DETROIT – Welcome to New Year's Eve in Detroit! It will be cold and feel even colder for revelers enjoying the "D" Drop in Campus Martius.
Spartans fans lucky enough to head to the Cotton Bowl in Texas will not escape wintry weather either.
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Wednesday evening will be cold with fair skies. Temperatures will fall from the 20s to the teen.
By midnight, the thermometer will say 15 or 16 degrees, but 15 to 20 mph winds will make it feel like 0 or lower. Families must have hand- and toe-warmers along with winter coats, hats, gloves and scarves for everyone. If properly prepared, people can safely, warmly ring in 2015.
Happy New Year, Thursday morning! Skies will be loaded with sunshine and clouds before noon. It will continue to be cold with morning temps in the teens and wind chills below zero.
THE COTTON BOWL 2015: Baylor vs. Michigan State
Spartans fans lucky enough to travel to Arlington, Texas, for the 2015 Cotton Bowl against Baylor University will need to call their airlines in advance to make sure their flights remain on time. This is because, there will be a Winter Weather Advisory in effect in central and northern Texas with freezing rain, sleet and freezing conditions in the forecast. Ice is likely with temperatures in the low 30s all day and ice forming on untreated roads and sidewalks. Use extreme caution driving and walking around the airport and football stadium
Back in the Motown area, Skies will be partly sunny with a few afternoon and evening flurries and highs in the upper 20s.
Friday will be partly sunny with highs in the low 30s. Then the moisture in Texas comes to Michigan for the first full weekend of 2015. Skies will be cloudier on Saturday with a rain-snow mix and highs near 35 degrees. The wintry mix changes to snow Saturday night and Sunday with snow totals near an inch by the end of Sunday.
LOCAL 4 WEATHER APPS
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