Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.
In addition to the cold, lake-effect snow that began Sunday will continue through Tuesday night, creating icy, snow-covered roadways. Between 7 a.m. Monday and 7 a.m. Tuesday, a widespread 6 inches of lake-effect snow is expected along and west of US-131, with isolated higher amounts of up to 10 inches likely in Ottawa and Allegan counties.
Winter weather advisories are in place for much of Michigan to start the week, the National Weather Service said.
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.
Up to 10 inches of additional snow could fall from Benton Harbor north through Muskegon to Ludington, Manistee, Northport and Harbor Springs. Also notice our models are starting to show a two or three inch snow around the Saginaw Bay region.
Lake effect snow is expected to fall across much of Michigan this week as high winds sweep across Lake Superior, Lake Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Lake-effect snow and frigid wind chills will stick around West Michigan Tuesday. Cold weather advisories and winter weather advisories are in place. Accumulation will be slow, but steady through Wednesday. TODAY Very cold, snow bands, blowing snow HIGH 5° WIND CHILL -10° to -20° WIND WSW 5-15 G20 mph
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West Michigan schools closed for snow, bitter cold on Tuesday, Jan. 21
Grand Rapids Public Schools, Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College are among those with snow days on Tuesday, Jan. 21.
A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.
Frigid air will gradually move out of Michigan this weekend. Temperatures will climb to the 20s this weekend and next week for more residents.
With widespread school closings in West Michigan this week, some districts have now seen a half dozen or more snow days this school year.
An inch or two of fresh snow had fallen in parts of the Lansing area as of Thursday afternoon. Once again, the roads were slick.