EST the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement in effect until 10 p.m. EST for Muskegon, Montcalm, Ottawa, Kent and Ionia counties.
The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 3:19 a.m. EST on Sunday valid from 4 p.m. EST until Tuesday 7 p.m. EST for Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry and Kalamazoo counties.
The Upper Peninsula will get the brunt of a clipper system sweeping across Michigan. It is expected to make a swift exit on Thursday.
If it feels like lake-effect snow has constantly been in West Michigan’s forecast for the last several days - it has. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Grand Rapids released a long list of 96-hour snow totals today.
Michigan residents could see winds as strong as 55 mph Monday, the National Weather Service said. The weather service said a wind advisory is in effect for most of Michigan from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday because of the potential for winds gusting between 45 mph and 55 mph.
The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow
Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.
The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said areas of Michigan saw as much as 2 feet of snow this past week. Here's where the highest totals were.
Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.
The Marquette NWS office said wind chills in some areas could reach 44 below zero early in the week and residents should prepare.
The National Weather Service said reported readings as low as minus 27 Tuesday as an Arctic air mass spread across Michigan.
Wind gusts from the southwest will reach 40 to 50 mph Monday with the highest gusts in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb regions.