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Weather

The radar, what it is doing outside right now, and what the National Weather Service expects for the next week.

66°

Clear

Wind
NNW 7 mph
Humidity
60%
Dew point
52°
Visibility
10 mi
Pressure
30.08 in

Measured at Detroit Metro, Sun 11:10 AM. The nearest weather station to Westland that reports every hour.

Radar, last two hours

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Base reflectivity from the National Weather Service radar at White Lake (KDTX), served as map tiles by RainViewer. The last two hours are what the radar saw; frames marked forecast are RainViewer’s short-range projection, not an observation.

Hour by hour

  • 11AM

    63°

    Sunny

  • 12PM

    67°

    Sunny

  • 1PM

    70°

    Sunny

  • 2PM

    72°

    Sunny

  • 3PM

    73°

    Sunny

  • 4PM

    73°

    Sunny

  • 5PM

    73°

    Sunny

  • 6PM

    72°

    Mostly Clear

  • 7PM

    70°

    Mostly Clear

  • 8PM

    66°

    Clear

  • 9PM

    64°

    Mostly Clear

  • 10PM

    62°

    Clear

The week ahead

  • Today

    74° / 52°

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind 7 to 10 mph.

  • Monday

    74° / 51°

    Sunny, with a high near 74. North wind around 8 mph.

  • Tuesday

    74° / 56°

    Areas of fog before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 0 to 6 mph.

  • Wednesday

    73° / 61°

    Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73.

  • Thursday

    72° / 56°

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72.

  • Friday

    66° / 50°

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.

  • Saturday

    65° / 52°

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Conditions, forecast and warnings from the National Weather Service office at White Lake (api.weather.gov), which is a work of the US government and free to republish. Radar imagery is NOAA NEXRAD. Figures are printed as issued; nothing on this page is written or adjusted by us.

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