Christmas storm a dud for much of Michigan

For all of those hoping and expecting a white Christmas for Michigan, well, you can quit hoping. The current storm we've been tracking for about a week now has finally made a decision on the track.

We've nailed this down for the most part. The low will end up moving west, even west of Chicago. For the most part, this was a giant fail, but, is this a sign of things to come? Will much of the rest of the winter season bring storm and storm after this? Will the Detroit area ever get a decent snowfall? Of course, all of those questions cannot be answered, because the only correct forecast is...well, there is no correct forecast, so we can only use our best judgment from the models and trends and see what comes from them.

So, let's break down this storm.

Detroit will see mostly rain. You'll start out with snow or a brief mix, then quickly change over to a chilly rain. On the back side of the system, an inch or dusting is possible, but for the most part, it will be a rainy Christmas holiday.

Chicago, well, there's more potential. It won't be a complete washout, however, some people might wake up Christmas morning and find their streets and sidewalks to be more like ice rinks. A mix bag of precip is expected, with a period of ice, which could accumulate up to 0.25"

Points west of Chicago, like into Iowa and Nebraska, will see all snow, infact, they will see blizzard like conditions for much of the storm. If you have any plans to travel to the Midwest, be sure to call ahead to your airliner, because there is a pretty good chance a lot of flights will be delayed.

The system still has the chance to make minor shifts, however, any major shifts are pretty much out of the picture, even though the storm is still a couple days out.

Join us again tomorrow. We'll talk more about this storm and try to nail down accumulations and get into talk about the long-term forecast past this system, so hopefully much of us Michiganders can see some snow in the next couple weeks.