YEAR. THERE WERE STILL PEOPLE WALKING IN THE WATER, AND I KNOW MY GOODNESS. IT’S 20 DEGREES
POWER TO HIM. YEAH IT WAS
PROBABLY LIKE 75 80 YEARS. IT
WAS WARMER THAN PROBABLY ON DRY
LAND. OKAY IF I’M JUST COLD,
ALREADY STEPPING IN WATER IS NOT
MY IDEA. LIKE THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE A HOT TUB IN THE WINTER.
THEY GO OUT OUTSIDE OF THE HOT
TUB, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF
THAT HOT TUB AT SOME POINT IN
THAT 0 DEGREES WEATHER BACK
INSIDE. BUT HOW ARE THESE POLAR
PLUNGES? PEOPLE HAVE NOW BECAUSE
YOU’RE LITERALLY JUST JUMPING
INTO A COLD RAISING MONEY FOR A
GOOD CAUSE. I’VE DONE ONE OF
THOSE. I DON’T MEAN LIKE A POLAR
PLUNGE FOR THE FOR A GOOD CAUSE.
I MEAN, LIKE FOLKS HAVE IS THAT
WHAT IT’S CALLED STUB? OKAY, BUT
IN SOME LOOK LIKE LITTLE BARRELS
ALMOST BECAUSE YOU JUST SIT IN
IT FOR A SECOND LIKE YOU’RE JUST
COLD THE WHOLE TIME. THAT COULD
BE ANYBODY OF WATER TODAY FOR
US. THAT COULD BE THE GREAT
LAKES. DO THAT TODAY. WE’LL CALL
IT A CRYO CHRISTMAS. I MEAN,
IT’S TELL YOU WHAT, YOU DON’T DO
THAT TODAY. I’M SORRY, ALTHOUGH
THAT ICE WATER WOULD BE WARMER
THAN THE AIR TEMPERATURE THAT’S
FOR SURE WILL START OFF WITH
EXACT TRACK 40 RADAR. YOU CAN
SEE THIS BAND OF SNOW, WHICH HAS
EXTENDED EASTWARD FROM THE
WESTERN SIDE OF THE STATE HERE,
SO THIS IS GOING TO AT LEAST AS
THE MODELS PROJECT JUST
GRADUALLY KIND OF JUST VERY
GRADUALLY SINK. SOUTHWARD AS WE
MOVE THROUGH THE DAY, AND SO
THAT’S WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW.
MOSTLY THE CENTRAL PART OF THE
AREA. YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT ICE
ON THE RIVER. OH MY GOSH. I MEAN
, JUST TWO DAYS AGO, WE DIDN’T
HAVE THAT THERE. SO THAT’S HOW
DRASTICALLY THE TEMPERATURE
CHANGE. WE ARE IN THE LOW SINGLE
DIGITS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA.
SOME OF US ARE STILL GUSTING TO
40 MPH METRO AIRPORT. JUST
GUSTING TO 40 MPH, ADRIAN, YOUR
GUSTING TO 35, SO THERE ARE
STILL SOME HIGHER PUFFS OF WIND
OUT THERE. WIND CHILL. IF YOU’RE
HEADING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW, MAYBE
EVEN IN THIS COLD. YOU DECIDE.
ALL RIGHT? WE’RE TAKING THE DOG
FOR A WALK. UM IT’S 15 BELOW 2
25 BELOW. FOR THE WINDCHILL.
IT’S BITTERLY COLD AND REMEMBER
IF IT’S TOO COLD FOR YOU. IT’S
TOO COLD FOR THE DOG TO SO JUST,
YOU KNOW, TAKE IT EASY WITH THE
PETS AS WELL. ALRIGHT, SO THE
MODEL IS SHOWING THAT BAND HERE.
OKAY AND AGAIN. THE SUGGESTION
FROM THE MODELS IS THAT IT’S
GOING TO VERY SLOWLY SINKS
SOUTH. SO YOU NOTICED THAT WAS
SIX HOURS FROM SIX AM TO NOON.
SO IT JUST KIND OF WENT FROM
HERE TO HERE IS ONLY ABOUT A
COUNTY MOVEMENT IN SIX HOURS,
BUT IT SHOULD START TO DIMINISH
AND SHOULD START TO KIND OF PEEL
OUT AS YOU GET INTO THE LATE
AFTERNOON, SO I THINK MAINLY DRY
FOR OUR CHRISTMAS EVE. THERE MAY
BE STILL SOME FLAKES AROUND, BUT
I THINK MAINLY DRY AND LOOKS
LIKE DRY BUT MAINLY CLOUDY FOR
THE DAY ON SUNDAY FOR CHRISTMAS
DAY, MAYBE A BREAK. OR TOO EARLY
, BUT AGAIN, MOSTLY JUST CLOUDS
FOR CHRISTMAS DAY, AND IT’S
STILL GOING TO BE WINDY. IT’S
JUST THERE’LL BE A LITTLE LESS
WIND THAN WHAT WE HAD. TODAY ALL
RIGHT, LET’S TALK ABOUT SNOW
AMOUNTS, NOT A LOT. WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT AN INCH OR LESS
FROM THAT BAND OF SNOW AS IT
SETTLES DOWN ACROSS THE AREA.
ALRIGHT LET’S TALK ABOUT EUROPE
NORTH WEATHER. A LOT OF PEOPLE
GO UP NORTH RIGHT AFTER
CHRISTMAS. I HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT THEY DO PRESENT IN THE
MORNING THERE UP NORTH BY LATE
AFTERNOON SO EARLY IN THE WEEK
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT STILL SNOW
SHOWERS. TEMPERATURES ARE
STARTING TO MODERATE. BY THE
TIME WE GET TO TUESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY, YOU CAN SEE BY
WEDNESDAY. WE’RE IN THE
THIRTIES. SO IF YOU’RE GOING
SKIING UP NORTH FIRST HALF OF
THE WEEK IS WHAT YOU WANT TO
PLAN ON BECAUSE GET TO THE END
OF THE WEEK AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT RAIN CHANCES, INCREASING
WITH THOSE TEMPERATURES GOING
WELL INTO THE FORTIES RAIN
THAT’S NOT GOOD IF YOU CAN BE ON
THE SLOPES, ALRIGHT. OUR
FORECAST FOR OUR CHRISTMAS EVE
DAY IS FOR TEMPERATURES TO RISE
INTO THE TEENS AGAIN. WE HAVE
THAT BAND OF SNOW COMING DOWN
THIS MORNING INTO THE EARLY
AFTERNOON AND WINDCHILLS BELOW
ZERO TO PERHAPS NEAR ZERO. BY
THIS AFTERNOON. STILL SOME GUTS
TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. AND THEN
WE’RE COLD THROUGH MONDAY AND
THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
THAT AGAIN. THOSE RAIN CHANCES
INCREASING LATE IN THE WEEK
BECAUSE TEMPERATURES NEAR 50
DEGREES BY THE END OF THE WEEK
AND SOMETHING I THOUGHT WE WOULD
DO FOR SOME FUN HERE ON THIS
CHRISTMAS EVE MORNING, LOOK AT
WHITE CHRISTMASES HERE IN
DETROIT, WHETHER YOU GET
CHRISTMAS OR NOT, SO I HAVE THEM
PLOTTED OUT HERE. FOR 1991 TO
THE PRESENT. NOW IF YOU WERE
BORN, YOU WERE THINKING ABOUT
THIS IF YOU WERE BORN IN THE
EIGHTIES, AND SO YOU’RE KIND OF
GROWING UP IN THE NINETIES FOR
CHRISTMAS, YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW
WHAT A WHITE CHRISTMASES HERE.
THAT’S RIGHT, 2000. BUT THEN WE
STARTED GETTING IT. WE STARTED
GETTING INTO MORE WHITE
CHRISTMASES, SO TRADITIONALLY,
IF YOU GO BACK IN TIME, IT’S
ABOUT A 50 50 SHOT HERE ACROSS
SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, BUT THAT IS
REALLY COOL. THAT IF YOU GREW
UP, YOU KNOW, GROWING UP IN THE
NINETIES YOU DIDN’T EVEN KNOW AS
A KID. WHAT A WHITE CHRISTMAS
WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE I’M FROM
TORONTO. SO WE DID HAVE SOME WAY
CHRISTMASES. BUT OFTEN WE WOULD
GO DOWN TO MY COUSINS IN
MASSACHUSETTS FOR CHRISTMAS. AND
SO THAT WAS GENERALLY VERY WHITE
NOR’EASTER. WAS THE WHITE CHOSEN
WITH SNOW OVER THE HOUSE, BUT,
YEAH, YEAH, RIGHT. RIGHT. I’M
JUST FOCUSED. SO LET’S GET
THROUGH THIS STORM DEGREES NEXT