Freezing roads timeline: When does your route possibly have sticking snow

Let’s take a look at what time the 32-degree line will cross various parts of Lower Michigan. This will give you an idea when snowy roads could develop, if your route is going to be in the snow.

Here are the current temperatures at 12:30 p.m. I show you this with some good news. This isn’t a situation of what we call a “flash freeze.” The temperatures will go down below freezing, but over the course of a few hours, not a few minutes.

The absence of a flash freeze usually means roads blow dry in places where it’s not raining or snowing at the time the temperature drops below freezing. This means the eastern half of Lower Michigan could have dry roads when the snow starts. Over the western half of Lower Michigan it’s a different story because rain or snow showers will generally keep the ro