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DETROIT – The weather scenario is progressing as expected in terms of the massive, disruptive winter storm that will engulf New England today and tonight.
We’re on the extreme northwestern periphery of the system’s expansive precipitation screen, so light snow will develop over southeast Michigan as soon as we can humidify a layer of dry air in the air – this should be in the morning, with the snow advancing as far north to the I-69 corridor by early afternoon.
The snow will run off in the evening this afternoon before it starts to subside.
All told, I think many of us will receive about an inch of accumulation, with a total of 1-2 inches of snow possibly in parts of Lenawee, Monroe and South Wayne counties. While these numbers may fluctuate a bit, this won’t be a huge snow storm for us like in the east.
Wednesday’s highlights should hit the low to mid 30s (0 to 1 degree Celsius). East-northeast wind at 10 to 15 mph.
Today’s sunrise is at 7:56 AM and today’s sunset is at 5:02 PM
Snow decreases Wednesday night (you hold it the longest in the South Zone, which is why you have the highest totals). Lows in the mid-1920s (-4 to -3 degrees Celsius).
Thursday cloudy with still a snow shower – but I don’t expect much, if any, accumulation. Highlights in the low to mid 1930s (0 to 1 degrees Celsius).
Thursday night mostly cloudy, with lows in the mid-1920s (-5 to -4 degrees Celsius).
On Friday there should be a partly cloudy sky, with peaks in the middle to above 30 (3 degrees Celsius).
It still appears that a weak front on Saturday will generate some light rain and / or snow showers, although the day may start. Peaks close to 40 degrees (4 to 5 degrees Celsius).
Sunday will look mostly cloudy with maybe a morning snow shower. Peaks again close to 40 degrees (4 to 5 degrees Celsius).
This morning’s long-haul models still advertise a strong cold front coming through late on Festivus (Wednesday), with Christmas Eve day being breezy with possibly lake-effect snow showers. Will they be enough to give us a white Christmas? That strongly depends on the exact wind trajectory that dictates where those multi-effect tires are located. Fingers crossed! Thursday highlights in the low to mid 30s (0 to 1 degree Celsius).
Then partly cloudy and colder on Christmas Day, with peaks near 30 degrees (-1 degrees Celsius).
Obviously, we are still more than a week away from Christmas, so these details may change.
Stay tuned, I’ll keep you posted!
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