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neonvincentAs I wrote yesterday, during 2015, Examiner.com accepted weather alerts as newsworthy. That changed in 2016. I submitted this and was told that weather reports were no longer newsworthy. It was the last one I wrote for Examiner.com.
Winter Storm Petros predicted to cover Detroit's suburbs with heavy snow
At 3:33 P.M. Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb counties. It also issued a winter weather advisory for Wayne County. These superseded a winter storm watch issued Monday.
The winter storm warning for Detroit's northern suburbs will begin at 9:00 A.M. Wednesday and end 11:00 A.M. Thursday. The winter weather advisory for Detroit proper and its western suburbs will begin earlier, at 7:00 A.M. Wednesday, but end at the same time as the winter storm warning.
The storm, which the Weather Channel dubbed Winter Storm Petros, will drop between eight inches and one foot of snow in Livingston County, most of Oakland County, and the northern parts of Macomb County by the time the system leaves Michigan for Canada on Thursday. The southeastern corner of Oakland County and the southern portion of Macomb County could see between six and eight inches during the same time.
Wayne County will likely experience two episodes of snowfall, the first between two and five inches during the day on Wednesday and the second between one and three inches Wednesday night into Thursday morning. In between, the temperature will rise above freezing, so the snow will be replaced by rain.
Snow accumulation will begin in the mid-morning on Wednesday. The snow could mix with rain during the morning, being replaced by all snow during the afternoon.
Snow will become heavier throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Peak snowfall with rates up to an inch per hour is likeliest around 7:00 P.M. During the heaviest snowfall, visibility may fall to as little as one-quarter mile.
Because of the heavy snow, travel on area roads will be hazardous. In addition, the heavy, wet snow will make snow removal more challenging throughout the afternoon and evening.
Michigan will not be alone in being affected by Winter Storm Petros. The system, which is tracking northeast from Texas, will strike a path through Arkansas and Missouri into Illinois. It will likely drop between six and eighteen inches in east-central Illinois, northern Indiana, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The center of the storm will pass through Ontario and Quebec, but its fringes will deposit between one and three inches of snow thoughout the Ohio Valley, New York, and New England by the end of Thursday.
Winter Storm Petros predicted to cover Detroit's suburbs with heavy snow
At 3:33 P.M. Tuesday, the National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for Washtenaw, Livingston, Oakland, and Macomb counties. It also issued a winter weather advisory for Wayne County. These superseded a winter storm watch issued Monday.
The winter storm warning for Detroit's northern suburbs will begin at 9:00 A.M. Wednesday and end 11:00 A.M. Thursday. The winter weather advisory for Detroit proper and its western suburbs will begin earlier, at 7:00 A.M. Wednesday, but end at the same time as the winter storm warning.
The storm, which the Weather Channel dubbed Winter Storm Petros, will drop between eight inches and one foot of snow in Livingston County, most of Oakland County, and the northern parts of Macomb County by the time the system leaves Michigan for Canada on Thursday. The southeastern corner of Oakland County and the southern portion of Macomb County could see between six and eight inches during the same time.
Wayne County will likely experience two episodes of snowfall, the first between two and five inches during the day on Wednesday and the second between one and three inches Wednesday night into Thursday morning. In between, the temperature will rise above freezing, so the snow will be replaced by rain.
Snow accumulation will begin in the mid-morning on Wednesday. The snow could mix with rain during the morning, being replaced by all snow during the afternoon.
Snow will become heavier throughout the afternoon and into the evening. Peak snowfall with rates up to an inch per hour is likeliest around 7:00 P.M. During the heaviest snowfall, visibility may fall to as little as one-quarter mile.
Because of the heavy snow, travel on area roads will be hazardous. In addition, the heavy, wet snow will make snow removal more challenging throughout the afternoon and evening.
Michigan will not be alone in being affected by Winter Storm Petros. The system, which is tracking northeast from Texas, will strike a path through Arkansas and Missouri into Illinois. It will likely drop between six and eighteen inches in east-central Illinois, northern Indiana, and the Lower Peninsula of Michigan. The center of the storm will pass through Ontario and Quebec, but its fringes will deposit between one and three inches of snow thoughout the Ohio Valley, New York, and New England by the end of Thursday.
