4Warn Weather - A large system moving toward the eastern side of the country is causing winter weather alerts to be issued for multiple states. This includes alerts the National Weather Service in Detroit has issued for parts of Southeast Michigan.
In our area, a Winter Storm Warning will be in effect for Monroe County from 5:00 a.m. Sunday until midnight Monday morning.
A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect for Washtenaw and Wayne counties from 5:00 a.m. Sunday until midnight Monday morning, and for Livingston, Oakland, Macomb, and St. Clair counties from 9:00 a.m. Sunday until midnight Monday morning.
Light snow will move in Saturday night with accumulations for most of less than an inch by sunrise Sunday morning. Parts of Monroe County may see a bit more.
Peak snowfall will be Sunday afternoon toward dinnertime, particularly from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m.
The main snow will then start to move out with lake effect snow showers lingering near the Lake Huron shoreline. The intensity of lake effect snow will be lessened thanks to the amount of ice currently on the Great Lakes.
Totals by Monday morning near the I-69 corridor and northward look to be between 2-4″, while closer to M-59 toward I-94 there is a better chance at 4-6″ with isolated higher amounts. Closer to the southern state border there is the best chance at higher amounts of 5-8″of snow.
As Southeast Michigan is on the northernmost edge of this system, a slight shift north or south may change these totals.
High temperatures Sunday will be in the low to mid teens with wind chills running in the single digits.
Cold weather sticks around into the upcoming week with another chance at light snow Tuesday.