Dangerously cold temperatures lead to another round of accumulating snow for Metro Detroit this weekend
4Warn Weather – 4WARN WEATHER ALERT #1: Saturday: Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect, air temperatures well below zero with wind chill temperatures up to -20° to -30°
4WARN WEATHER ALERT #2: Sunday: Widespread accumulating snowfall is expected across the region; some places could see significant snowfall totals by late Sunday night and into Monday morning.
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY: A Cold Weather Advisory remains in effect through 10:00 AM Saturday. Wind chill temperatures of up to -20° to -30° are expected to continue through the first part of the day on Saturday. Frostbite can occur in less than 15 minutes when wind chill temperatures are expected to be this cold. Take your cold-weather precautions if spending any time outside when temperatures are this low.
SATURDAY: Mix of sunshine and clouds in the morning, increasing clouds in the afternoon and evening. Bitterly cold temperatures. High: 8. Wind chills remaining below zero for the first part of the day, warming into the single digits and/or remaining below zero for some into the rest of the day. Winds: Light and Variable.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Cloudy skies. Snow develops for some places, especially our central and southern communities, after midnight. Low: 2. Wind chills remaining up to -10° to -15° overnight and into early Sunday morning. Winds: NE 3-6 MPH.
SUNDAY: Cloudy skies. Snow likely. Significant snowfall accumulations are expected over portions of the region. Remaining bitterly cold. High: 16.
SUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies, a chance of snow. Low: 6.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy skies, a chance of snow, primarily in the morning hours. High: 17.
MONDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy skies. Low: 2.
TUESDAY: Mostly cloudy skies. A chance of snow showers in the afternoon/evening hours. High: 19.
After some sunshine, but keeping bitterly cold temperatures into the forecast through the end of the week on Friday, we are going to continue with the bitterly cold temperature is looking ahead throughout the entire weekend, but we also bring snow back into the forecast by the end of the weekend as well.
The clouds cleared out for most of us overnight Friday night, early on Saturday morning, allowing air temperatures to drop well Below Zero early Saturday morning, with wind chills dropping even lower in most locations as you’re waking up. Most places saw wind chills of -15° to -25°, and we will warm things up just a bit, but remain bitterly cold as we work throughout the day.
It’s a busy forecast looking ahead into the next few days, so let’s break it down day part by day part on what you can expect:
SATURDAY: We’ll start the day with a mixture of sunshine and clouds, before the clouds increase Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening, but we remain dry throughout the day. High temperatures will remain in the mid to upper single digits, and wind chills will remain in the low end of the single digits, if not below zero, for some throughout the entire day. The Cold Weather Advisory will expire at 10:00 AM Saturday, despite wind chills remaining below zero for some of the day.
SATURDAY NIGHT: The clouds will increase, and snow will develop for the majority of the region overnight Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Overnight lows will drop into the low end of the single digits to below zero for some, and wind chills will drop as low as -10° to -15° for most by Sunday morning.
SUNDAY: We are expecting another widespread accumulating snow, with some places seeing significant snowfall totals by the time we get to late Sunday night and early on Monday morning. This is all thanks to the winter storm that is gripping the eastern 2/3 of the United States. Expect this snow to increase in intensity Sunday afternoon through late Sunday night, which is where the bulk of the accumulation will be. Keep in mind, with air temperatures remaining in the low end of the teens, salt is not effective with where our forecast temperatures are.
Here’s where I am expecting snowfall totals to go by late Sunday night and early Monday morning:
Along and South of I-696 (Wayne, Washtenaw, Lenawee & Monroe Counties): 4 to 6, potentially 5 to 7 inches of snowfall is possible. This is high-end Winter Weather Advisory territory, potentially low-end Winter Storm Warning territory.
North of I-696 to South of I-69: 3 to 5, potentially 4 to 6 inches of snowfall. Closer to the high-end of totals on Oakland, Washtenaw, and Macomb Counties, then low to mid-end of these totals in Lapeer, Genesee Counties, etc
North of I-69: 2 to 4 inches of snow possible, 5 inches of snow at the highest end of the totals.
The snow will stick around Sunday night into early Monday morning as a northwesterly flow kicks into the region, and we could see an additional light accumulation on top of what we are already forecasting throughout much of the day on Sunday.
Expect snow to stick around early Monday morning, before cloud cover persists for the rest of the day. Another round of snow showers moves in on Tuesday afternoon and into Tuesday evening, before another round of extreme cold moves in by the end of next week. Overnight lows Wednesday night into Thursday morning will drop to near zero for most everybody, and then I am expecting air temperatures to go back below zero Thursday night into early on Friday morning.
The Climate Prediction Center has outlined the eastern 2/3rd of the United States under a risk for hazardous temperatures from January 31st through February 2nd, which would be all of next weekend. So we do run the risk of seeing additional Cold Weather Advisories through the end of next week and into next weekend.
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