TODAY. WELL THE CITY APPROVED 20 EQUITY AND 13 NON EQUITY APPLICANTS. ALL RIGHT. LIVE
PICTURES OF DRIVING CONDITIONS.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT I 75 SQUARE
LAKE. THIS IS IN OAKLAND COUNTY.
I ACTUALLY DROVE THIS STRETCH
EARLIER TODAY WHEN I WAS OUT
TRYING TO DO SOME LAST MINUTE
SHOPPING. AND YOU WERE RIGHT,
KIM, IT IS WET. WET OUT THERE.
THE TIMING OF IT IS LINED UP
PRETTY MUCH EXACTLY WHERE WE
THOUGHT IT WOULD. WITH STARTING
WITH RAIN TRANSITIONING FROM TWO
SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST AND
THAT’S WHAT’S PLAYING OUT RIGHT
NOW. BUT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING
THE TEMPERATURES BECAUSE WE HAVE
A LOT OF WATER ON THE ROADS FROM
THAT RAIN AND TEMPERATURES ARE
PLUMMETING QUICKLY. COULD CAUSE
AS I SAID AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW
OF FLASH FREEZE, WHICH MEANS THE
ROADS BECOME VERY ICY. THEN WE
GET SNOW ON TOP OF IT, AND IT IS
A MESS 36 IN PONTIAC 39 IN MOUNT
CLEMENS, BUT ONLY 28 IN HOWELL,
AND THAT’S WHERE IT’S SNOWING
RIGHT NOW. SO SNOW AND HOWELL
RAIN ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT
THAT’S GOING TO MOVE IN OUR
DIRECTION AND WE WILL BE ALL
SNOW BY ABOUT TWO OR THREE
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING. WE’LL GO
IN A LITTLE CLOSER FOR YOU SO
THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE
THAT RAIN SNOW LINE IS. YOU SAW
MARA AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW. SHE
WAS IN MILFORD. AND THEN SHE
SAID, OH, SUDDENLY WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE SNOWFLAKES.
THAT’S BECAUSE THEY’RE TRAVELING
TO THE WEST. SO THEY WENT FROM
MILFORD AND THEN THE WESTERN
PART OF MILFORD. THEY STARTED TO
RUN INTO THE SNOW, BUT IT’S
STILL RAINING RIGHT NOW IN
WIXOM, WEST, BLOOMFIELD,
WATERFORD AND PONTIAC, BUT THAT
IS GOING TO CHANGE. HERE’S THE
MODEL AND YOU CAN SEE HOW NICE
THE MODEL DATA LINES UP WITH
EXACTLY WHAT’S GOING ON HERE AT
11 O’CLOCK, SO THAT GIVES US A
LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS
FORECAST. WE’VE GOT RAIN ON THE
EAST SIDE SNOW ON THE WEST SIDE
AT 11 O’CLOCK BY TWO A.M. THREE
A. M. ALL OF METRO DETROIT UNDER
A BLANKET OF SNOW COULD BE
HEAVY. AT TIMES. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL BE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.
BUT AS I’VE SAID SINCE MONDAY,
SNOW IS NOT THE BIGGEST CONCERN
WITH THIS STORM. BIGGEST CONCERN
WILL BE THE WIND BLOWING SNOW
AND THE FALLING TEMPERATURES
CAUSING ICY CONDITIONS. SO AT
EIGHT A.M. VISIBILITY WILL BE
REDUCED BY QUITE A BIT. WINDS
PICK UP MIDDAY, BUT THE SNOW
STARTS TO WIND DOWN. BUT WE’LL
HAVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SO CONTINUED
PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT ALL OF
FRIDAY TRAVEL PROBLEMS EVEN
THOUGH AT TIMES TOMORROW IT WILL
STOP SNOWING FOR A PERIOD IN
MANY AREAS, THEN FOR SATURDAY,
CHRISTMAS EVE. BY THE AFTERNOON
HOURS, WE MIGHT SEE A COUPLE OF
SNOW BANDS MAINLY UP INTO THE
THUMB, BUT IT SHOULD QUIET DOWN
BY CHRISTMAS, EVEN INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. ALL RIGHT, TAKE A
LOOK AT THE SNOW TOTALS. BUT AS
I SAID, FOUR INCHES, NOT A BIG
STORM FOR HERE IN MICHIGAN, EVEN
SEVEN INCHES. NOT TOO BAD, BUT
WHEN YOU COMBINE THAT WITH 50,
MILE PER HOUR WINDS AND ICY
CONDITIONS, YOU HAVE DANGEROUS
TRAVEL, SO VISIBILITY IS NEAR 0
50 MILE PER HOUR GUSTS IN THE
AFTERNOON, MAYBE EVEN AS HIGH AS
60. ACCORDING TO SOME OF THE
MODEL DATA BLOWING SNOW WILL BE
A CAUSE FOR CONCERN TOMORROW
AFTERNOON. ALSO, WHAT COMES WITH
THOSE WINDS. ICY CONDITIONS AND
LOW WIND CHILLS DANGEROUSLY LOW
WIND CHILLS AT EIGHT A.M. THE
WINDSHIELD WILL BE FIVE BELOW AT
METRO AIRPORT AND CITY AIRPORT
NINE BELOW AND PONTIAC, BUT
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS BY FOUR
O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. IT’S
GOING TO FEEL LIKE IT’S 20 BELOW
AT METRO AIRPORT, ALSO IN ANN
ARBOR IN 17 BELOW, IN THE CITY,
11 BELOW IN MOUNT CLEMENS. YOU
THINK THAT’S BAD? TAKE A LOOK
OUT TO THE WEST. THIS IS AN
ARCTIC AIR MASS. RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT WINDCHILLS
34 YEAR. DETROIT BECAUSE WE’RE
AT AHEAD OF THE FRONT BEHIND THE
FRONT IT’S 23 BELOW IS WHAT IT
FEELS LIKE IN CHICAGO. 40 BELOW
. IN SIOUX FALL AND DULUTH. IT
FEELS LIKE RIGHT NOW IT IS 35
BELOW ZERO THAT JUST GAVE ME A
CHILL 17 OVERNIGHT TONIGHT, RAIN
CHANGING OVER TO HEAVY SNOW AT
TIMES. BE CAREFUL IF YOU’RE
DRIVING. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE
TEMPERATURE. HOPEFULLY YOUR CAR
HAS IT ON THE DASHBOARD WHEN IT
STARTS TO FALL BELOW FREEZING.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ROADS WILL
ALMOST INSTANTLY. FREEZE UP.
FLASH FREEZE IS A VERY RARE
EVENT. BUT THIS IS AN OCCASION
WHEN THAT COULD HAPPEN. WE HAVE
ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT COULD
HAPPEN IN THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS. SO IF YOUR HEALTHCARE
WORKER POLICE OFFICER THINGS
LIKE THAT, YOU WORK THOSE
OVERNIGHT SHIFTS. THAT’S
SOMETHING YOU NEED TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT. PRETTY MUCH
IGNORE THIS 37 FOR THE HIGH
TOMORROW BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO
HIT IT HERE IN THE NEXT 40
MINUTES, AND THEN TEMPERATURES
WILL FALL VERY QUICKLY. SO THE
MAJORITY OF THE DAY TOMORROW WE
WILL SPEND WITH HIGHS ONLY IN
THE TEENS. WINDCHILLS BELOW
ZERO. CHRISTMAS EVE TRAVEL WELL
, IT’S GOING TO DEPEND ON
WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN GET THE
SALT OUT. AND IF IT WORKS,
BECAUSE TYPICALLY IN THESE
TEMPERATURES, SALT DOES NOT
WORK. SO THAT WOULD BE MY
BIGGEST CONCERN, NOT SNOW FOR
THE WEEKEND BY ANY MEANS THAT
SNOW IS NOT THE BIGGEST HEADLINE