THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A
BRUTAL STRETCH OF WINTER WEATHER
THIS WEEK.
I AM BRIAN STERLING.
SUSAN: I'M SUSAN SHAW.
THIS COULD BE A RECORD
SHATTERING WEEK FOR WEST
MICHIGAN WEATHER.
BRIAN: A LIVE LOOK ACROSS THE
REGION, THESE SCENES HAVEN'T
CHANGED.
ALL OF WEST MICHIGAN, TRAPPED IN
A SNOW GLOBE.
SUSAN: WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE
HARDEST HIT AREAS AND SHOW YOU
THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO
CLEAN UP THE WINTER MESS.
BRIAN: WE BEGIN INSIDE THE WARM
CONFINES OF OUR STUDIO.
ILL STEFFEN IS KICKING OFF TEAM
COVERAGE.
BILL:
WEDNESDAY WILL BE THE
COLDEST DAY.
WIND CHILLS COULD REACH 30 BELOW
IN GRAND RAPIDS, 50 BOLO SOUTH
OF I-94 ON WEDNESDAY.
LET'S TAKE A LIVE LOOK AT GRAND
RAPIDS, TRAFFIC LIGHT TODAY, NOT
MUCH TRAFFIC ON 131.
FULTON STREET IN THE LOWER RIGHT
, SO SOME OF THE MAIN ROADS HAVE
SNOW ON THEM.
BE WARY OF THAT.
YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO
GET BY ON
MAIN ROADS AROUND GRAND RAPIDS.
ROSA PARKS CIRCLE DOWNTOWN, NO
ICE SKATING THERE TODAY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GOING IN A
CIRCLE, MAKING A PATH.
WINTER STORM WARNING COVERS JUST
ABOUT EVERYBODY AND THAT WILL BE
IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:00 P.M. ON
THURSDAY, AN EXTENDED TIME,
MAINLY FOR THE COLD WE WILL BE
SEEING.
WE'LL PICK UP SOME SNOW.
OCEANA COUNTY PICKING UP
STRONG
SNOW.
POCKETS OF FZING MISSED OUT
THERE, AND YOU CAN SEE THE
DARKER BLUES TO THE NORTH OF
GRAND RAPIDS.
ANOTHER INCH OR TWO COULD FALL
THIS EVENING.
FLURRIES FOR GRAND RAPIDS, BUT
TEMPERATURES HOLDING AT 15,
NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10-15 MILES
PER HOUR.
OFF TO THE NORTH, BY HUDSON BAY,
CHURCHILL AT -33.
THAT IS THE POLAR VORTEX COLD.
THAT IS MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION
AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF
THE WEEK.
NOT AS COLBERT BUT -- NOT AS
COLD HERE, BUT IT IS
NOT BAD
ELLEN: I AM
STARTING TO
ACCLIMATE'S OF THE TEMPERATURES
ARE SECOND NATURE AND THE WIND
IS NOT TOO BAD.
IF YOU WERE BUNDLED UP YOU
SHOULD BE FINE.
IT WILL BE CHANGING QUICKLY ONCE
GET TO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WE ARE
WATCHING, THE SNOW TOTAL RANGE.
LOTS OF US SAW SIX INCHES.
WE FOUND MUCH MORE IN SOME
PLACES.
THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM JANUARY.
WE WILL GIVE YOU SOME OF THE
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS, THE
ONES THAT KEEP SNOW
BOARDS IN
THE MEASURE AT KEY TIMES AND ARE
VERY METICULOUS.
WE ALSO HAVE FEWER REPORTS,
COMING IN A LITTLE -- VIEWER
REPORTS, COMING IN A LITTLE
HIGHER, WYOMING 7.6 INCHES,
HENWOOD 5.6.
I THINK MOST OF US ARE CLOSE TO
THE SIX-INCH RANGE,
ESPECIALLY
WHERE YOU HAVE THE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING, WE ARE SEEING DRIFTS
CLOSER TO EIGHT OR 10 INCHES OF
SNOW.
IF YOU ARE SHOVELING, GET THAT
DONE HOPE WILL NOW OR EARLY
