Multiple chances for wintry weather over the next week – here's what to expect

4 weather warning – Saturday: Cloudy skies, chance of snow. High: 36. Wind: East 5 – 10 mph

Saturday night: Cloudy skies, chance of snow. Low: 29. Wind: northeasterly 3-6 mph

Sunday: Cloudy skies, chance of snow. Light accumulation is possible. High: 38. Wind: West 5-10 mph

Sunday night: Mostly cloudy skies. Stay dry and cool. Low: 28. Wind: West 5-10 mph

After a dry weekend, we'll bring a dose of wintry weather on our way to the region as we look ahead through most of the weekend.

Clouds rolled into the area overnight from last night into this morning, and we expect some scattered snow showers as we work through the day. There is expected to be little to no accumulation, and high temperatures will head into the mid 30s Saturday afternoon.

We'll keep the chance of snow showers in the forecast through the overnight hours tonight, with lows overnight, falling below that freezing mark heading toward 30 degrees by early Sunday morning.

Snow will continue until the end of the weekend on Sunday, and skies will also remain cloudy. Light snow accumulation is likely, with most places expected to have less than an inch of snow. High temperatures return to the upper 30s Sunday afternoon.

We keep the cloud cover in place to start next week on Monday before all eyes turn to the potential for a major winter storm. We are on our way and looking forward to the middle of next week.

As of now, clouds will continue Tuesday into Thursday, and we expect wintry weather to develop through Monday night into early Tuesday morning, such as snow. The path of the low pressure center that will bring this storm into the region will determine most things in terms of precipitation type for most of this event. As of now, this low pressure center will be working directly over southeast Michigan, which will attract some warm air, turning the snow into showers as we work through Tuesday afternoon, and into Tuesday evening. It looks like there will be a fair amount of precipitation after the switch from snow to rain. High temperatures head out of the 30s into the lower 40s Tuesday afternoon.

Then, as cold air returns to the area after a low pressure center works in the Northeast, rain will turn back to snow Tuesday night into early Wednesday, and we'll keep a chance of snow in the forecast for Wednesday. High temperatures return to the upper 30s Wednesday afternoon.

It will also be fairly breezy as we work through the middle of the week with the system as well, when gusts of at least 35 mph can be expected, which also adds another chunk to this winter storm. We will be monitoring this as wind warnings may be needed to accompany this system until the middle of next week.

It's too early to talk about total snow accumulation for this event on Tuesday and Wednesday, and forecast data should agree better over the next day or so as the low pressure center we'll be watching makes its way up the US West Coast. Stay tuned for subsequent updates throughout the weekend, and into early Monday morning.

After the system moves eastward, we will keep the chance of snow showers in the forecast for Thursday as well. High temperatures will reach the mid 30s Thursday afternoon. We will continue to have cloud coverage in the forecast for the end of the week on Friday, with high temperatures remaining in the mid 30s.

Either way, it looks like an impactful winter storm will move into the area midweek, and after a fairly calm and mild start to the winter season, we're getting our first major system. We are on our way and looking forward to next week. We will continue to refine these forecasts as we work throughout the next couple of days as the data agrees better.