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Snow to intensify Wednesday, up to 6 inches for parts of West Michigan
Just as this bitterly cold airmass starts to move out of Michigan on Wednesday, snowfall is expected to re-intensify across part of Michigan. This could lead to as much as 6 inches of new snow across some areas that already have been hard-hit by lake-effect snow in the last couple of weeks, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Highs in the single digits limits moisture, which limits how large and heavy snowflakes can get before falling to the surface.
A chain reaction crash developed Tuesday morning in white-out conditions along Interstate 94 in West Michigan.
With arctic air still spilling into West Michigan, the lake-effect snow has piled up across the area. Here are some of the snow reports so far.
TODAY Lake-effect snow will continue, especially along and west of US-131, with an additional 2-6 inches likely in the favored areas. Snow should begin to gradually let up by evening, though icy roads will persist in many areas. West winds of 5-15 mph will keep wind chills in the -10 to -20 degree range.
Extremely cold air, like the conditions we're experiencing, often holds less moisture. This means smaller and fluffier flakes, which can be blown around easily.
Lake effect snow is expected to fall across much of Michigan this week as high winds sweep across Lake Superior, Lake Michigan.
We're expecting the coldest morning of the week on Wednesday. Here's which schools are closing ahead of another day of severe weather.
A Cold Weather Advisory blankets all of Southeast Michigan until noon Wednesday. Wind chills as low as -25 degrees will be possible at times in Southeast Michigan during this timeframe.
An updated winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 10:41 a.m. EST in effect until Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST for Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry, Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.
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