Say It Isn’t Snow! Sorry, Metro Detroit, That Would Be A Lie. It Did Snow.

METRO DETROIT, MI — Wasn’t it just the other day that you were kicking around in shorts and flip-flops? It may officially be time to pack them away until spring. The first snowflakes of the season were reported in northern Oakland County Wednesday. Snow didn’t accumulate or even stick to the ground, but it did fall in furious bursts at times.

It will probably be all over by the time you head out for your commute Thursday. Rain chances are 60 percent Thursday, mainly before 8 a.m., according to the National Weather Service, but high will be near 50. There’s no snow — or rain — in the forecast for the rest of the week. It won’t be warm, though. Temperatures in the low- to mid-50s through Friday, and could warm to the mid 60s by Saturday.

Snow was reported in White Lake Township, Pontiac, Clarkston and other northern parts of Oakland County, and Troy and Brighton saw sleet.

“It’s been a little bit on the fluctuating side,” Deb Elliott, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in White Lake Township told The Detroit News. “It will switch over to a wet, heavy snow for a few seconds. It’s not predominantly snow, though.”

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It’s not unusual for southeast Michigan to get trace amounts of snow t this time of year, Elliott told the newspaper. The earliest date for a measurable snowfall is Oct.12, but the average date is Nov. 17.

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