Most of Northern Michigan is going on a week or longer since we had any rain. While showers or perhaps a thunderstorm are possible Friday there won't be a significant amount of rain. A better chance appears to finally arrive in the early to mid part of next week.

FRIDAY (SEP 20): The first rain in some time will arrive for a fair portion of Northern Michigan Friday. Showers will arrive in the morning with additional showers and a few thunderstorms carrying over into the afternoon/evening hours. While the rain won't put a huge dent in the dry stretch we've had recently we'll take what we can get. Otherwise mostly cloudy skies. Highs Friday from 70-79F. South wind 10-15 mph.

SATURDAY (SEP 21): It appears we'll see some dense fog (it could be widespread) in the early to mid-morning hours before that mixes out with lots of sunshine the rest of the day. Saturday's highs will be between 75-85F. WNW wind 5-15 mph.

SUNDAY (SEP 22): Mostly cloudy Sunday with a few showers around Sunday but mainly in the afternoon or later in the day. Temperatures will reach 73-78F.

EXTENDED FORECAST: Later Monday through Tuesday bringing a much better chance for some beneficial rain. Temperatures remain above normal through the weekend but will drop some back into the upper-60's/low-70's early next week.

-Meteorologist Joe Charlevoix