Michigan
High Wind Warning for a few Michigan counties, Wind Advisory everywhere else
Strong wind gusts will develop before noon and continue through the afternoon and evening across all of Michigan. Here’s a look at when the strongest gusts blow through your area. Also here’s the forecast for the strength of the gusts.
The strongest wind gusts are expected along the Lake Michigan shoreline from Manistee to Frankfort to Northport and the Traverse City area. This is where a high wind warning is in effect for Grand Traverse County, Leelanau County, Benzie County and Manistee County from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today. Wind gusts up to 55 mph are expected. The National Weather Service says, “Strong winds will blow down branches and displace unsecured objects. Localized power outages are expected. Travel may be difficult for high profile vehicles.”
High wind warning at four counties in northwest Lower Michigan. The rest of Lower Michigan and the eastern half of the Upper Peninsula have a wind advisory for gusts up to 45 mph to 50 mph.NOAA
The rest of Lower Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula have a wind advisory for a touch slower wind gusts peaking between 45 mph and 50 mph.
The peak wind gust forecast shows the high winds may reach 60 mph along the Lake Michigan shoreline.
Maximum wind gust forecast for today, March 15, 2025NOAA
It looks like the wind gusts will increase this morning. There appear to be two periods and locations for the 50 mph gusts. The first area will be with the strongest winds moving up the Lake Michigan shore late this morning and early this afternoon. The second area of strong gusts will move through southeast Lower Michigan and the Saginaw Valley/Thumb area late this afternoon and evening.
Here’s the forecast of the gusts as they move across Michigan today. You get the idea of a patch of high winds moving north along the Lake Michigan shoreline early this afternoon and then another patch of strong gusts for southeast Michigan this evening.
Wind gust forecast from 9 a.m. to midnight tonight.NOAA
Hang on to your hats and get ready to pick up the tree branch mess in our yards tomorrow.
Temperatures will be much colder tomorrow with slowly falling temperatures all day. By late afternoon it will feel like winter again across Michigan. It’s a short-lived cold spell with temperatures back into the 60s by Tuesday.