DETROIT â Light snow is likely on Saturday, continuing into Saturday evening.
This continues to look like a 1-to-2-inch snowfall. Highs Saturday in the low 20s (-6 degrees Celsius), and lows Saturday night back down into the single digits (-13 degrees Celsius).
Partly cloudy to start on Sunday, then becoming mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper teens (-8 to -7 degrees Celsius).
- Friday forecast: A few flakes today
The core of this current Arctic surge arrives Sunday night and Monday, with lows Sunday night well down into the single digits (-16 degrees Celsius), and highs Monday only in the mid teens (-9 degrees Celsius). There could be some light snow on Monday.
Tuesday snow storm outlook
The models disagree greatly on Tuesdayâs storm. They agree that weâll get snow, but disagree mightily on where the surface low pressure area will be, and that makes a big difference in how much snow we get. The GFS model gives us perhaps 3 inches of snow, while the ECMWF gives us 4-to-8 inches.
We donât get snow amounts from the UKMET model, but its surface pattern looks more like the ECMWFâs. Meanwhile, the GEM looks nothing like the other three, so Iâm discounting it. So right now, plan on some serious shoveling on Tuesday, although the details wonât become more certain until later this weekend.
As for the Thursday storm, the model disagreements are even greater. The ECMWF just about misses us completely, while the GFS plows us with another solid snowfall.
The bottom line is that the pattern change weâll see next week will be one of more significant storms affecting the eastern U.S., as opposed to those weaker systems weâve been seeing lately. Stay tuned!