Weather Alert: Bitter Arctic Air Blast Headed Novi's Way

A fast-moving Arctic clipper will produce below-zero wind chill values tonight and deliver the first cold snap of the year to metro Detroit.

Heather Orow, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service’s office in White Lake Township told the Detroit Free Press the bone-chilling temperatures will make for a cold week.

“It’s going to get colder through the week,” Orow said. “It’s not unusual to have a cold snap like this (at this time of year). But it would be very unusual to stay this cold.”

Matt Mosteiko, another meteorologist at the White Lake station, told The Detroit News wind chill values of -17 degrees at 6 a.m. Monday. The actual temperature was around 10 degrees about 6:30 a.m. in the metro area, but the winds made it feel like -5 and -10.

Waves of cold air will flow into the Midwest and East in a U-shaped trough that starts in Wyoming dips down into the Tennessee Valley and then heads northward along the East Coast.

Southeast Michigan won’t get as much snow as some areas. Snow chances for the metro are 90 percent, Mosteiko said, but accumulations will vary from 2½ inches in Wayne and Washtenaw counties to 1-2 inches in Oakland and Macomb counties. Southern Michigan counties along the Ohio border could get 2-3 inches of snow.

Accuweather.com maps show early and mid-week weather patterns.

Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service

Monday night: Snow after 1 a.m. Low around 11. Wind chill values as low as -1. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tuesday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 7 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 22. West southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -4. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40 percent.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 11. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 12. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Thursday night: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Breezy.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 20.

Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19.

Saturday night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26.