


High temperatures to end the week won't get out of the teens and overnight lows Friday night will plummet to -1 with a windchill of -15 degrees. 4Warn Weather The snow has ended, for now, in Metro Detroit, after a winter storm plowed through the area on Wednesday. The least snow falls around July 20, with an average total accumulation of 0.0 inches. If we see some totals of near 15 inches that would not surprise me.įollowing the snow will come an extremely frigid BLAST of air. In Detroit, the summers are warm the winters are freezing, snowy. It's going to be the biggest snow system since December of 2016 and perhaps a top 10 snowstorm of all time. Stay up to date on school closings on this page here - where you can also watch our live coverage all day every day. It will be up to each district whether they close in advance of the storm or not. Communities south of I-69 saw a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain which resulted in widespread ice accumulations of a quarter to half inch. Friday: Snow and blowing snow continue, with wind gusts between 45 and 55 mph. Schools will absolutely close through pretty much the entire area. The higher snow accumulations occurred across areas north of I-69, with Midland receiving a report of 8.9 inches for the storm total. Will schools close from the snow in Southeast Michigan? Near the Ohio border, we're looking at more than a foot while Ohio and Indiana should each get more than 14 inches. It only gets deeper as you go farther south. Oakland County and Macomb County should mostly get between 8 and 12 inches of snow while Detroit, Wayne County, and Washtenaw County will allow likely get between 10 and 14 inches. Snowfall last weekend pushed totals so far this month to 3.6 inches at Detroit Metro Airport, according to the NWS. Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Flint should all be in the 6 to 8 inch range. By midnight tonight, most communities will be in that range, with only cities further south and to the east landing on the. The broad range is between 8-14 inches, but a more targeted number of 10-12 inches looks likely for most of us with some of us getting even more. Snowfall totals Most of Metro Detroit will get between 3-6 inches. An additional 2-3 inches is still possible as most of the snow tracks out of Southeast Michigan by around 8 p.m.
