EVEN FOR WARNING YOU ABOUT A LOT LATELY, AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS LIKE EVERY STORM WE’VE HAD HAS BEEN
SO TRICKY IN TERMS OF REALLY
PINPOINTING WHETHER IT’S SNOW
TOTALS OR RAIN OR ICE ALL
BECAUSE OF THESE TEMPERATURES.
THAT’S RIGHT, AND THAT’S WHY I
TRY TO BE SO TRANSPARENT. I WANT
TO HELP PREPARE EVERYONE, BUT I
ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT’S
STILL INCREDIBLY FICKLE. I MEAN,
WE COULD SEE CHANGES IN THESE
TOTALS THAT ARE CRAWLING ON THE
BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS, BECAUSE SOME
MODELS HINT AS LOW AS ABOUT TWO
INCHES TO OUR SOUTH. WE’RE
RANKING CUT IN AND THEN OTHERS
ARE ALL THE WAY UP. WORD OF A
FOOT. I MEAN, THAT’S A HUGE
DIFFERENCE. RHONDA I’LL TAKE THE
TWO INCHES, RIGHT EXACTLY GET A
CHOICE. WELL I WISH WE HAD A
CHOICE. AND SO I’M GOING OFF MY
GUT AT THIS NOON HOUR AND WHAT I
THINK IS THE MOST PROBABLE IF WE
HAVE SOME RAIN CUT DOWN THOSE
TOTALS DOWN TO OUR SOUTHEAST,
BUT I WANT TO STRESS AS THIS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
PUSH UP TO THE NORTHEAST,
BRINGING POTENTIAL FLOODING
CONCERNS TWO PARTS OF THE PLAINS
IN THE MIDWEST AND THEN THE
WINTER STORM HERE TOMORROW. THE
NEW MODEL RUNS COMING OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS TUNE IN AT
456 O’CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR KIM
ADAMS LATEST UPDATE IS THIS IS
GOING TO CONTINUE TO FLUCTUATE
AS WE GET A BETTER GRASP ON
THESE HIGH RESOLUTION MODELS.
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU SEE THESE
DIFFERENT WEATHER WARNINGS THAT
ARE STRETCHING FROM LOWER
MICHIGAN ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO
ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA RAIN SHOWERS
DOWN TO THE SOUTH, WHERE WE
COULD HAVE SOME SEVERE WEATHER
THERE. BUT AS FAR AS YOUR
SNOWBALL MAKING FORECASTS SHOULD
ACTUALLY SAY TOMORROW BUT GOING
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING, WE
WILL HAVE GOOD PACKING SNOW
BECAUSE WE ARE VERY WET, HEAVY
SNOW SO AND RIGHT NOW, 39
DEGREES AND ARE DUE POINTS AT
33. WE HAVE A NORTHWESTERLY
BREEZE AROUND 12 MPH, MAKING IT
FEEL MORE LIKE 32. SO IT’S JUST
ONE OF THOSE DREARY DAYS. IT’S A
LITTLE COOL COMPARED TO
YESTERDAY WHERE WE HAD THE
SUNSHINE HELP WARM US AROUND 50
DEGREES, BUT 44 RIGHT NOW IT’S
TO THE AIRPORT, 41 AT METRO AND
GROSSE ILE MONROE. THEN WE HAVE
UPPER THIRTIES TO OUR NORTHWEST,
INCLUDING PONTIAC LAPIERRE AND
OFTEN TO ANN ARBOR FORECAST
TODAY WE KIND OF TOP OUT,
PROBABLY AROUND 44 DEGREES
AROUND THE METRO AREA SHADE
COOLER. IS HE GETTING THE
OUTLYING AREAS? THIS IS THE CALM
BEFORE THE STORM. NO SO WE STAY
MOSTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 30. I HAVE
DIALED BACK THE HIGH A LITTLE
BIT TOMORROW TO ABOUT 36 WITH
THIS IMPACTFUL STORM AS WE ARE
GETTING A BETTER GRASP OF WHERE
THAT LOW PRESSURE TRACKS. I
THINK WE’RE ON THE COLDER SIDE
TO SOME COLDER AIR IS GOING TO
FILTER IN WINTER STORM WATCHES
HAVE BEEN ALREADY THEY HAVE
ALREADY BEEN ISSUED STARTING
ABOUT 24 HOURS FROM NOW, NOON
TOMORROW UNTIL TWO AM ON
SATURDAY. ALL THE COUNTIES THAT
ARE SHADED IN BLUE. WE’RE GOING
TO TAKE YOU STEP BY STEP WITH
ALL THE VARIABLES. THE TIMING.
LET’S START WITH THIS
TEMPERATURE FORECAST. SO
THROUGHOUT THE MORNING, WE’RE
KIND OF HOVERING RIGHT AROUND
THE FREEZING MARK. AS WE GET
TOWARDS TWO O’CLOCK WE WILL BE
IN THE MID THIRTIES AND SOME
PLACES NOW THIS WOULD BE
INDICATIVE OF SOME RAIN SHOWERS
, WHICH YOU WILL SEE SOME RAIN
IN THE ONSET OF THE STORM.
HOWEVER WITH WINDCHILLS COLDER
THAN THAT, BECAUSE OF GUSTY
WINDS, WE COULD SEE THAT
TEMPERATURE PROFILE KIND OF
KEEPING THIS MORE FROZEN PRECEPT
WATCH WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE
WIND GUSTS BECAUSE OF FACTORS
AND NOT ONLY THE WAY WIND CHILL,
BUT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS
THIS COMES IN. WE HAVE UPWARD OF
35 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS
BETWEEN ABOUT FOUR AND SEVEN PM
TOMORROW. SO GUSTY WINDS ARE
ANOTHER PART OF THE STORM AS IT
ROLLS THROUGH THE AREA. LET’S
NOW TAKE YOU THROUGH THE TIMING
AND THE PRECIPITATION TYPE. NINE
O’CLOCK TOMORROW MORNING, SOME
SNOW OFF TOWARDS JACKSON, BUT
FROM DETROIT DOWN TOWARDS TOLEDO
, APPEARING THAT WE’RE GOING TO
HAVE RAIN SHOWERS FOR A COUPLE
HOURS, THE ONSET EVEN THROUGH
THE LUNCH HOUR. THIS MODEL RUN
THOSE SHOWS HEAVY SNOW MOVING IN
AROUND 23 O’CLOCK IN THE
AFTERNOON FROM THE SOUTH.
LIFTING NORTH. THIS IS A VERY
DEEP SHADE OF BLUE, SO WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT A TON OF MOISTURE
WITH THE SYSTEM. AND THAT HEAVY
SNOW STICKS WITH US AT 56
O’CLOCK, SO WE’RE GOING TO HAVE
ABOUT A SIX HOUR WINDOW WHERE WE
COULD SEE SNOW RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR. THAT’S GOING TO
ACCUMULATE FAST CONDITIONS ARE
GOING TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY,
AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT YOU’RE OFF THE ROADS AT
THIS POINT, EVEN AT NINE O’CLOCK
WHERE WE STILL HAVE SOME HEAVY
SNOW COMING DOWN, AND THAT’S
ALSO GOING TO REDUCE THE
VISIBILITY WITH THAT KIND OF
SNOW, RIGHT? SNOWFALL FORECAST.
GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THE ONSET OF
RAIN. I THINK IT’S STILL MORE
PROBABLE TO BE IN THAT 3 TO 5
INCH RANGE FROM MONROE TOWARDS
METRO AIRPORT THROUGH MOUNT
CLEMENS REPORT HERE ON AND THEN
YOU GET INTO WESTERN WASHINGTON
, OAKLAND COUNTIES AND FARTHER
NORTHWEST WILL BE MORE IN THAT 5
TO 8 INCH RANGE. BUT SOME
MODELS, AS I SAID, HAVE SHOWN
UPWARD OF DOUBLE DIGIT SNOWFALL
, SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK IN WITH
KIM ADAMS AT FOUR WITH THE
LATEST UPDATE THIS WEEKEND,