4Warn Weather – We are expecting another widespread accumulating snow, with some places seeing significant snowfall totals by the time we get to late Sunday night and early on Monday morning.
This is all thanks to the winter storm that is gripping the eastern 2/3 of the United States. Expect this snow to increase in intensity Sunday afternoon through late Sunday night, which is where the bulk of the accumulation will be.
Keep in mind, with air temperatures remaining in the low end of the teens, salt is not effective with where our forecast temperatures are.
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How much snow to expect in SE Michigan
Here’s where I am expecting snowfall totals to go by late Sunday night and early Monday morning:
Along and South of I-696 (Wayne, Washtenaw, Lenawee & Monroe Counties): 4 to 6, potentially 5 to 7 inches of snowfall is possible. This is high-end Winter Weather Advisory territory, potentially low-end Winter Storm Warning territory.
North of I-696 to South of I-69: 3 to 5, potentially 4 to 6 inches of snowfall. Closer to the high-end of totals on Oakland, Washtenaw, and Macomb Counties, then low to mid-end of these totals in Lapeer, Genesee Counties, etc
North of I-69: 2 to 4 inches of snow possible, 5 inches of snow at the highest end of the totals.
The snow will stick around Sunday night into early Monday morning as a northwesterly flow kicks into the region, and we could see an additional light accumulation on top of what we are already forecasting throughout much of the day on Sunday.
Expect snow to stick around early Monday morning, before cloud cover persists for the rest of the day. Another round of snow showers moves in on Tuesday afternoon and into Tuesday evening, before another round of extreme cold moves in by the end of next week. Overnight lows Wednesday night into Thursday morning will drop to near zero for most everybody, and then I am expecting air temperatures to go back below zero Thursday night into early on Friday morning.
The Climate Prediction Center has outlined the eastern 2/3rd of the United States under a risk for hazardous temperatures from January 31st through February 2nd, which would be all of next weekend. So we do run the risk of seeing additional Cold Weather Advisories through the end of next week and into next weekend.
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