Southeast Michigan under Winter Weather Advisory Saturday night due to freezing rain and ice potential

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Bridges May Ice First This Evening

FOX 2 News Weekend

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.