The wet and dreary weather that we have had will continue, as the storm that created blizzard conditions in Colorado and unloaded 2 feet of snow in it's wake there is now about here with us. Let's have a closer look...
CLOUDS AND RAIN: Here's a look at the current satellite and radar composite image:
You can see the large precipitation shield stretching all the way back to northern Illinois. Even though the radar returns are coded as all rain by color here, you need to know that along and north of I-96 between Grand Rapids and Lansing, that is snow. On the other side, south of a line from Fenton to Lansing, that's all rain. I suspect it will remain that, there could be a touch of freezing precip mixed in but I don't expect much if any of that.
STORM WORKING THROUGH: Here's a look at the upper air setup. You can see the big player in the game right now, that storm system coming out of the Rockies...
The base of the trough is in north central Missouri, and it will be pulling a cold front along the southern tier of states that will cause some severe weather problems for our friends in the Deep South - a couple of tornadoes are possible in Dixie Alley today. Nothing like that for us though. Just the rain, then on the back side of the system, some wraparound snow is possible into tonight, but that should not amount to a whole lot if any does show up.
FAIRLY QUIET AFTER THIS: As this storm system departs, I don't really see a whole lot to talk about until a week from today...
Here's the next weather maker, the last day of March. A deep 980 millibar surface low centered over the Minnesota/Wisconsin line will have rain out ahead of it in the warm sector, and some snow behind it on the back side in the cold air.
I hope you have a great rest of your day!
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