Christmas Snapshot

It's Christmas Eve...

My little one is sound asleep with her Santa Trap all set - sleigh bells on the bottom of the tree.  Sneaky ol' Santa will slip in and out, quiet as can be though.  I hope your Christmas is filled with joy and wonder as well!
 
We got some snow around here to make it a White Christmas this year.  The road conditions as a result aren't much fun though.  Untreated roads were slippery, both stopping and starting.  Use caution if you travel to relatives for dinner tomorrow, as you may still have some slick spots, especially on back roads.  Let's look and see what's running under the hood:

CHRISTMAS DAY:  We'll see mainly cloudy skies, with perhaps a couple of breaks for a brief cameo or two of sun.  Temperatures will stick close to the freezing mark.  The good news is no more snow expected for the moment.  More on that below. Judging by the amount of snow on the car before cleaning it to depart from work, we got about an inch to an inch and a half of snow, i'll need to look at some reports to get an official total for you.  Late Christmas night into Wednesday morning, some changes are definitely in the cards.

HUMP DAY & BEYOND:  We hold temperatures in the 30's, snow chances go up Wednesday afternoon, and we may see two to four inches of snow in Jackson.  North zone areas should stay right around three inches or less, but the far south counties of Branch, Hillsdale and Lenawee could see snow totals over four inches.  A surface low is forecast to track though Louisiana, clip Alabama, then turn left and head northeast.  We'll be on the cold side of the system this time, so we won't get a pass on the snow as we basically did over the weekend.  After that slides off to the east, not much sun, a chance at snow pretty much every day for the next week, and real cold on the way, with forecast models suggesting daytime highs only in the 20's next week.

I will put a forecast up for you later this Christmas Day.  Enjoy it!