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Cold and Breezy Tonight; Cool into Sunday

Mostly clear skies is expected overnight. Low's tonight will be around freezing especially north of I-96. Winds will be strong overnight with gusts upwards of 30 mph. Due to the winds frost is not expected. It will be quite cool this weekend, especially at night when it's looking like below freezing temperature will occur away from Lake MI. Read More >

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