DETROIT – Welcome to New Year's Eve! A new year is on the way, but the same North Pole-ian feel is literally in the air. Morning temps are near zero with wind chills 10 or 15 degrees below zero or lower. The same uncomfortable to dangerous cold occurs later -- at midnight -- and on New Year's Day.
All of southeast Michigan will be under a wind chill advisory from 9 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Monday.
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Any family member outdoors must prevent frostbite or hypothermia by dressing in layers and covering all extremities with hats, scarves, gloves and extra socks. Hand and toe warmers are very useful, too.
Motown's coldest New Year's Eve was -5 degrees in 1976. It will feel colder than that. Party-goers must thoroughly prepare for a mercury drop, as well as the "D" drop in Beacon Park in Downtown Detroit. Temperatures will be near zero degrees at midnight, and wind chills will approach -10 degrees. Overnight temps will return to 0 degrees.
Happy New Year, Monday! New Year's Day will be partly sunny and frigid. Afternoon temps will be in the low teens -- 20 degrees below average.
Tuesday will be mostly sunny and frigid. Highs will be near 15 degrees after morning lows near zero, again.
Snow showers are possible Wednesday with highs near 16 degrees, with powdery snow blowing. Afterward, additional polar air arrives with highs near 10 degrees Thursday and Friday and lows near zero.
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