LANSING, Mich. — With a fresh blanket of 2"-5" of snow on the ground in our neighborhoods, skies are set to clear as we head into tonight. The clearing comes on the leading edge of a high pressure system, which will heave our temperatures falling for the weekend. Lows tonight will already take a dive into the teens, and we're not stopping there.
Saturday will bring partly cloudy skies, but don't expect the sun to warm us up much. Highs will only climb to the low 20s, with wind chills holding in the teens throughout the day. The worst of the cold will hit overnight, with clear to partly cloudy skies allowing temperatures to free fall into the single-digits. More sunshine is ahead for Sunday, but highs will remain cold in the mid 20s.
From there, we look ahead to our next chance for snow showers on Monday. Early projections put new snowfall around 1" or less, but it could be just enough to freshen up what is already on the ground. Hope for a white Christmas will come down to how much melting occurs on Tuesday. Highs on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will mark the start of a warming trend, climbing a few degrees above freezing in the middle to upper 30s. We'll see some melting, but hopefully enough will remain on the ground for Christmas.
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