Only six days into meteorological spring, west central Michigan will likely see its first set of thunderstorms between Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has the vast majority of the Lower Peninsula in a marginal (Level 1 out of 5) risk for severe weather. Warm temperatures as high as 60 degrees are expected in the greater Big Rapids area Friday and Saturday. This will fuel multiple linear storm systems coming from the southern Great Plains.

The first wave of storms is forecast to arrive as early as 3 p.m. Friday and may last as long as 9 p.m. The second wave will come in around 3 a.m. Saturday and last until 9 a.m. 

Main hazards of this system include heavy rainfall accumulating to over an inch and wind gusts as high as 30 miles per hour. An additional 5 percent chance of damaging hail and 2 percent chance of tornadoes have been tagged by the SPC.

Hourly WeatherEye forecasts can be heard at the top of the hour on WBRN via 96.5 FM, 1460 AM, WBRN.com and the WBRN mobile app.