Spring-like temperatures coming to an end in Michigan with high winds and rain turning to snow
30-degree drop in temperatures expected into Thursday
Michigan's mid-winter heat wave is coming to an end.
Weather forecasters say the spring-like and record-breaking temperatures that came in Tuesday are ending Wednesday. And the corresponding 30-degree drop will turn rain into snow.
Meteorologist Matt Mosteiko of the National Weather Service in Oakland County's White Lake Township says the cold front coming later Wednesday is expected to bring increasing winds and rain turning to snow. Snowfalls by Thursday will range from a half-inch to an inch in southeastern Michigan to five inches in some areas along Lake Michigan.
He says travel conditions could become treacherous Wednesday night — particularly in areas where the rain and snowmelt have left standing water.
The weather service has issued flood watches across much of Lower Michigan.
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