Weather update: Morning showers give way to sunny skies at Michigan

BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Despite showers that rolled through Sunday morning, it's shaping up to be a perfect day for racing at Michigan International Speedway.

As of 12:30 p.m. ET, sunny skies were over the two-mile D-shaped oval, as rain should have no affect on the start time of today's FireKeepers Casino 400 (2 p.m. ET, FS1).

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According to Weather.com, the forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 80 degrees during the afternoon hours with wind gusts from 17 to 22 miles per hour.

FOXSports.com will continue to provide weather updates throughout the day.