Southeast Michigan under Winter Weather Advisory Saturday night due to freezing rain and ice potential
The National Weather Service has announced a Winter Weather Advisory in much of Michigan's lower peninsula, including the Southeast region for Saturday night, predicting freezing rain and a layer of ice by tomorrow morning.
Periods of light freezing rain and drizzle will produce a "light glaze" of ice beginning at 8 p.m. tonight and lasting until 4 a.m. Sunday morning.
The weather has the potential to make sidewalks roads, and bridges very slipper, the Detroit/Pontiac post announced.
The advisory pertains to the following counties:
- Wayne
- Washtenaw
- Macomb
- Oakland
- Monroe
- Lenawee
- Livingston
- Lapeer
- Genesee
- Shiawassee
- St. Clair
Areas along and south of I-94 will see the most ice accumulation. However, it won't be more than a tenth of an inch that's left over.
Temperatures are expected to rise into the evening Saturday night, starting in the low-20s in the morning before climbing into the mid-30s by Sunday morning. The wind chill will make condition feel about 7-9 degrees cooler.
Temperatures will start to fall around 10 a.m. Sunday, bottoming out in the mid-teens on Monday morning.