Dangerously cold temperatures continue; snow returns late Wednesday for Metro Detroit

4 Warn the weather – COLD WEATHER ADVICE: Remains in effect for all of southeast Michigan until Wednesday at 12.00. Wind chill values ​​will drop to between -15° to -25° to start the day on Wednesday. These types of dangerously cold temperatures can result in frostbite in less than 30 minutes on exposed skin.

WEDNESDAY (4 WARNING WEATHER WARNING): Mostly cloudy skies. Chance of snow showers, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Still cold. High: 14. Wind chill values ​​increase to -5° to -10°.

WEDNESDAY EVENING: Mostly cloudy skies, chance of snow showers early. Low: 10.

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy skies, chance of snow showers. High: 25.

THURSDAY EVENING: Mostly cloudy skies. Still cold. Low: 8.

FRIDAY: Partly cloudy sky. High: 23.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy skies. Low: 13.

Our 4Warn Weather Alert continues through Wednesday due to where the expected temperatures and wind chill will go. High pressure will build into the region from the US Midwest to the East Coast on Wednesday and act as our “cold pump” keeping temperatures well below average. Most of the region starts with temperatures somewhere between -3° to -10° for an air temperature, but once you factor in the wind, widespread chills of -15° to -20° are common, so take a pack if you do it. going out this morning.

With that we will get some much colder air moving into the region so we will keep a cloud in the forecast as we work our way through the day on Wednesday.

As we enter the second half of the week, it looks like a weak disturbance will move into the region as we get to Thursday, keeping the chance of some snow showers into the forecast before the dry weather settles into . the end of the week and the start of the next weekend. It looks like we’ll have enough moisture to keep some cloud cover around, so expect mostly cloudy skies on both Friday and Saturday.

Temperatures will be on a warming trend as we reach the second half of next week, and we’ll be crawling out of the freezer pretty quickly as well. High temperatures will warm into the 20s for Thursday and Friday with low overnight temperatures in the teens. Then it looks like we’ll climb into the lower 30s, right around freezing, as we hit the first part of next weekend on Saturday.

We will keep cloud cover into the forecast and look ahead towards the end of the weekend on Sunday, also with the possibility of snow showers as we watch another disturbance move into the region. Mostly cloudy skies are expected outside of the snow showers, with high temperatures heading back into the upper 20s Sunday afternoon.

We will keep the cloud cover in the forecast and look ahead at the start of next week. Mostly cloudy skies can be expected. High temperatures will warm from the upper 20s, back into the lower 30s as we head into Tuesday.