This holiday weekend is giving Metro Detroit a reintroduction to winter.
Following a cold and snowy Friday, lake-effect snow showers and blustery conditions continued on Saturday. Saturday’s high temperature was only 26 degrees at Detroit Metro Airport, which is colder than even the normal low. The average high for Nov. 30 is 42 degrees, and the average low is 30 degrees.
Saturday night will be cloudy with light snow showers winding down. Low temperatures will be around 20 degrees, and overnight wind chill values will dip as low as the single digits in some communities away from Detroit. Winds will be out of the west-southwest at 10 to 15 mph and gusts up to 20 mph.
Winter is here
While meteorological winter begins on Sunday, Dec. 1, Southeast Michigan’s temperatures this weekend are typical of January. [Meteorological seasons have the same start and end dates each year, which benefits seasonal recordkeeping and analyses.] Astronomical winter will begin on Dec. 21.
Sunday
Sunday morning temperatures will be in the 20s, and wind chills will be 5 to 15 degrees. Skies will be mostly cloudy with a few flurries. By the afternoon, temperatures will warm into the lower 30s with wind chills in the teens and 20s. Westerly winds will be 6 to 12 mph and gusts up to 20 mph.
The chance of a few snow showers will continue into Sunday night as temperatures fall into the lower to mid 20s.
Monday
Monday will bring partly to mostly cloudy skies. Highs will reach the mid 30s, which is still several degrees colder than normal. Lows will be in the mid 20s.
Tuesday
Tuesday will have a couple of daytime flurries as highs peak in the lower to mid 30s, but the chance of snow will return at night. Lows will be in the mid to upper 20s.
Wednesday
Wednesday will be breezy and snowy as a system sweeps across the Great Lakes. Snow accumulation is possible.
Thursday
A colder air mass will move over Southeast Michigan on Thursday. Lake-effect snow snow showers will try to make their way into the region. Highs will be in the lower 30s. Expect lows in the teens.
An arctic blast will reinforce the cold air over the Great Lakes for the end of the week.