Large ice chunks from a frozen Lake St. Clair appeared to have done some damage to a Pier Park railing when the slabs breached the barrier in Grosse Pointe Farms.

Photos taken on Sunday afternoon show glassy-looking ice crumbling against a broken railing near the harbor area's seawall, and falling across a walkway at the park on Lake Shore Road.

The hefty wedges of ice appeared to have ripped parts of the railing completely off its base, and bent the rod in places as the slabs pushed up the barrier.

Grosse Pointe Farms City Manager Shane Reeside said the damage to the railing on the seawall was minor and maintenance crews have been notified.

"The city’s maintenance crews are aware of the situation and will remove the ice from the walkway and begin to repair the railing today," Reeside said in an emailed statement.

"The amount of labor and material needed to restore the railing should be minimal. This incident will have a little effect on park goers, but is a testament to the power of nature."

Metro Detroit did have a windy weekend, with winds and rain picking up Saturday evening and gusts continuing Sunday.

The National Weather Service placed metro Detroit under a wind advisory Sunday as the area took on wind gusts that ranged from 40- to 45-mph.

Trent Frey, a meteorologist at the NWS White Lake Office, told the Free Press the winds were expected to diminish after 4 p.m., but lingering gusts at about 20- to 30-mph were expected.

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Looking at the week ahead however, a warmup that could take on that Michigan ice is in the works.

Frey said temperatures in the upper 30s are expected Monday and Tuesday, Wednesday's high is expected to be in the upper 40s, and on Thursday, there's a shot at a high in the low 60s.

Contact Aleanna Siacon: ASiacon@freepress.com. Follow her on Twitter: @AleannaSiacon. Free Press staff writer Christina Hall contributed.