(WWJ) — After seeing a small dose of snow over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, Metro Detroit is gearing up for more of it on Wednesday.
The National Weather Service says a strong cold front will push across Southeast Michigan Wednesday evening, bringing "rapidly changing conditions."
AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson says this "arctic cold front" could disrupt the Wednesday evening commute.
"These aren't really gonna put down a lot of snow, but the concern is the reduced visibility and the quick coating of snow that could make things very slippery, again at a bad time of day, right during the evening commute," Thompson said live on WWJ Tuesday evening.
The NWS says the exact timing and location of possible snow squalls is unclear, but it will likely be between 6-11 p.m., resulting in low visibility and rapid accumulations of less than 2 inches "at any given location Wednesday evening across Southeast Michigan."
Wednesday morning, AccuWeather said the most likely time for the squalls would be 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The NWS is expecting SW winds of 15-30 mph, eventually becoming NW 20-40 mph.
Other parts of the state — especially Southwest Michigan — saw heavy lake effect snow Monday, with some areas seeing nearly a foot or more. At least one person was injured in a pile-up crash on I-94 west of Kalamazoo involving more than a dozen cars, with around 15 others sliding off the freeway.
Wednesday's snowfall could last into parts of Thursday, but temperatures are expected to warm back up by the weekend, with a Saturday high of 38 and a high of 47 on Sunday, according to AccuWeather.
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