Metro Detroit weather update: Weekend wintry mix, staying cold
The Michigan weather radar on Jan. 7, 2022. (WDIV)DETROIT – Here is the Metro Detroit weather forecast update for Jan. 7, 2022, afternoon and evening.
Weekend rain/wintry mix update
Models are trending toward some precipitation arriving Saturday evening, but most of what falls will still be overnight into very early Sunday.
The arrival will be as early as 7 p.m. Saturday, and could be a wintry mix to start.
Everything transitions to rain overnight and should be out of here around daybreak Sunday.
Staying cold
No big warm-ups are coming.
Wind chills Friday night below zero, in spots.
Wind chills back below zero Monday and Tuesday mornings of next week.
Not much snow in forecast
On Monday, there could be a few stray snowflakes, but they’ll have little to no impact.
Another shot for snow comes Thursday, with an upper-level disturbance, but there’s a lot to shake out with this over the coming days.
Normal high at 32 degrees
Monday of next week (Jan. 10), the normal high is down to 32 degrees.
This is the coldest (whole number) high that we see in a calendar year, and it continues through Feb. 2.
Technically, the coldest normal high of the year is on Jan. 22, at 31.8 degrees. But for normal highs, the National Weather Service likes to round up.
Sunrise at 8 a.m.
On Thursday (Jan. 13), the sun will rise at 8 a.m.
The sun continues to rise earlier and earlier through mid-June.
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