Metro Detroit weather: Rain, snow or a mix of both in this week’s forecast
Wintry mix chances arrive in middle of week
Brett Collar, Meteorologist
The Michigan weather radar on Feb. 8, 2022. (WDIV)
DETROIT – Here is the Metro Detroit weather forecast update for Feb. 8, 2022, afternoon and evening.
Midweek mix
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Models are not spitting out a lot, but a rain/snow mix is looking more likely Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Temperatures will warm above freezing most of the afternoon, but after sunset, they should drop to near freezing, allowing everything to change over to snow.
A few snowflakes may stick around Thursday on the back side of this system, but we’re not expecting much in terms of accumulation.
Gusty winds this week
Wednesday through Saturday will be a prolonged period of breezy conditions.
The strongest winds will be around Friday, which is when we could see gusts over 35 mph.
Snow/rain Friday
Another system comes by Friday, possibly into parts of Saturday.
Long-range models are a little different on their solution, but the consensus right now seems to point to snow in the morning Friday that changes to rain in the afternoon as a warm front moves through. Then it changes back to snow at night as a cold front comes through.
Some light snow may stick around for parts of Saturday, but little to no accumulation is expected Saturday.
Snow accumulation chances are a bit of a question mark, with the warm air moving in midday Friday. But we expect a light accumulation of up to an inch remains possible by daybreak Saturday.
Anniversary of Michigan’s coldest temperature
The anniversary of the coldest temperature in Michigan’s history is Wednesday (Feb. 9).
Back in 1934, Vanderbilt, Michigan, recorded a temperature of minus-51 degrees.
Sunset at 6 p.m.
On Thursday (Feb. 10), the sun will set at 6 p.m.
This will be the first post-6 p.m. sunset since November.