There has been around one inch of new snowfall that has been mixed with some freezing rain. The overnight low was 25 at the current time there is light snowfall and the temperature is now up to 27. It will be mild today and cold tonight and for the weekend. It looks to warm up next week and we could see highs near 40. All in all the next couple of weeks look to be on the mild side. And as of yet no big systems on the horizon.
KEY MESSAGES
FREEZING DRIZZLE TO SNOW SHOWERS THIS A.M., THEN COLDER AND WIND
COLD THIS WEEKEND WITH A CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW SUNDA
MODERATING TEMPS NEXT WEEK WITH SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION
Detailed Forecast
Today
Snow showers, mainly before 1pm. Temperature rising to near 35 by 11am, then falling to around 22 during the remainder of the day. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -4. North northwest wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 22. Wind chill values as low as -2. North northwest wind around 6 mph.
Saturday Night
A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Calm wind.
Sunday
A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. South southeast wind around 6 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.
Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 33.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39.
Tuesday Night
A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a low around 28.
Wednesday
A chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 33.
Wednesday Night
A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.
The official H/L yesterday at Grand Rapids was 24/15 there was 0.4” of snowfall and there was 9” of snow on the ground. The highest wind gust was 24 MPH out of the SW. For today the average H/L is 32/18 the record high of 54 was in 1938 the coldest high of 8 was in 1895 the record low of -9 was in 1895 and 1977 the warmest low of 43 was in 1904. The wettest of 0.71” that fell as the record snow fall of 8.1” in 2008 the most snow on the ground was 21” in 2014.
Some weather history for February 6th 1978 A massive nor'easter buried the cities of the northeastern U.S. Storm totals included 18 inches at New York City, 16 inches at Philadelphia, and 14 inches at Baltimore. The Boston MA area received 25 to 30 inches in "The Great New England Blizzard" and the mayor outlawed travel in the city for an entire week. (David Ludlum) and in 2010 On February 5-6, a severe nor'easter, commonly referred to as Snowmageddon, impacted the east coast from North Carolina to New York. Some snowfall amounts include; 32.9 inches at Washington Dulles International Airport; 28.5 inches at the Philadelphia International Airport; 21.1 inches at the Pittsburgh International Airport; 18.2 in Atlantic City; Trace in Central Park.
All I know is that at least one of these maps is going to be wrong. You can't have snow when it's 70+ degrees, lol.
(What will probably happen is something in the middle, with highs in the 50s.)
Mostly well above normal temps on the AIFS for the next two weeks. If we are going to repeat what we've done this winter it would suggest we get another cold period in March. Perhaps too late for arctic air by then but maybe one last hurrah for some snow. As it is, models showing a couple of wet periods down here at least.