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Advisory expanded southward for another 1" to 2" of snow and slippery, icy roads. Please be careful traveling through lunchtime.
Early Friday morning:Snow continues with snow-covered and slippery roads. Accumulations around an inch or two through Friday daybreak. Steady temperatures in the upper 20s/low 30s. E-NE 5-10 mph.
Friday: Snow tapers off by lunchtime and into the early afternoon. Additional snowfall around 1 inch.Slippery roads, especially in the morning, and turning breezy. Near freezing. NNW 15-25 mph.
Friday Night:Partial clearing away from Lake Michigan, and colder than recent nights. A few snow showers or flurries linger closer to Lake Michigan. Upper teens. NNW 5-10 mph.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy skies may turn partly sunny, and much colder. A few Lake Shore snow showers or flurries continue early. Middle 20s. Wind: N 5-10 mph.
Saturday Night: Becoming mostly clear, and frigid. Near 10 degrees above zero with single digits in rural, outlying areas. Light winds.
Sunday: Frigid start then partly sunny, and remaining cold. Middle to upper 20s. SE 5-10 mph.
Monday: A system brings a rain/snow mix to the area. Snow is looking more likely north of Grand Rapids, with mostly rain farther south. Highs in the middle to upper 30s. Wind: SSW 15-20 mph.
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Winter Weather Advisories continue through 10 a.m. Fridayin Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon and Mecosta counties for as much as 3 to 5" of snow and slippery roads through the Friday morning commute.
All of West Michigan will be impacted by slippery travel Friday morning. Due to most of this event transpiring in near freezing air, the moisture content will be high. Freezing drizzle is also a possibility when it's not snowing steadily. These two factories increase how slippery the snow will be for the Friday morning commute. Most of the area will see about 1 to 3" out of this system, with the 3 to 5" range mostly north of Grand Rapids.
Snowfall rapidly winds down late Friday morning through lunchtime Friday as a northerly wind develops. An occasional snow shower or two would be possible on the backside of the system and into Friday evening. Otherwise, an unfavorable setup for lake effect snow on a north or even north-northeasterly wind transports any lake effect activity over Lake Michigan or sporadically at the immediate lakeshore. We do not anticipate accumulations. We do, however, anticipate some potential clearing in our skies Saturday afternoon and into the evening. Clearing, a nudge of artic air, and fresh snow should lead to a cold start early Sunday with some locations dipping into the single digits.
Some kind of a wintry mix develops on Monday. Where the rain/snow line sets up could be very close to Kalamazoo. Whatever mix transpires exits Christmas Eve morning. We'll keep watching the trends for Christmas, but as of now is appears slightly warmer than average with a leaning towards rain showers if anything.
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