No rain is expected anywhere in Michigan through this weekend. While we won’t have rain we may have what looks like an occasionally cloudy sky. It won’t be clouds. It will be wildfire smoke streaming in from Canada. Here’s the smoke forecast clearly showing we will lose the strong heating of the sun at times when our sky is smoky.

There is an air quality alert for all counties in Michigan until midnight Friday, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy reported. Pollutants across the state are expected to be in the Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (USG, Orange AQI) range Wednesday and Thursday, with some locations reaching the Unhealthy (Red AQI) range.