Fantastic! Southeast Michigan bracing for another 5-8 inches of snow

If you're a Michigander and you enjoy bone-chilling arctic temperatures that literally hurt your face, the persistent pounding of icy snow that forces you to drive 10 miles an hour, and the grueling aches and pains that come with repeatedly shoveling your driveway and scraping your car, then congratulations! You're probably going to love this weekend.

While southeastern Michigan, including Detroit, gets a temporary reprieve from the perils of winter weather this week — a high of 43 on Wednesday and 51 on Thursday in Detroit, for example — the current long-term forecast calls for 5-8 inches of snow starting Friday night and arctic temperatures returning by Saturday.

That's just wonderful. Awesome. Great.

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Friday's high in Detroit is 36 with a wintry mix during the day, but snow showers are set to pick up that evening with 5-8 inches expected, then another 1-3 inches coming Saturday with a high of 19 degrees (and a low of 3).

The snow should stop by Sunday, but the high that day of 15 with a low of 4, with temperatures remaining in the teens until Tuesday.

We'll have more as the week goes on. Remember, this is Michigan weather we're talking about, so things can change about as fast as a lead in a national championship game (sorry again, Georgia).

Long story short: Did you wait to take your Christmas lights down? Do you have errands to run? You better do it all before Friday. Unless, of course, you revel in driving through a massive snow globe.

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