{"id":314825,"date":"2025-11-26T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/314825\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:24:08","slug":"snow-to-spread-rapidly-today-near-white-out-conditions-with-winds-to-60-mph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/314825\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow to spread rapidly today, near white-out conditions with winds to 60 mph"},"content":{"rendered":"

The storm system that started marching into Michigan on Tuesday night is flipping the switch to winter in a big way on Wednesday. Snow is going to develop rapidly today – and so are the winds. <\/p>\n

Gusts are expected to ramp up to 40 to 50 mph inland today. Areas by Lake Michigan could see 60 mph winds. <\/p>\n

These high winds will hit at the time of the heaviest snow, which is a combination expected to create hazardous travel conditions. Low visibility and near-whiteout conditions are expected in areas across the state today. <\/p>\n

Temperatures will plunge to sub-freezing levels later Wednesday, making roads icy.<\/p>\n

Wednesday afternoon into Thursday is expected to be the toughest time to be out on the roads.<\/p>\n

\u201cTravel conditions will worsen Wednesday afternoon\/evening with slick and snow-covered roads and near-whiteout visibilities at times,\u201d the National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said. \u201cHigh winds are also expected with 40-60 mph gusts, highest along the Lakeshore.<\/p>\n

\u201cConditions will deteriorate through the day Wednesday. Snow showers and hazardous conditions continue through Thursday before winding down Friday. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf traveling for the holiday, allow extra time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WinterWednesday into Thursday will have the worst storm impact for Michigan.Graphic provided by the National Weather Service<\/p>\n

Here are some of Wednesday\u2019s forecast highlights from the NWS:<\/p>\n

Snow rapidly develops Wednesday morning and then continues through Friday morning.Wind gusts are forecast to reach 40-60 mph Wednesday, with the highest winds along the Lakeshore.Travel conditions will deteriorate Wednesday afternoon\/evening.Expect slick and snow covered roads with rapidly-changing visibilities – near whiteout at times.There is a 60-80% chance of 6+\u201d of snow near I-94 and U.S. 10 along U.S. 131 corridor.<\/p>\n

While some areas in the Upper Peninsula are expected to be especially hard-hit by snow – up to 40 inches are forecast for some areas along the Wisconsin border<\/a> – the Lower Peninsula will see somewhat tamer snow amounts with this storm.<\/p>\n

Most of the snow will fall in Northern Michigan, West Michigan and Mid-Michigan, with most areas on the southeast side of the state only getting an inch or two.<\/p>\n

In Northern Michigan, up to 12 inches of snow is expected in the snowbelt area from Grayling north to Bellaire.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The NWS says West Michigan will see two areas of high snowfall: The northwest area along and near U.S. 10, and areas southwest of Grand Rapids.<\/p>\n

Here are some expected West Michigan snowfall amounts:<\/p>\n

4 to 8 inches for Mason, Lake, Osceola, Oceana, Newaygo and Mecosta counties.3 to 7 inches: Southwest counties, including Kalamazoo.2 to 5 inches: Muskegon, Ottawa and Kent counties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The storm system that started marching into Michigan on Tuesday night is flipping the switch to winter in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-314825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}