorded 20 mph, with gust speed 28 mph. Sunrise today at 6:44 AM EDT, sunset at 8:29 PM EDT.   

High pressure will bring fair weather for the next several days. The next chance for rain will not arrive until the middle of next week when low pressure approaches from the west. Today:  Mostly cloudy with a high near 51.  West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mpg. Tonight:  Mostly cloudy with a low around 37.  North wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.  Saturday:  Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.  North northeast wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Thursday’s high temperature in Jackson was 73 at 1:32 PM, the low was 51 at 6:26 PM.  Normal high for today is 61.  The record high is 84, set in 1985. Rainfall yesterday:  .81 inches.  Month to date:  3.43 inches. Highest wind speed recorded 29 mph, with gust speed 40 mph. Sunrise today at 6:47 AM EDT, sunset at 8:26 PM EDT.

Low pressure will track across Lower Michigan late tonight and Thursday bringing a marginal risk of strong to severe thunderstorms. High pressure will build in later Thursday with fair weather into the weekend. Today:  A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm.  Cloudy with a high near 71.  West southwest wind 8 to 10 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 50%. Tonight:  A 40% chance of showers and thunderstorms.  Cloudy with a low around 52. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Thursday:  A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 9am.  Cloudy with a high near 73.  South southeast wind 10 to 14 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.  Chance of precipitation is 70%.  New rainfall amount between a quarter and a half of an inch possible. The high yesterday in Jackson was 69 at 4:02pm, the low was 41 at 6:55am. Sunrise today at 6:50am EDT and sunset at 8:24pm EDT.

Fair weather will continue through the afternoon then showers will arrive this evening and tonight along a cold front.  The front will stall across Lower Michigan on Wednesday with thunderstorms expected Wednesday night into Thursday. Today:  Sunny, with a high near 69.  South southeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Tonight:  A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Wednesday:  A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms.  Cloudy, with a high near 69.  West southwest wind around 8 mph. In Jackson, yesterday’s high was 71 at 2:26 PM;  the low was 40 at 6:11 AM.  The normal high is 60. No rain yesterday; month to date total of rainfall is 2.19 inches. Sunrise today at 6:52 AM EDT and sunset at 8:23 PM EDT.

Generally fair weather will prevail today and Tuesday then low pressure will bring some showers Tuesday night and Wednesday.  Today:  Sunny and warm today with a high of 67.  Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.  Tonight:  Mostly clear with a low around 40.  North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the evening. Tuesday:  Sunny, with a high near 69.  South wind 10 to 16mph. Sunrise today at 6:54 AM EDT, Sunset at 8:22 PM EDT. The high in Jackson on Easter Sunday was 70 at 5:05 PM, the low yesterday was 53 at 11:32 PM.  Normal high for today is 60, normal low is 53. Today's weather is brought to you by Kelly Express Mart.  Today is a great day for a car wash!  Visit the Kelly Express Car Wash at Weatherwax Drive in Jackson or in downtown Grass Lake.