A Steady Diet Of Cold Shoulder....

Good Evening!

Good News!!!  The Winter Weather Advisory has been canceled by the National Weather Service.  NEXRAD Doppler radar is just showing a bit of light snow throughout the area, with a good chunk of that coming in as lake effect snow.  Take a look at the current image:

Grand Rapids NEXRAD Radar

We'll see mostly cloudy skies tonight with just a break or two for some brief moonlight, and we should not see much if any more snow accumulation.  Speaking of snow totals, I have information from the National Weather Service about the day after Christmas storm.  I will post that in a separate entry.

Let's take a deeper dive and see what's cooking for the weekend and beyond...

SUMMARY:  After we get through tomorrow afternoon, a quieter, snow-free pattern emerges briefly.  An upper disturbance moves through tonight, it's part of a trough that will be shoveling it's way into the midwest, and opening the door for some colder air as well.  We will see our first truly polar air come in around midweek, with mid-range computer forecast models keeping us well below freezing, and even below 20 next week!

SNOW:  The upper disturbance rotating through the area gives us a chance at some light snow, especially in the southeast corner of the blog.  This will be a concern primarily for the south zone of the blog.  Areas south of I-96 and east of I-69 will see the best chance at some light snow.  I expect any new snow to stay at or below an inch and a half.  Clinton, Shiawassee, and Eaton counties should stay out of the snow, and the southern half of Ingham and Livingston should pick up some light snowfall.  I expect areas along and south of I-94 to have the most accumulation, but this will be a far cry from the after Christmas storm.  Put simply, snow chances drop dramatically after lunchtime tomorrow, though we keep a mention of a stray flurry or some light snow in the forecast from New Year's Day on.

NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY:  New Year's Eve on Monday looks to be mostly cloudy with temperatures around freezing, same for New Year's Day, with just the mention of some light snowflakes required at this time.  Monday will also be the warmest day of the next five.  You can forget about seeing the freezing mark for awhile after Monday.

Here's a look at the forecast for Jackson and surrounding areas including Rives Junction and Concord:

And looking ahead into 2013...

I do hope that you have a great weekend as we wind down 2012 and say hello to 2013!  Blessings!