Snow flurries blow as pedestrians make their way along South Fifth Avenue in downtown Ann Arbor on Monday afternoon. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com

It looked like Ann Arbor was getting hit by a whiteout for a few minutes this afternoon, but it was just a short, but intense bit of snow that's not expected to bring too much accumulation, said Dennis Kahlbaum, a University of Michigan weather observer.

"It's just part of a band of a snow squall off the lakes that's passing through the area," Kahlbaum said. It's likely about 5 miles thick, he said.

"This one will probably bring a quick inch as it passes through," he said and dwindle back down to the light flurries predicted throughout the day.

This afternoon, the National Weather Service is predicting show showers with one to two inches of accumulation and wind of 15 to 25 mph with occasional gusts of up to 35 mph. High temperatures are expected to reach between 26 and 30 degrees. This evening, it's expected to be cloudy with scattered light snow showers and low temperatures dropping down between 13 and 17 degrees.

On Tuesday, it's expected to be partly sunny with a chance of flurries and northwest winds of 5 to 15 miles per hour. Highs will be between 21 and 25 degrees.

Tina Reed covers health and the environment for AnnArbor.com. You can reach her at tinareed@annarbor.com, call her at 734-623-2535 or find her on Twitter @TreedinAA.