Temperatures on Sunday morning will begin in the low teens as wind chills will be below zero and struggle to make it above zero by Sunday afternoon. Wind chills will fall into the low teens by that time but will continue to drop Saturday night. Temperatures on Friday and Friday evening will reach above freezing, but temps will drop through the day on Saturday, reaching into the mid-twenties by late afternoon. Lastly, as this low-pressure system moves out of Michigan, arctic air will filter in. Temperatures will plummet in southeast Michigan NEXT Weather Alert Day guidelines for declaration We only declare an Alert Day when the weather has the potential to be impactful to your daily life on a larger scale than a normal winter event might bring. When we have an alert day, this means we increase our weather staffing, weather coverage, and digital information and get our NEXT Tracker vehicle on the road to feed back raw weather data, including road surface temperatures. Michigan winter storm updates from NEXT Weather Teamīecause of all these factors, the NEXT Weather Team is making Friday a NEXT Weather Alert Day. A winter storm watch is in effect for heavy snow and strong winds. These winds could produce blowing snow, low visibility, and power outages.īetween the possible high snowfall amounts, gusty winds, and low visibility, winter weather advisories have been issued for southeast Michigan from 1 p.m.

These winds will be sustained around 30 to 40 miles per hour and gusting to 50 miles per hour or more. On Saturday, wind gusts will be out of the west, helping produce lake-effect snow. By Friday evening, winds will shift to the south-southwest, sustained at 30 to 40 miles per hour, gusting up to 55 miles per hour. Winds on Friday are expected to come out of the east, gusting between 30 to 40 miles per hour in the afternoon. Wind is another huge component of this system. Michigan winter storm brings strong winds to southeast Michigan Forecast snow totals as of Thursday, Jan. Additional snowfall accumulation of 1 to 3 inches is possible from lake effect snow on Saturday and Sunday. However, up to 7 inches of snowfall will be possible in areas north of I-96/I-696 and west of US-23 in our viewing area. Currently, snow totals between Friday afternoon through Saturday will be less towards the furthest southeast corner of Michigan (1 inch and up to 3 inches). If snow changes to rain earlier than 8 p.m., our snow totals could also be hampered. Temperatures on Friday will also play a role in the precipitation type we expect. Snow begins Friday afternoon and changes to rain late in the evening before changing back to snow Saturday. Lake effect snow showers will persist through the rest of Saturday and Sunday.

The system will depart around daybreak on Saturday. Lighter snowfall will continue after midnight Saturday. The precipitation type should begin as wet, heavy snow with the most intensity (about 1/2 inch to 1 inch of snow per hour is possible). Precipitation will begin to fall in the early afternoon hours. When will the Michigan winter storm start?įriday morning will be dry but foggy in some areas.

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