- Bitter Cold Temps/Wind Chills This Weekend
- Spotty Lake Effect Chances
- Still Cold, Another Possible Clipper Early Next Week
Extreme Cold Warning:
For Emmet-Cheboygan-Presque Isle-Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Montmorency-Alpena-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Crawford-Oscoda-Alcona-Manistee-Wexford-Missaukee-Roscommon-Ogemaw-Iosco-Gladwin-Arenac-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-Mason-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Oceana-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella counties.
Until 11 AM Saturday.
- Very cold wind chills as low as -30° expected.
For Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa-Southeast Chippewa-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island
Until 1 PM Saturday.
- Very cold wind chills as low as -30° expected.
Cold Weather Advisory:
For Luce county. Until 10 AM Saturday.
- Very cold wind chills as low as -25° expected.
Winter Storm Warning:
For Western Chippewa and Luce counties. Until 7 AM Saturday.
- Moderate to heavy snowfall rates and blowing snow. Additional snow accumulations up to 4″, mainly along and north of M-28 and east of Munising. Winds gusting to 30 mph.
Winter Weather Advisory:
For Lake-Newaygo counties. Until 7 PM Friday.
- Additional snow accumulations up to 1″, mainly across the lakeshore counties.
For Leelanau-Antrim-Otsego-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford-Charlevoix-Emmet-Mason-Oceana counties Until 7 AM Saturday.
- Additional snow accumulations of 1-2″, locally higher possible.
Evening/Tonight: Isolated Lake Effect, Dangerous Cold
More isolated lake effect snow showers continue this evening into tonight.
Better placement just downwind of Lake MI & Superior.
Not seeing the snow? Still watch for blowing snow that can reduce visibility if traveling.
We stay very cold tonight into the weekend.
Lows tonight in the negative double digits to negative single digits alone.
Luckily winds relax into tonight. W 5-10 mph.
Still, wind chills in the negative double digits near -30° possible tonight.
Avoid long periods of time outdoors and cover up any exposed skin in layers!
Weekend: Arctic Cold! Spotty Lake Effect, Large Winter Storm
Temperatures stay dangerously cold into the weekend.
More single digits and low teens for highs the weekend.
Wind chills into the weekend will likely be trending below zero. Even in the negative double digits for many. Possibly -15° to -30°.
Still dress in layers and keep pets warm! Allow faucets to drip/run to avoid frozen pipes.
Skies this weekend will be partly cloudy with a few rays of sun!
Some spotty lake effect. Better chances near the lakeshore Saturday & Sunday.
A larger system Sunday could deliver some snow downstate. This could clip our central zones Sunday PM into Monday. Something to watch for now if traveling this weekend.
If traveling from the Tennessee Valley to the Mid Atlantic this weekend, expect some major delays from this major winter storm.
Early Next Week: Still Cold... More Snow Chances
Monday features more isolated lake effect snow chances.
Highs into the new week stay cold, not as cold as the past weekend.
More teens Monday. Overnight lows still in the single digits near 0.
Another possible clipper Tuesday into Wednesday.
Highs Tuesday & Wednesday slightly warmer from the teens to 20.
Still some spotty lake effect snow chances continue into late week.
Highs Thursday & Friday stay cold from the single digits to mid teens.
- Meteorologist John Gross
Here is the snowfall so far for the season!
- You will see the left numbers indicating how much we have seen so far and the right numbers indicating where we should be for this time of year.
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