Winter storm watch for Ann Arbor downgraded to winter weather advisory

Posted on Tue, Mar 22, 2011 : 12:36 p.m.

Winter storm watch for Ann Arbor downgraded to winter weather advisory

By Cindy Heflin

The National Weather Service has downgraded a winter storm watch issued for tonight and Wednesday to a winter weather advisory.

The weather service said up to a tenth of an inch of ice may accumulate on area roads, making travel hazardous.

Icing of power lines and tree limbs is also possible during the advisory period, which runs from 8 tonight to 8 p.m. Wednesday, the weather service said.

The weather service said rain showers this evening will turn to a mixture of freezing rain and sleet as the temperature drops to a low of about 32. The intensity of the freezing precipitation will increase throughout the night.

Wednesday, rain or freezing rain is expected before 2 p.m., then snow, freezing rain and sleet. Thunder is also possible tonight and Wednesday.

For a complete Ann Arbor area weather report, including current conditions, radar and forecast, visit AnnArbor.com/weather.

Comments

walker101

Tue, Mar 22, 2011 : 8:26 p.m.

Ann Arbor one of the best cities to live in? Yeah, right, 6 months of cold, colder and freezing weather.

EyeHeartA2

Tue, Mar 22, 2011 : 7:15 p.m.

We get the worst weather and never hear a word about it. If they tell us we have a huge storm coming, there will be nothing to worry about. Everyone forget snowmaggedon already?

Marshall Applewhite

Tue, Mar 22, 2011 : 5:30 p.m.

It doesn't look like it's going to be cold enough for this storm to do any real damage. Kind of a relief. Just imagine how much snow we'd have if the temperatures were below freezing for Sunday and today.

Bertha Venation

Tue, Mar 22, 2011 : 5:17 p.m.

Shouldn't that be "a tenth of AN inch if ice?" Doesn't matter. I prefer my ice in a glass with a shot of scotch.