WERE INJURED ON THE FLIGHT. IN ADDITION, AS WE MENTIONED CONDUCTING A THOROUGH INSPECTION
FOREWARN WEATHER WITH EXACT
TRACK. FOUR D MAN I WAS CALLING
FAMILY. WE’RE TRYING TO MOVE
PLANS, BUT WE DON’T KNOW BECAUSE
IT’S LIKE WE KNOW IT’S COMING.
WE JUST IT’S HARD. IF YOU HAVE A
FLIGHT. IT’S REALLY TOUGH, AND
IT’S A LITTLE TOO SOON TO MAKE
THOSE ADJUSTMENTS NOW. BUT IF
YOU’RE DRIVING AND YOU CAN LEAVE
ON WEDNESDAY, I HIGHLY HIGHLY
RECOMMEND LEAVING EARLIER. IF
YOUR PLANS WERE FOR FRIDAY, AND
YOU CAN LEAVE EARLIER, JUST GO
AHEAD AND DO IT. IT’S BETTER
SAFE THAN SORRY. AND IT DOES
LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD
CHANCE. CHANCE TO GET SOME MAJOR
IMPACTS FROM THIS WINTER STORM
BY THE END OF THE WEEK, 27
DETROIT PORTS HERE IN AND ALSO
AN ADRIAN 25 IN ANN ARBOR. WE
DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
WINDCHILLS BECAUSE THE WINDS
TONIGHT ARE CALM, ALL RIGHT. I’M
NOT GOING TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME
ON MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BECAUSE THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
ARE GOING TO BE DRY. CLOUDY
TEMPS IN THE THIRTIES. SO WE’RE
GOING TO START WITH THURSDAY
BECAUSE THAT’S THE FIRST CHANCE
WE HAVE TO SEE SOME IMPACTS FROM
THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM, AND I’M
GONNA COMPARE TWO DIFFERENT
MODELS, THE EUROPEAN MODEL AND
THE AMERICAN MODEL. THE EUROPEAN
MODEL HAS BEEN VERY CONSISTENT,
BRINGING IN THE RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON
THURSDAY, KEEPING IT IS MOSTLY
RAIN, MAYBE A BRIEF AREA OF WET
SNOW MIXING IN. BUT FOR THE MOST
PART RAIN, NOT A BIG TRAVEL
PROBLEM FOR THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, SOME
HEAVIER RAIN AND THEN FRIDAY
MORNING. THE EUROPEAN MODEL
BRINGS IN THAT SNOW FROM SOUTH
TO THE NORTH, SO THE CHANGEOVER
HAPPENS. ACCORDING TO THIS MODEL
FRIDAY MORNING, AND THAT MEANS
WE’LL GET SOME HIGHER SNOW
TOTALS IF THIS PROVES TO BE TRUE
BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND IT
KEEPS THE SNOW IN THE FORECAST
ALL THE WAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS
EVE, SO IT’S NOT UNTIL CHRISTMAS
DAY THAT WE GET A BREAK FROM THE
SNOW SHOWERS. SO THE EUROPEAN
MODEL SHOWING THAT THIS IS
REALLY WORST CASE SCENARIO WITH
SNOW TOTALS BY SATURDAY MORNING.
IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS AS MUCH AS
A FOOT OF SNOW IN PARTS OF
OAKLAND AND LIVINGSTON COUNTY.
AGAIN THIS IS WORST CASE
SCENARIO CITY OF DETROIT AND
SOUTH ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6 TO 9
INCHES. THEN WE HAVE THE
AMERICAN MODEL THE GFS MODEL.
THIS IS A BETTER SCENARIO WITH
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THROUGH THE
ENTIRE DAY ON THURSDAY, THIS
MODEL NOT BRINGING IN THE RAIN
UNTIL 10 O’CLOCK THURSDAY NIGHT
AND THEN KEEPING IT AS ALL RAIN
THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE ON
FRIDAY. IT DOESN’T BRING THE
SNOW IN UNTIL AT LEAST LATE IN
THE MORNING EARLY AFTERNOON,
WHICH CUTS DOWN THE SNOW TOTALS
CONSIDERABLY DOES KEEP THE SNOW
, THOUGH ALL THE WAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY,
JUST GETTING SOME LAKE EFFECT.
SNOW SHOWERS SO THE GFS THIS IS
BEST CASE SCENARIO. SEEING
LIGHTER SNOW AMOUNTS, IN FACT,
BY SATURDAY MORNING AND INTO THE
AFTERNOON HOURS CLOSER TO ABOUT
SIX, MAYBE SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF METRO DETROIT.
IT’S ALSO IT’S ACCOUNTING FOR
SOME DRIER THAT MIGHT WORK ITS
WAY IN AND CUT DOWN THOSE TOTALS
AS WELL. NOW WE’LL GET SOME
BETTER DATA AS WE GO THROUGH THE
NEXT 48 HOURS, AND WE’LL HAVE A
BETTER IDEA OF EXACT SNOW
TOTALS. BUT IMPACTS AS FAR AS
TRAVEL WE KNOW FOR SURE, FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY WILL HAVE HIGH
IMPACT WITH AT LEAST SOME SNOW
AND ALSO HIGH WINDS, WHICH WILL
BE A PROBLEM 50 MILE PER HOUR
GUSTS ON FRIDAY. SO IF YOU GET
INTO A SNOW SQUALL THAT’S EVEN
LIGHT TO MODERATE AND YOU GET 50
MILE PER HOUR WINDS. YOU’RE
GOING TO REDUCE THE VISIBILITY.
SO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY,
DEFINITELY SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS
AND THEN SUB ZERO WINDCHILLS FOR
CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY.
FOR TONIGHT, THOUGH IT’S QUIET.
24 DEGREES TOMORROW, A NICE DAY
IF YOU HAVE ERRANDS TO RUN
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING TO DO TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY, THOSE ARE THE
DAYS TO GET IT DONE GET THROUGH
PART OF THURSDAY AS WELL, BUT IT
COULD BE WET LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON. AND THEN FRIDAY
MORNING IS WHEN WE SEE THAT
CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW ALL
SNOW FOR SATURDAY AND VERY, VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES. 20 DEGREES
SATURDAY, 18 SUNDAY IT WILL FEEL
NOTHING LIKE THAT. WE WILL HAVE
WINDCHILLS, MAKING IT FEEL LIKE
IT’S CLOSE TO 20. WOW ZERO
FRIGID CONDITIONS THIS WEEKEND.
PAUL GROSSES IN TOMORROW MORNING
. WE GET MORE MODEL DATA
OVERNIGHT, SO PAUL WILL HAVE THE
LATEST ON THOSE MODEL RUNS AND
WILL CONTINUE TO PINPOINT AND
KIND OF NARROW IT DOWN SO THAT
YOU CAN START MAKING YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS. TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY.
WE’LL HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON