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Weather Update: 1/29/2026

  • Spotty Lake Effect, Dangerous Cold Tonight
  • More Arctic Air Leading Into The Weekend
  • Some Sun this Weekend, Not As Cold Next Week

Cold Weather Advisory:

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-Western Chippewa-Central Chippewa-Southeast Chippewa-Western Mackinac-Eastern Mackinac-Mackinac Island/Bois Blanc Island-Beaver Island and surrounding islands-Charlevoix-Luce counties.

From 10 PM Thursday until 10 AM Friday.

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- Cold wind chills as low as -15° to -25° over interior areas, with locally colder locations.

For Mason-Oceana-Lake-Osceola-Clare-Newaygo-Mecosta-Isabella counties.

From Midnight to 10 AM Friday.

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- Cold wind chills -15° to -25° below expected.


Evening/Tonight: Spotty Lakeshore Lake Effect, Dangerous Cold

This evening into tonight features partly cloudy skies with spotty lake effect snow.

Winds go more N into tonight, focusing any lake effect near the lakeshore.

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Better coverage near Lake MI south of Little Traverse Bay, Near the Lake Superior shoreline into Luce and Chippewa counties. Maybe near Rogers City & Alpena too.

Overnight lows stay very cold. Negatives single to double digits.

Winds tonight not to strong from the N at 5 mph.

Still, wind chills still trend well below 0 in the negative double digits. Continue to wear the layers heading outside!

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Friday & The Weekend: More Arctic Air, Not As Much Snow

We will see partly cloudy skies Friday still with a few lake effect snow showers near the lakeshore possible. Winds will be more from the N. Some sunshine inland!

There could be a few snow showers for our northern zones Friday PM.

Highs Friday will range from the mid single digits to mid teens.

Wind chills Friday still trend well below 0 throughout most of the day.

Saturday is similar with a lingering lake effect snow shower near the lakeshore.

Some more rays of sun in the mix will be on the table Saturday inland and Sunday.

Highs this weekend stay cold, not as cold as the past few days.

More teens Saturday to some 20s Sunday.

Increasing clouds Sunday later PM from the west ahead of another possible clipper.

Next Week: Another Possible Clipper, Not As Cold

Monday could feature another possible clipper with some light snow chances.

Highs Monday not as cold in the mid to upper 20s.

Some more dry hours possible Tuesday. Maybe a spotty snow shower or two.

Highs Tuesday a touch colder in the upper teens to 20s.

Overnight lows still cold in the single digits to teens.

Wednesday may have another chance for snow depending on the track of a system.

At the moment, favoring farther south downstate. Will watch our central zones.

Highs Wednesday still trending back in the 20s.

Another snow chance favoring more of our northern zones Thursday.

Highs Thursday back in the 20s to potentially a few low 30s!

- Meteorologist John Gross


Here is the snowfall so far for the season!

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- 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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