Cold Front To Blast Metro Detroit Wednesday

METRO DETROIT, MI — It's been a relatively mild winter compared to previous years, but that doesn't mean we'll get by without a few blasts of cold. Consider Wednesday one of them.

Metro Detroit is in for a cold front Wednesday with the high only reaching the twenties and temperatures dropping down into the teens Wednesday night.

Expect some rain and snow following in the week, but a silver lining to start the weekend: 50-degree temperatures on Friday. Now that's a January we can live with.

Take a look at your full forecast into the weekend:

Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday Night
Increasing clouds, with a low around 19. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph after midnight.

Thursday
A chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. South southeast wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night
Rain. Low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday
Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night
Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday
Rain, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47.

Saturday Night
A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 29.

Sunday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.

Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Info via weather.gov.