DETROIT – Everything is playing out as anticipated thus far with our next round of accumulating snow. We’ve managed to salvage the Thursday afternoon rush hour.
The Snow
Snow developed Thursday evening and will continue until exiting Southeast Michigan between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. Friday.
The expectation is for a general 2-4-inches of snow, with most of us probably around 3 inches.
There is a single high-resolution computer model that tries to bring in a wintry mix south of I-94 overnight, and that will cut back on snow totals there if it indeed materializes.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for all of Southeast Michigan until 8 a.m. Friday.
Wind moved in Thursday night and generally came in from the northeast, and then north later on. That could enhance some of the snow near the Lake Huron shoreline, perhaps pushing some of you to around 4 inches or even a little more.
The north wind later on will generate a lake-effect snow band that may briefly impact the Port Huron/Sarnia area first thing Friday morning, but as winds shift to the northwest, that band will correspondingly shift farther east and impact the Lake Huron-Ontario shoreline.
Weather forecast
As mentioned above, the snow will end first thing Friday morning, and we’ll have generally cloudy skies for the rest of the daylight hours -- perhaps we can sneak in a few breaks before sunset.
Highs in the upper 20s (-2 degrees Celsius), with wind chills in the mid-teens (-9 degrees Celsius) due to the northwest wind at 8 to 13 mph.
Becoming partly cloudy Friday night, with lows in the mid-teens (-9 degrees Celsius).
Weekend weather
Partly cloudy Saturday, with highs in the low 30s (0 degrees Celsius).
Mostly clear Saturday night, with lows in the low 20s (-5 degrees Celsius).
We may start Sunday with some sunshine, but an approaching cold front will increase our clouds and perhaps even unlock a few flurries from those clouds. Even with the clouds, highs Sunday should reach the mid- to upper 30s (3 degrees Celsius).
I see no big storms (for a change) on our horizon next week, and get ready for a warming trend later in the week!