Snow, sleet and freezing rain will all be part of the mix on Monday. The National Weather Service has issued a a winter weather advisory until 9 p.m. Monday night. Freezing rain could coat power lines and trees with about 1/10 to 2/10 of an inch of ice. Sleet is also a part of this storm. We could receive about a half inch or so of sleet on roadways, sidewalks and freeways.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EST THIS EVENING…
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 1 INCH. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM FREEZING RAIN RANGING FROM A GLAZING ACROSS WAYNE AND MACOMB COUNTIES TO A TENTH OF AN INCH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF WESTERN WASHTENAW AND LENAWEE COUNTIES.
* A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL BECOME A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL FREEZING RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
* THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED BETWEEN NOON AND 5 PM.
* EASTERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND STRENGTHEN TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH THIS EVENING.
* TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM ABOVE FREEZING LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MONROE AND WAYNE COUNTIES AND EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS LENAWEE AND WASHTENAW COUNTIES… CHANGING PRECIPITATION OVER TO RAIN.
IMPACTS…
* POOR TRACTION ON UNTREATED ROADS LEADING TO HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS
* SOME POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW… SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.