Our first snowflakes of the season may fly this weekend!
Significantly colder air filtering in to the Great Lakes Saturday night, Sunday, and Monday. That will set the stage for some snow mixing in with rain and then changing to all snow Saturday night into Sunday.
These early season systems can easily fool folks, as a warm ground leads most to think the snow & slush won't be impactful. But, be prepared.
The image below is valid for Saturday evening at 6 P.M. Notice another low pressure system moving into Central Illinois producing a few late evening showers. By the time this system gets by us and temperatures fall Saturday night, we will start to see snow mixing in.
Sunday morning (6 A.M. below), shows colder air mixing in and snow likely. Highs on Sunday will only be in the 30s. We think 1" to 3" (perhaps 2" to 4") will be possible, especially south of Grand Rapids along the I-94 corridor with the current track of this system.
Our final image on Monday below shows a cold front dropping in with reinforcing colder air. That switches our wind to the north/northwest and it will likely be cold enough for lake effect snow showers, especially for locations along/west of U.S. 131. Additional accumulations are possible in these areas! Our team will continue to track the change!
The "average" first snow accumulating 0.1" is November 8, so flakes flying this weekend would be right on track with where we should be. Everyone should also be prepared for breezy conditions this weekend and wind chills in the upper teens and lower 20s. There will be a "winter" chill to the air, although it will be brief. we expect to warm next week back into the mid/upper 40s.
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