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Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms will come to an end in most areas toward mid day.  The break in the rain will allow temperatures to climb into the 75 to 80 degree range, but it will be cooler near the lake.  Another round of showers and storms will move over the region tonight, mainly late.  This precipitation will also come to an end through the morning hours of Sunday.  We will dry out by Sunday night and Monday. More showers are in store by the middle of next week.  After temperatures in the 70s through early next week, it appears we will cool to 60 to 65 by Wednesday and continue through Friday. Today A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Tonight Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Low around 62. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Sunday Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before…

Consumers Energy is preparing for the possibility of damaging storms this afternoon.  This morning’s scattered storms across portions of Michigan will be followed by a more organized line of strong and potentially severe thunderstorms entering the southwest part of the state by 4 p.m. today. The storms are expected to impact much of the Lower Peninsula through this evening and may include wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. This active weather pattern could result in power outages. Consumers Energy is monitoring the weather closely, mobilizing resources and making other preparations to quickly respond to any service interruptions.   To help the public prepare for what to do before, during and after a storm, we encourage the media to visit www.ConsumersEnergy.com/OutageCenter for helpful tips. At this location, customers also can visit the online outage map, report an outage and sign up to receive power restoration updates.