LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Dry and cloudy circumstances will proceed all through the remainder of our Valentine’s Day, with excessive temperatures within the mid to low-20s throughout the realm. Our important concern is on a set of programs that may transfer in over the weekend, bringing one other spherical of impactful snow to Mid-Michigan.
Saturday
The Nationwide Climate Service has issued Winter Climate Advisories for Jackson, Calhoun, Eaton, Ingham, Barry, Clinton, Ionia, Gratiot, and Montcalm County. This advisory will start at 11 o’clock tonight, forward of our first system.
The prospect for snow will enhance throughout Mid-Michigan round 1-2 a.m. Saturday. We can have a couple of heavy bursts of snow shifting via the realm for the primary half of the day, impacting journey on Saturday morning. By Saturday afternoon, there’s the potential for temperatures in areas alongside and south of I-94 to heat barely above the freezing mark. If this had been to happen, we might see a short transition right into a wintry mixture of precipitation, limiting snowfall totals and potential impacts. Precipitation will turn out to be extra broadly scattered Saturday night as our first space of low strain departs to the northeast.
Snowfall totals will probably be highest for areas alongside and north of I-96, with round 3-6 inches of snow within the forecast. Snow totals will rapidly taper off as you head south, with round 2-3 inches anticipated in parts of Jackson, Hillsdale, Department, and Calhoun County.
Sunday
Our second system will transfer into Mid-Michigan late Saturday evening, bringing the possibility for widespread, doubtlessly heavy snow to the area as we transfer into Sunday morning. There’s nonetheless some disagreement between our pc fashions this afternoon. However, as of proper now, it appears to be like like Mid-Michigan can have one other probability of selecting up a further 3-5 inches of snow from this second system.
This extra snow will create journey impacts throughout space roads Sunday morning and afternoon, with circumstances starting to enhance within the night as the possibility for widespread snow exits.
As a result of forecasted snowfall totals and anticipated impacts from these programs on the weekend, our StormTracker 6 Climate Staff has issued Climate Conscious Days for Saturday and Sunday. Our crew will proceed to watch these programs and supply further updates on-air this night, and on-line.
