00:00We're still dealing with the impacts from the blizzard from this storm Michigan down to 75,000 customers without power.
00:06We were well over 80,000 just a couple of hours ago, so moving in the right direction. But take
00:12a look still a high percentage of some of these counties without power. That's these different colors that you're seeing
00:1840 to 80% of many of these counties do not have power at this point. Now is this the
00:24most populated portion of Michigan? No, but still this is significant and I know you guys are the ones that
00:29typically if there's going to be power outages, that's where it's going to be. But again, still, we're seeing the
00:34impacts from just what you're seeing on the right-hand side of your screen. I mean, this certainly was a
00:38major storm. By comparison, what you're seeing on radar and clouds over the last six hours here, this is not
00:44major. This is just a clipper, but it is bringing some widespread snow. And yes, in many of the same
00:48areas that just got hit with this major March megastorm. We are accumulating a coating to two inches in many
00:55of these areas even through tomorrow morning.
00:57Now, when we talk about tomorrow morning, it's mainly the eastern portion of this map, of course. So let's take
01:03a look at future radar and clouds to give me an idea of how it plays out. Chicago, you will
01:07see more snow by the time we get to the evening into the overnight hours. Then 6 a.m. tomorrow,
01:12it's Michigan. So some of you are going to have some snowflakes falling for your morning commute. And the other
01:16thing to keep in mind here, this time of year, especially the sun angle, all of these different factors, we
01:21get a little bit of melting during the day in places like Minneapolis. You're seeing that ice on the roads,
01:27though.
01:27It refreezes at night. So each morning, and especially with some new snow on top, we're going to see some
01:34slick spots. Just keep that in mind. I know you guys are used to the snow. You're used to roads
01:37like this, but it's just something that you want to be thinking about that maybe, you know, late March, you
01:42wouldn't typically be thinking about.
01:43Now, there's another clipper or two that comes through throughout the rest of the week. Not big impacts, though. Just
01:50enough to be annoying, the northeast gets it worse than we do in the north central, that's for sure.
01:54Now, Michigan, this late week one, you're going to get it, and you could see some additional sleet or freezing
01:59rain, which you did see with that last storm, which, honestly, that plus the wind, probably why we have so
02:04many power outages.
02:04That freezing rain just really does some damage. More of an impact for the northeast with this clipper, so keep
02:10that in mind. But Aaron J. Jock was saying, we're looking ahead to spring. Here's your look ahead.
02:15Minneapolis, Saturday, 70 degrees. Make those plans before the cold front moves through and drops us back to the 40s
02:21Sunday.
02:21We'll be right back to that.
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