Detroit, MI – Thanksgiving travelers across Michigan could face an increasingly unsettled weather pattern as precipitation chances rise heading into November 18–24, bringing renewed attention to possible snow, freezing rain, lake-effect snow and icy highways during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, its November 10 outlook favors above-normal precipitation across Michigan and much of the Great Lakes region from Wednesday, November 18, through Tuesday, November 24.
The broader precipitation pattern stretches from the western United States through the central Plains and Midwest, with portions of the nation’s Heartland reaching 70–80% probabilities of above-normal precipitation. Michigan falls within the wider area of elevated precipitation potential…