We Just Miss A Big Storm...

Good Morning!

Sunny skies with maybe just the occasional cloud in the area right now, but you can expect that to change in the next several hours.  We should have some light snow in the area by nightfall or shortly thereafter, and falling temperatures throughout the day as the comfy above average readings that helped us get rid of some of of this snowpack move off to the east.  Let's take a deeper dive and see what we have:

First let's have a peek at temperatures across the country:

WINTER RETURNS:  Reading will decline as the day progresses, ending up in the mid 20's by the time it's all said and done.  Off to the northwest of us and across the lake in Wisconsin, they are bracing for some fresh snow to fall, north of us here in Michigan, as much as 7 inches by tomorrow.  Here's the current Tru-Track Doppler picture with satellite underlaid:

Thankfully the low pressure that's causing all of this slides just off to the northwest, keeping us on the less snowy south side of it. We don't escape totally unscathed though, as we do pick up an inch of new snow, give or take.  After that, we see...

A NEW ALBERTA CLIPPER PATTERN:  I'm just reinforcing what I said in prior forecasts, where we are seeing a series of upper disturbances rotate through the area every day and a half or so, and each one of these has the potential to bring us some fresh snow.  By the time the week is over, don't be surprised to see that about 3-4" of snow has fallen, even though we should have time to plow and shovel it away between events.  I am keeping my eye on a Clipper for Saturday.  Forecast model data indicates that the upper low will slide by us to the south.  If that verifies, we could get a couple or three inches of snow out of that one, as we'll be in the strongest cold side sector of the storm.  Have a look at the Weather Prediction Center 5 Day map:

And that new snow won't go anywhere for awhile as we deal with...

FALLING TEMPERATURES:  Temperatures over the next several days will be trending down, with lowest readings bottoming out around 10 degrees for the weekend.  We'll see daytime highs taking a nosedive as well, with readings topping out in the mid 20's over the next few days, as we get shots of colder air in here between Clippers.

Here's a look at the forecast for Jackson and vicinity:

Have a great day!  Blessings.