DETROIT. PROJECT COST $12 MILLION AND IT IS BEING PAID FOR WITH GOVERNMENT FUNDING.
FOREWARN WEATHER ALERT DAY
TOMORROW ALREADY IN EFFECT. IN
FACT, THE WINTER STORM WATCH
WENT INTO EFFECT REALLY EARLY,
SO WE’VE KNOWN THIS WAS COMING,
AND NOW IT’S STARTING TO TAKE
SHAPE. IT’S JUST BEEN A MATTER
OF FINE TUNING IT BECAUSE WE ARE
EXPECTING EVERYTHING TOMORROW.
RAIN SLEET, FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW. LUCKY US. WE FORTUNATE.
YES EXACTLY. AND I’M DRESSED AS
FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT. THAT’S
RIGHT. SO IT’S A REMINDER IF YOU
SEE PURPLE ON THE MAP TOMORROW.
YOU KNOW THAT’S FREEZING RAIN.
IF IT’S BLUE, IT IS NO OUTSIDE
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A FEW FLURRIES
FLYING AROUND METRO DETROIT.
NOTHING THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL
TONIGHT OR EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING 31 IN DETROIT, 29 HOWELL
29 IN PONTIAC AND 32 IN ADRIAN.
LET’S GO OVER THIS ONE MORE TIME
BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT GOING ON
HERE. A WINTER STORM TOMORROW.
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN PINK HERE
THAT’S NORTH OF I 69 THAT GOES
INTO EFFECT AT NOON TOMORROW
THROUGH FOUR A.M. THURSDAY HEAVY
SNOW ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO 6, MAYBE
EVEN AS MUCH AS EIGHT INCHES
EXPECTED UP INTO THE THUMB AND
CENTRAL PARTS OF NORTHERN LOWER
MICHIGAN AND THEN AN ICE STORM
WARNING FOR ST CLAIR, MACOMB,
OAKLAND. LIVINGSTON AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES. THAT’S WHAT
YOU SEE IN PURPLE. THIS IS THE
AREA I’M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.
TOMORROW ICE CAN BE MUCH MORE
DANGEROUS THAN SNOW, AND I’LL
SHOW YOU WHY IN JUST A MOMENT,
BUT THAT GOES FROM NOON TOMORROW
UNTIL FOUR AM LITTLE EARLIER FOR
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
TOMORROW AS FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN WILL BEGIN IN THE MORNING,
CHANGING OVER LATE IN THE DAY TO
ALL RAIN, BUT DEFINITELY A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. MAYBE
EVEN SOME SLEEP MIXED IN SO THAT
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTS
AT 10 A.M. FOR WAYNE COUNTY AND
ALSO MONROE COUNTY ICE FORECAST
WE EXPECT ANYWHERE. THIS IS WHAT
YOU SEE DURING THE NEWSCAST
RUNNING AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR
SCREEN. THAT’S NOT SNOW TOTALS.
THAT’S ICE TOTALS, BUT IT’S HARD
TO GAUGE WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY
MEAN? A HALF AN INCH OF ICE
EXPECTED IN SOME SPOTS, MAYBE
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN
INCH IN OTHER AREAS THAT WOULD
BE SIGNIFICANT ICING WITH
CRIPPLING EFFECTS. THAT MEANS
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES AND BIG
PROBLEMS, BUT WE DON’T DEAL WITH
ICE A WHOLE LOT AROUND HERE, SO
I JUST WANT TO PUT IT INTO
PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU AND SHOW YOU
WHY WE ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT
ICED OVER SNOW THIS STORM IN
2003, APRIL 3RD AND FOURTH. SOME
OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT WE
HAD A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OF
ICE. WITH THAT CAME 450,000
POWER OUTAGES IN $160 MILLION IN
DAMAGES, SO THAT’S WHY WE’VE
WORKED SO HARD IN THIS FORECAST
BECAUSE ICE IS SUCH A BIG
PROBLEM, EVEN A SMALL AMOUNT. NO
BIG DEAL. YOU GET A HALF INCH AN
INCH OF SNOW, NOT A PROBLEM. YOU
GET A HALF INCH TO AN INCH OF
ICE AND YOU’RE TALKING REALLY
DANGEROUS CONDITIONS UP TO OUR
NORTHERN THE THUMB. THAT’S WHERE
THEY GET THE HEAVIEST SNOW. WE
WILL GET A LITTLE SNOW MIXED IN
FROM TIME TO TIME, ESPECIALLY AT
THE ONSET OF THIS EVENT. SO TAKE
A LOOK AT THE TIME OF HERE
WEDNESDAY AT EIGHT A.M. THAT
FREEZING RAIN STARTS TO EDGE ITS
WAY ACROSS THE OHIO BORDER, BUT
THE REST OF METRO DETROIT ASIDE
FROM A FEW SNOW FLURRIES, THIS
IS NOT AN IMPACT FOR THE MORNING
COMMUTE AS MUCH AS IT IS LATE IN
THE MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING FREEZING
RAIN FOR WAYNE COUNTY SOUTH IN
THE NORTH OF THAT IT WILL START
BRIEFLY AS LIGHT SNOW. MAYBE
SOME SLEEP MIXED IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE’S
FOUR O’CLOCK HEAVY, FREEZING
RAIN ACROSS METRO DETROIT AND
THEN RAIN TO OUR SOUTH THAT WILL
CONTINUE UP UNTIL ABOUT MIDNIGHT
, QUIETING DOWN BY THURSDAY, BUT
WE ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
WINS. BECAUSE YOU GET THE ICE ON
THE TREES. YOU GET AN EASTERLY
WIND 34 TO MAYBE EVEN 40 MPH AT
TIMES AND THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE
SOME SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES
IF WE HAVE THAT LAYER OF ICE
WINDS CONTINUE THURSDAY MORNING
, BUT QUIET DOWN BRIEFLY BEFORE
RETURNING THURSDAY AFTERNOON
MIGHT EVEN NEED A WIND ADVISORY
FOR THURSDAY. SO 29 DEGREES A
FEW FLAKES POSSIBLE TONIGHT,
THEN TOMORROW IN THE MORNING.
JUST LIGHT AMOUNTS OF SNOW,
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN BECOMING
HEAVIER IN THE AFTERNOON. IT
WILL COME IN FAST AND IT WILL
COME IN QUITE HEAVILY SO
CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY
DETERIORATE. THEN WE GET A PUSH
OF WARM AIR ON THURSDAY. SO WHAT
WE GET TOMORROW WILL EVENTUALLY
MELT AWAY RATHER QUICKLY, BUT
NOT BEFORE IT DOES SOME DAMAGE
WITH HIGHS TOMORROW IN THE
THIRTIES FORTIES FOR THURSDAY
FRIDAY AND ARCTIC AIR MASS. JUST
SITS OVER TOP OF US WITH A
MORNING LOW OF 16 AND AFTERNOON
HIGH OF 27 WEEKEND LOOKS NICE.
WE ARE GOING TO BE IN THE
FOREWARN WEATHER CENTER
THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS TO
GET YOU THROUGH THE ICE. THE
SNOW THE SLEEP, THE RAIN
ANYTHING YOU EXPECT, STARTING
TOMORROW MORNING AT 4. 30 AM
ASHLEE BARACY WILL BE IN AND
SHE’LL GIVE YOU THE FORECAST FOR
YOU AGAIN, STARTING AT 4 30. AS
I SAID BEFORE, WITH ICE STORMS,
EVEN A DEGREE DIFFERENCE IN
TEMPERATURE CAN CHANGE THE
ENTIRE FORECAST. SO THIS ONE IS