A slow moving cold front will make its way through the area today. Steady downpours will be the main concern with this system, but in the afternoon as the front stalls near the I-94 corridor there is a small window of opportunity for isolated strong storms to pop up, with gusty winds.
Severe weather risk overall with this system is low, but non-zero.
TIMING:
Rain showers develop through the day today.
More rain will be pushing in especially north and west of Grand Rapids for the early morning commute, but widespread showers will not move in to West Michigan until the mid to late morning. Downpours could be heavy at times.
The cold front continues to slowly push through West Michigan Wednesday afternoon. There is a small window in the afternoon where a few isolated thunderstorms with gusty winds could develop along and south of I-94.
The overall severe weather threat with this front is low, but non-zero. Rain comes to an end quickly in the evening as the front stalls on the east side of the state.
Rain totals could be anywhere from less than a quarter inch, to more than half an inch! Most will likely get around 1/3" to 1/2" but higher totals are likely north and west of Grand Rapids, where training rain showers could produce higher totals. In those areas, ponding on the roadways in lower lying and prone locations is possible, but widespread flooding is not expected.
Behind this system, temperatures return to the 70s and we get a quick break from the rain. However with the front stalled just to our south, additional waves of rain and storms from this same front may impact us later this week.
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