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, ASHLEIGH, WE’RE ROLLING
TOWARDS THE WEEKEND AND MY KIDS
ARE LIKE IT’S SKI TIME NOW THAT
THE SNOW IS HERE LOCALLY, LET’S
GET THE SKIS OUTLETS GOING
AGAIN. I CAUTION AND I’M LIKE
I’M AN OLD LADY SKIER. WE’RE
GONNA TAKE OUR TIME COMING DOWN
THE HILL THERE USUALLY WAITING
FOR ME AT THE BOTTOM, WHICH IS
WHICH IS KIND OF SAD, BUT IT’S
NICE TO HAVE THE SNOW WELL, NOT
JUST THE SNOW, BUT TO HAVE THESE
KIND OF TEMPERATURES TO BE
OUTSIDE AND BECAUSE AS WE LOOK
AHEAD TO NEXT WEEK, I MEAN,
WE’RE GOING TO GET REALLY,
REALLY COOL. NO SKIING FOR ME
RIGHT THAT IT’S JUST TOO COLD TO
GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE SNOW.
SO YOU HAVE TO ENJOY ALL THESE
CONDITIONS WHILE THEY LAST I DO
WANT TO POINT OUT OUR ROAD
TEMPERATURES FOR A COUPLE OF
REASONS. ONE ARE ACTUAL AIR
TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE
TWENTIES, BUT OUR SURFACE
TEMPERATURES HAVE RISEN ABOVE
THE FREEZING MARK, MAINLY EAST
OF US 23 THAT HAS TO DO WITH
SOME SOLAR HEATING THAT WE HAVE
OUT THERE BECAUSE WE’VE HAD SOME
SUNSHINE FOR THE FIRST PART OF
THE DAY, WHICH HAS BEEN
WELCOMED, THE CLOUDS WILL ROLL
IN, BUT IF WE WERE TO GET SOME
OF THOSE FLURRIES COMING IN THE
EARLY AFTERNOON A LOT OF THAT’S
GOING TO START TO MELT AT THE
SURFACE AS IT HITS BECAUSE OF
THESE WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES.
THEY WILL GO DOWN, THOUGH, AS WE
GO THROUGHOUT THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS, AND THE CLOUDS THICKEN UP
IN THE SNOW RULES IN BUT JUST
LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS A
GOOD SIGN FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT
ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND ABOUT IN
SOME OF THOSE EARLY FLURRIES A
LITTLE BIT LATER INTO THE
AFTERNOON. EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR
QUIET FOR THE TIME BEING, AND
I’M STRESSING THAT BECAUSE AS WE
ZOOM OUT AND LOOK OFF TO OUR
WEST, THAT CLIPPER SYSTEM IS
STARTING TO CROSS LAKE MICHIGAN,
BRINGING SOME SNOW SHOWERS TO
MUSKEGON UP INTO LEADING TO NOW
INCHING CLOSER TO GRAND RAPIDS,
SO WE’RE STILL A FEW HOURS OUT
FROM THIS CROSSING THE STATE
MAKING ITS WAY HERE TO METRO
DETROIT. NOW WE ARE LOOKING TO
ANOTHER SNOW MAKER FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THAT
STARTS LATE SATURDAY. BUT WE’VE
HAD FLUCTUATING MODELS ON
WHETHER WE’RE GOING TO SEE
SIGNIFICANT SNOW OR MAYBE SOME
RAIN MIXING IN, SO WILL IT
CHANGE TERRAIN, WHILE SOME OF
THE LATER COMPUTER MODELS HAS
THAT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKING A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENTLY THAN WHAT IT WAS
THIS MORNING, AND SO WHAT WE
LOOK AT IS THE OVERALL FLOW FROM
THIS UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM AND HOW
IT INTERACTS WITH COLD SURFACE
TEMPERATURES. IF YOU HAVE BOTH
OF THOSE, AND WITH THAT RIGHT
TRACK, YOU END UP SEEING A
LITTLE BIT MORE. SNOW BUT
BECAUSE THAT RAIN SNOW LINE IS
LOOKING TO LIFT A LITTLE FARTHER
NORTH, WE COULD BE CUTTING DOWN
ON THAT SNOW RATIO. JUST BECAUSE
WE COULD BE MIXING SOME RAIN
SHOWERS IN ON THE TAIL EDGE OF
THAT SYSTEM FOR SUNDAY, AND
WE’RE GOING TO TIME THAT OUT IN
JUST A MINUTE AND SHOW YOU THAT
EXACT BREAKDOWN. BUT BEHIND THAT
IS THE BLAST OF COLD AIR THAT I
WAS JUST TELLING CHRISTIE ABOUT
IN EARLY NEXT WEEK, WE WILL
LIKELY START TO SEE THAT ARCTIC
AIR FROM CANADA PUSHED DOWN
FARTHER SOUTH, AND WE WILL HAVE
THE VERY COOL FEBRUARY
CONDITIONS THAT WE’VE GOTTEN A
LITTLE USED TO HERE IN MICHIGAN,
EVEN THOUGH IT’S BELOW AVERAGE.
I MEAN, WE STILL ALWAYS GET A
COLD BLAST OF AIR THIS TIME OF
YEAR. SO RIGHT NOW 24 IN
DETROIT, 24 HOW 25 PONTIAC AND
ADRIAN REPORTING 23 VISIBILITY’S
GREAT OUT THERE AT 10 MILES AND
STILL HOLDING ON TO A LITTLE BIT
OF SUN. THAT’S NO MOVES IN IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING, BUT THOSE TEMPERATURES
ARE GOING TO RISE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING HOURS, AND WE DO TAP OUT
WITH OUR HIGH TEMPERATURE
BETWEEN ABOUT FREEZING TO ABOUT
35 DEGREES IN THE LATER
AFTERNOON, BUT WINDS ARE GOING
TO STAY PRETTY GUSTY THIS
EVENING. SO WE HOLD ON TO WIND
CHILLS THAT WILL BE WELL BELOW
THAT AVERAGE OR THAT AIR
TEMPERATURE I SHOULD SAY. CLOUDS
AND RADAR FORECAST. LOOKING
AHEAD WITH OUR MODELS HAVE
STOPPED THE CLOCK AT FIVE
O’CLOCK WHERE WE HAVE WIDESPREAD
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AT THAT TIME,
SO THIS IS WHERE WE’RE STARTING
TO PICK UP. PROBABLY THAT
INTEREST OF ACCUMULATION GOING
INTO THE EVENING. THEN WE GET A
LULL A BREAK DURING THE
OVERNIGHT COME TOMORROW
AFTERNOON THAT SWATH OF SNOW
THAT WE ARE TAKING A CLOSE LOOK
AT STARTS TO MOVE INTO OUR
NORTHERN COUNTIES BY ABOUT 34
O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. IT’S
GOING TO STAY SNOW WELL NORTH OF
I 69, BUT THIS IS THE LATEST RUN
WHERE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
MORNING SHOWS HOW THAT LINE FROM
THE RAIN. IN SNOW LIFTS NORTH
WHERE EVEN NORTH OF LAPIERRE NOW
UP TOWARDS SAGINAW, IF YOU’RE
WITH US EARLY THIS MORNING THAT
WAS CLOSER TO THE WAYNE MONROE
COUNTY LINE, SO THAT’S GOING TO
CONTINUE TO PUSH THROUGH THE
AREA. SO UPDATED SNOWFALL
PROJECTIONS ARE ANYWHERE BETWEEN
MAYBE A HALF OF AN INCH AND GROW
SEAL. TO ABOUT THREE INCHES IN
PONTIAC GREATER AMOUNT, SO AS
YOU GET TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE
FLINT AREA, FUTURE FORECAST
SHOWS THAT WE STAY IN THE
THIRTIES FOR HIGHS THROUGH THE
WEEKEND, BUT THEN THAT BLAST OF
COLD AIR COMES HIGHS WILL BE ON
EITHER SIDE OF 20 FOR MOST OF
NEXT WEEK AND THOSE OVERNIGHT
LOW STARTING TUESDAY MORNING
DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS. SO
IF YOU ARE MOM OR DAD LOOKING AT