Bryan Bachman

A dangerous heat wave will carry us through much of this week here in Mid-Michigan, with some slight relief by the weekend.

We're through the worst of this week's heat wave, now our focus shifts to returning storms as we head into the holiday weekend.

We'll keep the summer heat and humidity at a tolerable level over the next few days, marking a nice break from last week's heat wave.

High pressure will continue to keep things quiet for one more day, then a cold front brings storms back to Mid-Michigan on Thursday.

A cold front arrives Thursday with our next round of scattered storms, and we'll be monitoring for potential severe weather.

Pop-up storms on Friday will give way to a comfortable weekend before we venture into a new heat wave next week.

An outbreak of wildfires in Canada will poor air quality to our neighborhoods on Wednesday, with another day of sweltering heat.

Thick plumes of wildfire smoke will linger over Michigan into Friday, but a warm front will give us an assist later in the day.

Storms tonight will briefly usher smoke out of the areas, but it's likely to return following more storms on Saturday.

Wildfire smoke is finally on the way out, and we're even set for a break from the heat and humidity over the next few days.