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More People Heading Outdoors To Enjoy Warm Temperatures

DETROIT (WWJ) - Unseasonable temperatures are causing some people to do unseasonable things. One man is holding a yard sale on the city's east side.

With temperatures in the upper fifties helping to melt the snow off your front lawn, why not have a yard sale?

That's just what WWJ's Mike Campbell found Marcelle, who didn't give his last name, doing at his home on the far easts side near Eight Mile Road and Boulder.

"When you look around the neighborhood you can see it's deteriorating, and the people, they're moving as fast as they can go," he said. "And when they are moving, they ain't taking nothing with them.  So for the ones that stay, I've got something for them dirt cheap. And for the ones that leave, I buy dirt cheap. This is how we work."

Marcelle said the warm weather has brought folks out and he's had quite a few people check out the stuff lining tables on his lawn.

"I'm not getting rich ... but it's more than I had yesterday," he said,  adding that he expected to make about $50 Tuesday.

WWJ's Sandra McNeill caught up with Ken Donovan of Lake Orion walking with a co-worker during thier lunch hour in Southfield.

"It's absolutely beautiful out there today," said Donovan.

Co-worker Mark Bachelor said the warm weather and sunshine just make him feel good. "Yeah, definitely, it gets you ready and makes you think about Spring and being able to be outside all the time -- softball, baseball -- I'm ready for it all," said Bachelor.

Temperatures spiked Tuesday afternoon -- not quiet reaching the record high of 60 degrees, set in 1989.  Forecasters say it will cool down to 36 over night, with a chance of rain.

High temps Wednesday and Thursday were expected to be in the 40s, dropping back down into the 30s Friday and into the weekend. There likely won't be any more snow, at least until Sunday.

Know before you go: Keep it tuned to WWJ Newsradio 950 for traffic and weather, every 10 minutes on the 8s.  Check the CBS Detroit weather page for the extended forecast and up-to-the-minute information.

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