Sterling Heights, Michigan 7 Day Weather Forecast
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NWS Forecast for Sterling Heights MI
National Weather Service Forecast for:
Sterling Heights MI
Issued by: National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac, MI |
Updated: 3:49 am EDT Jul 18, 2025 |
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Today
 Sunny
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Tonight
 Partly Cloudy
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Saturday
 Mostly Sunny then Showers Likely
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Saturday Night
 Showers Likely then Chance T-storms
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Sunday
 Mostly Sunny
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Sunday Night
 Mostly Clear
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Monday
 Mostly Sunny
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Monday Night
 Partly Cloudy
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Tuesday
 Mostly Sunny then Chance Showers
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Hi 78 °F |
Lo 62 °F |
Hi 86 °F |
Lo 66 °F |
Hi 81 °F |
Lo 59 °F |
Hi 81 °F |
Lo 62 °F |
Hi 84 °F |
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Today
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Sunny, with a high near 78. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. |
Tonight
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. |
Saturday
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Saturday Night
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Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. |
Sunday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. North wind around 7 mph. |
Sunday Night
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Mostly clear, with a low around 59. |
Monday
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Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. |
Monday Night
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Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. |
Tuesday
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A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. |
Tuesday Night
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A chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. |
Wednesday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. |
Wednesday Night
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 72. |
Thursday
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A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS
for Sterling Heights MI.
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Weather Forecast Discussion
194
FXUS63 KDTX 180645
AFDDTX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Detroit/Pontiac MI
245 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Showers and thunderstorms likely on Saturday, some of which may
become severe.
- Dry Sunday and Monday with max temps around 80 degrees.
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.DISCUSSION...
Low clouds through the majority of the day over southeast Michigan
kept max temperatures under 80 degrees yesterday, only the second
time this month. There is a good chance we come up just short of 80
degrees again today (even with a good deal of sunshine) with the
light easterly flow and cool start to the day. GFS/NAM/Euro mos all
indicating maxes holding in the upper 70s.
Bigger forecast concerns for Saturday. Jet stream along the northern
Conus with zonal flow in place will lead to severe thunderstorm
concerns. Timing of convection and multiple shortwaves/upper level
PV making a run east through the Great Lakes/Ohio Valley makes for
complicated forecast. One such upper level wave is coming out of the
Four Corners region, with a second wave and jet max coming out of
the northern Rockies. Timing of main moisture axis/850-700 MB Theta-
E surge/ridge axis looks favorable, arriving late in the day.
Initial, lead surge/gradient is in the morning 9-14z Saturday, and
with decent mid level lapse rates of 6.5 C/km - 7 C/km, this lead
surge may be able to trigger elevated showers and thunderstorms. If
this activity develops and persists through the morning hours, could
have significant impact on the daytime instability building up, and
the forecasted MLcapes in excess of 1000 J/kg, to perhaps 2000 J/kg
may be overdone. Otherwise, with favorable 0-6 KM bulk shear of 35 to
50 knots (near Saginaw Bay), organized/severe storms are a concern.
Weak surface reflection may be just enough to increase 0-1 KM bulk
shear above 15 knots, see NAM/Euro, supporting an isolated tornado
threat as well. SPC has included southeast Michigan in the slight
chance category.
The other scenario, which is also a good possibility is the
shortwave coming out of the Four Corners region becomes active over
the Midwest Friday night and tracks through the Ohio Valley, robbing
us of the moisture transport and limiting the instability on
Saturday as well. Even so, would think at least a marginal/isolated
threat is still valid in this scenario due to the seasonably strong
mid level wind fields.
Quiet weather to end the weekend into Monday with a large area of
high pressure tracking across the Central Great Lakes. However,
potential active warm front developing over the Westerly Great Lakes
brings a low chance of showers and strong thunderstorms Monday night
right through Thursday, as the fast zonal flow returns, along with
multiple shortwaves to contend with.
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.MARINE...
High pressure spreads over the central Great Lakes today promoting
light and variable winds. The high departs east overnight with wind
organizing out of the south on Saturday, sending a warm front into
the area. This will bring the next round of humid, unstable weather
with scattered showers and storms through the day. Wind speeds and
wave heights will hold below Small Craft Advisory criteria but may
be locally higher in and around thunderstorms. The cold front clears
the area Sunday with moderate north wind to wrap up the weekend.
High pressure passing to the north causes light wind to veer to
easterly on Monday.
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.PREV DISCUSSION...
Issued at 149 AM EDT Fri Jul 18 2025
AVIATION...
The main update for 06Z TAFs was to refine ceilings. Lingering
VFR stratus for bulk of area has been hovering around 3.5-4.5kft
where conditions have not cleared out already. Though, isolated MVFR
ceilings have developed close to the southern marine zones. Drier
air sampled by APX 00Z sounding should continue to spread south
overnight and into Friday, leaving mostly clear skies once the
lingering stratus and high clouds depart. Winds are expected to
remain light over the next 24 hours as high pressure moves through
the region. North to northeast winds are expected through the early
morning, becoming easterly for today, then eventually veering south
to southwest late tonight into Saturday morning.
For DTW/D21 Convection... Thunderstorms chances return on Saturday.
THRESHOLD PROBABILITIES...
* Moderate to high for ceiling 5000 ft or less through approximately
09/10Z.
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.DTX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MI...None.
Lake Huron...None.
Lake St Clair...None.
Michigan waters of Lake Erie...None.
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DISCUSSION...SF
MARINE.......TF
AVIATION.....JA
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