Metro Detroit weather: Cold but dry Saturday night, warmer Sunday

Lows in the upper 20s, low 30s

DETROIT – Welcome to Saturday night, Motown!

A beautiful night is shaping up after a gorgeous day. It becomes colder (bring your pets indoors), but it becomes warmer Sunday. Then, mother nature reminds us it’s still winter with a rain/snow mix stretched out over a long period next week.

Saturday night will be mostly clear and cold. Overnight lows will be in the upper 20s and low 30s.

Sunrise is at 7:19 a.m. ET.

Sunday will be sunny and fantastic. It becomes warmer with highs near 50 degrees. Excellent weather outside local college mens’ basketball games in East Lansing and Detroit. The University of Detroit hosts Milwaukee at 1 p.m. ET in the Motor City, and MSU hosts Iowa at 7 p.m. ET at the Breslin Center.

Chillier, slipperier weather returns early next week. We’ll have lower temperatures, Monday, but it will still be warm enough for rain to pour down. Daytime temps will be in the upper 30s and low 40s.

Mardi Gras, Tuesday has a chance of rain. It will be chilly and mostly cloudy with afternoon temps in the low 40s, again.

Rain and snow (and snow for our North Zone) is possible, Ash Wednesday. Highs will be in the middle and low 30s.

The low pressure system giving us rain and snow, Wednesday, gets stuck over the Ohio Valley Thursday. This will give us a chance of snow with highs in the upper 20s.

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