A relatively sunny and dry weekend is in store for the Upper Peninsula. As high pressure settles over the area, weather should be quite pleasant and steadily get warmer.

Saturday's highs will mainly be in the 40s. It may reach a little over 50 in the western interior, but a light east northeast wind will keep it a bit cooler near Lake Superior. Skies should see lots of sunshine by this afternoon.

A weak slow-moving low pressure system is building to our west. It's center should stay clear of the UP, but it could give us a bit of cloud cover over the far western counties throughout the weekend.

Otherwise Saturday night should remain mostly clear as well. That will greatly enhance radiational cooling, however, and make lows fall into the mid and upper 20s. Winds will remain very light.

Conditions should be great for skywatching. Saturday and Sunday will see the passing of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. Look to the east toward the constellation Lyra after sunset to see them. They will be most active on Saturday, averaging around 10 to 20 meteors per hour.

Sunday will again see light winds and mostly sunny skies. Highs will be similar to Saturday around the mid 40s with around 50 toward Wisconsin.

Lows Sunday night will fall to around 30. Winds will be near calm as a high pressure system settles almost directly over Upper Michigan and skies will remain nearly clear, ideal for watching the rest of the Lyrids.

Monday will start the warming trend as we enter the backside of the high pressure system and feel a mostly southerly wind. Wednesday should be around the warmest before we start to cool down a bit more again for next weekend. Conditions should remain mostly sunny and calm through most of this upcoming week.

For more weather info, feel free to find me on Facebook. On a parting note of interest, this upcoming week is NOAA's National Severe Weather Preparedness Week. Follow the link for more info and a lot of other links that could be of interest during severe weather. On a related note, storm spotter training is starting this upcoming week in the Upper Peninsula. They last less than two hours and are free to the public. I'm going to try to make the one in Marquette. Here's the schedule.