- Clipper, Lake Effect Snow Into Thursday
- Gusty Winds Late Week
- Dangerous Cold/Wind Chills This Late Week & Weekend
Cold Weather Advisory:
For Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa-Southeast Chippewa-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island.
From 10 PM Thursday until 1 PM Friday.
- Very cold wind chills as low as 30 below expected.
Extreme Cold Watch:
For Luce-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.
From Late Thursday Night until Saturday AM.
- Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 30 below zero possible.
Winter Weather Advisory:
For Mason-Lake-Oceana-Newaygo counties. Until 7 PM Thursday.
- Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2-5″. Locally higher amounts possible. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. Highest snowfall expected tonight into early Thursday morning.
For Emmet-Cheboygan-Antrim-Otsego-Charlevoix-Leelanau-Benzie-Grand Traverse-Kalkaska-Manistee-Wexford counties.
Until 7 PM Thursday.
- Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2-5″. Winds gusting as high as 30 mph late tonight through Thursday.
For Western Chippewa county. Until 7 PM Thursday.
- Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 6″, highest near and north of M-123. Lower accumulations up to 2-3″ are expected south near M-28.
Tonight: Clipper Early, Scattered Lake Effect Late
Another clipper into early tonight brings widespread snow chances back.
This will turn more to lake effect snow showers into Thursday.
Lows tonight are in the mid single digits to mid teens.
Winds will become more gusty from the WSW at 10-15 mph. G30
Wind chills still trending near or back below zero.
Thursday: Scattered Lake Effect, Breezy
We’re expecting more scattered lake effect snow showers Thursday.
Some support from a nearby clipper will help in lake effect development.
Highs Thursday are in the teens near 20.
Expecting gusty winds from the WNW at 10-15 mph. G30
Wind chills still feeling near or below zero throughout the day. Wear the layers!
Snow accumulation expected for everyone. A general 1-4″
Snowbelts downwind of Lake MI & Superior; another isolated 6″+.
We get much colder Thursday night into the weekend. Lows Thursday night in the negative single digits. Wind chills in the negative double digits into Friday.
Friday & Weekend: Arctic Cold! Spotty Lake Effect
Friday brings more isolated lake effect snow showers.
Temperatures will become dangerously cold Friday into the weekend.
Highs Friday from the negative single digits to single digits.
More single digits and low teens for highs the weekend.
Wind chills late week into the weekend will likely be trending below zero. Even in the negative double digits for many. Possibly -25 to -35.
Dress in layers and try to limit your time outdoors if possible. Keep pets warm!
Skies this weekend will be partly cloudy with some spotty lake effect. Better chances near the lakeshore.
A larger system Sunday could give some snow downstate. Something to watch for now.
If traveling from the Tennessee Valley to the Mid Atlantic this weekend, expect some major delays from a major winter storm passing by.
Early Next Week: Still Cold... More Snow Chances
Monday features more spotty lake effect snow chances.
Highs into the new week stay cold, not as cold as the past weekend.
More teens near 20 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 low 20s.
- 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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