6-9 centimeters of snow on the ground, more on the way

DETROIT The snow arrived late on Monday afternoon and evening on schedule, and sometimes came down heavily during the night.

The snow came right on schedule late Monday afternoon and evening and sometimes came down heavily through the night. Snow reports are starting to come in, and it seems that we had a general snowfall of 6 to 9 inches in the area.

Of course, we get some reports outside of this series, and especially because there was a lot of blowing and drifting: there could be drifts of one or two feet in one part of a parking lot, while another windswept part of the same lot could only have a few inches of snow on the sidewalk. It is difficult to measure a fluffy snow in a windy environment.

As the snow falls, we will see a number of more-effect tires hovering over the thumb today – some of which may extend southward as far south as between M-59 and I-69, allowing those who get under the tires. has another inch of snow to deal with today.

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It will be a cold day, with only a peak in the upper teens (-7 degrees Celsius), but a north to northwest wind of 10 to 20 km / h, which keeps wind cools around zero (-18 degrees Celsius) .

Today’s sunrise is at 07:28 and today’s sunset at 18:08

Getting mostly clear on Tuesday night, combined with the fresh snowpack and wind decreasing to less than 10 km / h, means that the temperature will become crater. Lowest can range from -1 degrees (-18 degrees Celsius) in the heart of our Urban Heat Island, to -7 degrees (-22 degrees Celsius) or even a little colder in our coldest rural areas. Cold winds will average -10 to -15 degrees (-23 to -26 degrees Celsius) overnight.

Rising clouds on Wednesday, with highs in the upper teens (-7 degrees Celsius).

Cloudy Wednesday night, with low low teens (-11 degrees Celsius).

Today’s computer models tend to have less impact from the Thursday / Friday storm. If we get any congestion, the best chance will be on our east side.

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Remember that the top disturbance that this storm will generate today is just moving from the Pacific Ocean to the mainland, so our land-based balloon network can give us better data to take in the models later today, which will give us more confidence about the ultimate path – which is critical for us again.

Any push further northwest will bring significant snow closer to us. Any move further south or east keeps all snow away from us.

A system that initially came down on us on Sunday night is on track to give us a more direct hit, so a few inches of snow then seems possible – stay tuned, as there could of course be changes.

Ready for some “normal” temperatures? What about above here normal time?

It will be gradual, but it’s coming. Elevations in the middle to above 20s (-4 to -2 degrees Celsius) Thursday to Saturday, then on Sunday near freezing (0 degrees Celsius), and then in the middle to above 30s (3 degrees Celsius) next week!