4Warn Weather - After a dry day with some sunshine, snow moves into Metro Detroit Saturday evening.
Temperatures at the onset will be above freezing so simply wet roads are expected. However, temperatures fall quickly during the evening hours, creating icy conditions on untreated surfaces.
You may want to give yourself extra time if you’ll be on the roads tonight and/or early Sunday morning. At times, snow will reduce visibility to around one mile.
Snow moves through overnight, exiting by early Sunday. Totals will be less than an inch to a couple of inches for most communities, but isolated locations could see a few inches.
We’ll begin Sunday morning in the mid teens to low 20s, and only make it to near 30° for the afternoon with some sun.
That’s a chilly start to March! March 1st is the first day of meteorological spring in the northern hemisphere. Not to be confused with astronomical spring, meteorological seasons are fixed on the first day of the month every three months. Astronomical spring, occurring Friday, March 20th, 2026 (spring equinox), is based on the earth’s position in relation to the sun.
Meteorological seasons are broken up into the three warmest months (summer consisting of June, July, and August) and the three coldest (December, January, February making up winter), with fall and spring in between accordingly. By grouping the seasons by temperature it aligns better with weather patterns. Data collection, such as monthly averages, is also easily consistent.
Luckily it will start to feel more like spring in the coming week. While high temperatures Monday will remain in the low 30s, we’ll be near 40 Tuesday with rain chances. Wednesday’s highs will reach the mid 40s and we turn even warmer to end the week.