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Here comes the first snowstorm of the season Oscoda, perfectly placed on a weekend. In a couple of hours the snow will start and not stop until lunchtime tomorrow. Could be mixed in with rain or freezing rain. Snow predictions run anywhere from 5-8" of powder. 

Stay tuned to the Oscoda City Desk for Action Weather Team updates!

Johnny's gonna go ahead and cancel school in Oscoda for Saturday and Sunday

With the 12-14 inches of snow coming this weekend Johnny is going to use his omnipotent powers and cancel school for Oscoda. 

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team gave him the go-ahead.

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team has an important winter weather update!

Winter has indeed found us friends. This week brings two snow events to our fair township. First, tomorrow (Tuesday) morning early the snow will start and depending on the drift of this one, could bring anywhere from 2-8' across the northern tier of the lower peninsula. Oscoda and along the lake is looking like a 2-4" currently, more south and northwest.

Now for the real fun, Friday.

It looks like it begins mid-morning Friday and goes through Saturday afternoon. Maybe this is why nobody is RSVPing to Johnny's Saturday afternoon Browns playoff buffet. So, there you have it, hippity hoppity winter's on the way. See you at the quickly emptying grocery store!

They have upgraded this nebbish snow day to a 3-6" annoyance

3-6" of sloppy wet snow between, well, now and 7am tomorrow for Iosco (and Ogemaw but who really cares) Counties. Probably much ado about nothing unless you are a dog.

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team rates this a 1 Dr. Smith storm system.

Oscoda, we need to talk a little weather this morning...

...actually maybe we should have a big talk about the next 24 hours of weather around here. 

Snow and ice are on the way but the big problem is the ice and the amounts. Some predictions have almost a half-inch of ice setting up around the greater Oscoda area. You read that right, a half-inch. Bet on at least a third of an inch and that means loss of power and trees and branches coming down no doubt. If your phone or iPad or other electronics need charging, now would be the time. Now, there is the threat of some amount of snow, 2 inches, 3 inches, 4 inches, no model seems to have landed on a solid amount of snow on top of the ice. This whole winter storm party kicks off tonight around 6pm so whatever preparations you feel you need to make, you have some time today. 

Stay with the Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team for more information as it becomes available.

While Oscoda enjoys Thanksgiving weekend, a storm brews for Monday

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather team insisted Johnny post this today ie fair warning and all that. There is a possibility the first real snow of the year might be of good size. Early reports are calling for 1-2" of snow late Monday afternoon and 4-5" more Monday night. 

Stick and stay with the Oscoda City Desk for updates all weekend, long after you can get them elsewhere!

Accuweather is throwing around a number on our snow Tuesday night and all day Wednesday

You're not going to like the number, Oscoda. Accuweather is now calling for 6-10" of new snow beginning Tuesday evening and running all day Wednesday.

This has been an Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team update.

Did you like last Saturday's snow?

If you did Johnny has some GREAT news for you, we're getting more this Saturday, potentially much more. The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team is constantly checking maps and fronts and humidomometers and other sources and so forth and right now, one source says around 5" of snow Saturday while Accuweather, normally not one to put up big projections too soon just threw up and 8-12" for the Oscoda City Desk viewing area.

Again, Johnny will have more on this storm as more becomes available.

OK kids, here is the update on Saturday's storm

And if Johnny loses power he's gonna light the biggest fire the north has ever seen. Whatever wicked this way comes, comes around 5-6am on Saturday morning. While those of us north of Saginaw Bay won't get as much ice as those downstate, we should get a huge dumping of snow. BOTH Accuweather and Wunderground are pointing to a 10" snow for Oscoda and the surround. The worst of the storm should probably start hitting around 2pm as of press time.

With a 5 Dr. Smith rating being the end of the world and 4 Dr. Smiths used for truly crippling storms, Johnny is rating this one as a 3 Dr. Smith winter storm.

We have good news and bad news: It all depends on how you feel about snow

Checking the Saturday weather situation on and off has indeed led to seeing a trend and that trend is MORE SNOW. Yesterday it was in the 6 inch range, now the Wunderground projection is north of 8 inches. Not trying to alarm anyone, just letting them know a trip to Roger's might be in order on Friday if you do your marketing on Saturday.

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather Team is calling for some snow on Saturday

Johnny and the crew have been tracking the numbers from Wunderground for a couple three days and the projected possible snow totals have gone from 4.2 to now 6.2".

Keep your eyes and ears out to this weather station for more updates.

The Oscoda City Desk Action Weather team is relaying a winter weather advisory

By this time tomorrow there should be a cool 4-7 inches of new precipitation, in the form of snow (it might be rain at the tail end). The snow kicks off between 4-5 PM today and will go through the night. It will keep Johnny from a trip to Alpena this evening and isn't that just a little sad.