Freeze warnings, frost advisories for over half of Lower Michigan

A frost advisory is in impact for Thursday morning for a part of southwest Decrease Michigan and the northern a part of the Saginaw Valley. A freeze warning is in impact for northern Decrease Michigan for late tonight and Thursday morning.

The map beneath exhibits the frost advisory in tan and the freeze warning in blue.

Grand Rapids, Allegan, Hastings, Muskegon, central Decrease Michigan and the Midland and Bay County areas are within the frost advisory. It doesn’t appear like a tough freeze, however sufficient frost to kill any vegetable plant that may’t take a frost. Temperatures ought to drop to between 35 levels and 38 levels within the frost advisory space. Within the densely populated areas of Grand Rapids there could also be sufficient warmth to keep away from a frost. It is going to pay to cowl delicate vegetation. We gained’t have a frost risk for an additional week.

The freeze warning for the northern half of Decrease Michigan consists of Clare and areas to the north. Temperatures ought to drop to 32 levels to 34 levels within the freeze warning space. The lakeshore areas shall be spared from frost or freezing temperatures.

Right here is the most effective mannequin at forecasting small pockets of chilly air.

There’s an fascinating sample on the map above. This mannequin, and some others, appear to point an space of clouds coming into the southeast half of Decrease Michigan. These clouds could be lake impact clouds off of Lake Huron. The clouds would maintain the temperatures up sufficient to maintain frost from forming. Even Grand Rapids appears to be like prefer it may get into a number of the clouds and keep away from a frost.

The subsequent risk for frost now appears to be like prefer it comes subsequent Thursday or Friday. Every time frost goes to develop into extra possible, as we lose the extra direct rays from the solar.