Light Snow for Chicago, Detroit This Weekend

By Anthony Sagliani, Meteorologist

January 05, 2013

A weak disturbance which caused snow and ice in desert areas of west Texas Thursday and Friday will spread a swath of light snow through the Great Lakes this weekend.

This will by no means be a widespread, heavy snowfall, but a few flakes will still fly from Chicago eastward to Grand Rapids, Detroit and Buffalo.

The light snow is unlikely to cause any travel delays on the roads or at the airports across the region.

The snow will arrive mostly as flurries Saturday night and last much of the day on Sunday.

Most locations will see but a coating to perhaps an inch, but a few places just downwind of the lakes could see a little more.

In these spots, where the lakes will help to enhance the snow, anywhere from 1 to 3 inches is possible.

Any flakes still in the air Sunday night will quickly come to an end as a dry dome of high pressure builds in overhead.

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