6 a.m. on a Saturday it is the first
real snowstorm of the season right now
flakes are falling all over Metro
Detroit multiple snow emergencies in
effect driving conditions right now
going from bad to worse and taking a
look at the radar you can see we are far
from out of the woods it is a mess out
there alright happy Saturday everyone
good morning I'm Sean Lee in with Priya
yes good morning and we'll all morning
long we've been bringing you the very
latest updates on this storm which is
expected to stick around all day long
and we have team coverage of the storm
this morning there is rule he's live on
the freeways keeping an eye on your road
conditions but let's start with Paul
Gross with your forecast and Paul what
are the next couple of hours going to
look like
well basically here's what you need to
know the the heaviest snow as you saw on
radar we have a light band of snow over
us but the bigger batch is coming in and
that'll be here between basically mid
morning to early afternoon we're still
the forecast is very much a stable from
what we've had the past couple of days
it's a two to six inch snowfall least to
the north most to the south and after
the snow we still have an arctic blast
to talk about but will law right now
stick with today winter weather
advisories in effect for basically m59
Highland Road haul road all the way self
down to the state line and as you see on
radar again here is the light snow
that's over the area there's even a
break you're not seeing much right now
in Lenawee Monroe counties however just
when you thought it was safe to come out
of the house there's the next batch and
this is the notice the darker blues
there that's the more meaningful the
more impactful snow that's the stuff
that's gonna really pile up before it's
all said and done here's just a quick
snapshot and essentially we're looking
at you know five inches or so Lenawee
Monroe County then the central most
populated part of the area an average of
about three and then you get north to
mi16 ein and north of there we're
looking at maybe a one to two inch
snowfall before this is all said and
done so as we move through the day
temperature-wise that's pretty stable
too and that's not a good thing we'd
like it to warm up but we're in the low
20s around 20 right now and it's not
going to really move all day long the
snow continuing through again
mid-afternoon and then starting to tape
off taper off by the end of the
afternoon and one last thing if you're
heading to the Pistons game the sieve
the snow is pretty much gone by this
evening but it's going to be turning
colder and it's going to be breezy in
those temps the wind chills guy is gonna
be down into the single numbers so all
right that's what's going on here in the
studio let's send it outside - Larry
sprue let's see what's happening out in
the roads what's going on my friend
well good morning Paul we are live off
of 94 on Van born Roy if we can take a
look at how things look on the roads
here as you can see snow is covering the
ground at this very moment on our way up
here we saw several accidents on the
road and snow is coming down in this
area here in Romulus and so that's why
drivers have been driving very slow we
saw a couple of cars in the ditch as
well and that was a very scary moment
because it just happened as you can see
them sliding off the road but the snow
is coming down steadily here in Romulus
at this very moment as well now you
really have to just imagine how things
are because it's still very dark so you
really cannot see the lanes or where
you're going as well that's why it seems
to be very dangerous as far as the snow
conditions on the roads here in Romulus
and off at 94 westbound as the snow is
coming into Metro Detroit but if we want
to take a look at the active live look
at your roads right now now we have five
accidents to tell you about right now
first westbound i-94 after m39 the left
shoulder is blocked meanwhile on
southbound i-75 after 7 mile the left
shoulder is closed there as well and two
crashes on eastbound 94 the first one is
that Wayne Road the left shoulder is
blocked off there the second one is that
eCourse road crews are clearing that
accident on the right shoulder and
eastbound i-96 MDOT is reporting a crash
blocking off the left shoulder at Beck
Road so once again very snowy conditions
here on the road in the Romulus area and
then just the storm enters into Metro
Detroit so we are keeping an eye on the
snow condition and the road conditions
well we're alive up 94 westbound and
Romulus Larry scroll local 4 and Larry
we've been checking with road crews in
all of our Metro counties the crews are
out they are salting I encountered quite
a few on the highways any in the city
I'm sure you're seeing them at least on
94 as well all right yes we saw a lot of
crews on the road as well as for its
assaulting on the roads that we've seen
that in this area as well so they're
definitely out here Shawn yep treating
first give them some room absolutely
safe out there and get yourself plenty
of time if you're getting on the road is
what