Mostly dry but windy path before the weekend

NWS alerts in effect HERE .

High pressure holds tough over Upper Michigan through the end of the work-and-school week, minimizing the rain chances from a passing Ontario-based system and keeping cloud coverage low. But the pressure tension between the Ontario low and high produces gusty winds in the U.P., reaching gale-force in the Keweenaw Peninsula before winds subside later Friday.

Another round of rain comes later during the Veterans Day holiday weekend, with rain totals mainly less than a half inch. A potentially soaking round comes next Wednesday, with snow in the mix towards Thursday as temperatures cool down.

Tonight: Mostly clear before clouds increase east in the morning; windy

>Lows: 30s Inland - 30s/40 Shore

Friday: Mostly sunny with above seasonal daytime temperatures; isolated light rain showers east; windy with west-northwest winds gusting over 30 mph in the Keweenaw Peninsula

>Highs: 40s/50

Saturday: Increasing clouds with rain spreading overnight; mild and breezy

>Highs: 50s

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain, isolated thunderstorms; blustery

>Highs: 40s/50

Monday, Veterans Day: Fewer clouds with few light rain showers; windy

>Highs: 50

Tuesday: Increasing clouds late with scattered rain overnight

>Highs: 50

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy with moderate to heavy rain, plus snow mix in the evening west; windy

>Highs: 50

Thursday: Partly to mostly cloudy with light lake effect snow in the north wind belts; windy and colder

>Highs: 40