{"id":414760,"date":"2026-01-18T10:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414760\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:55:14","slug":"winter-weather-advisory-area-expands-in-michigan-timeline-for-worsening-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414760\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Weather Advisory area expands in Michigan, timeline for worsening conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Winter Weather Advisory issued for part of Michigan ahead of Saturday night\u2019s incoming snow system has been expanded, with the National Weather Service talking about the timing of when conditions on the roads are expected to go downhill.<\/p>\n

As MLive Chief Meteorologist Mark Torregrossa explained in his forecast today<\/a>, all of Michigan will see a couple rounds of incoming snow between now and Tuesday. Tonight, most of the snow will land in areas of Northern Michigan, West Michigan and the Upper Peninsula.<\/p>\n

The next round, Sunday night through Tuesday, is going to be marked by bitterly cold Arctic air and high wind gusts that could produce blizzard-like conditions as the incoming snow is blown around and drops visibility across roads. <\/p>\n

9:09 P.M. SATURDAY UPDATE: Winter Storm Watch issued, Blizzard Warning possibly to follow<\/a><\/p>\n

Some areas could see up to a foot of snow by Tuesday.<\/p>\n

But for right now, let\u2019s break down the Winter Weather Advisory for today. Some counties in the western Upper Peninsula are under this advisory. They are shown in purple on the map below.<\/p>\n

\"WinterThe Winter Weather Advisory area has expanded in West Michigan to include Grand Rapids.Graphic provided by the National Weather Service<\/p>\n

The expanded Winter Weather Advisory area covers a double-stack of West Michigan counties that sit along Lake Michigan\u2019s shoreline, from Ludington down to South Haven. It also includes the cities of Muskegon, Fremont, Hart, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Jenison, Holland and Saugatuck.<\/p>\n

The advisory lasts into Sunday morning. Anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of snow are forecast in most of those areas tonight and tomorrow. But by Monday, the second system will have come through and those snow totals will be a lot higher in some areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere will be several rounds of widespread snow over the next few days,\u201d the NWS team in Grand Rapids said. \u201cWhile some light snow will occur today, a round of snow this evening and tonight and another round of snow with gusty winds Sunday night will bring more hazardous winter conditions to West Michigan. Total snow accumulations generally 4 to 8 inches, except locally 10+ along the lakeshore. Inland, most areas will see generally 2-4\u2033 between now and Monday.”<\/p>\n

\"SnowLight snow Saturday will be followed by two rounds of heavier snow on Saturday night and then Sunday into Monday.Graphic provided by the National Weather Service<\/p>\n

Today, light snow will continue until the system tonight steps it up a notch. That\u2019s when the worsening road conditions are forecast to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe timing of worsening conditions will be a \u2018soft start\u2019 as there are already some light snow and lingering slick roads today, but conditions should tend to worsen this evening into the overnight,\u201d the NWS forecast notes said today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A Winter Weather Advisory issued for part of Michigan ahead of Saturday night\u2019s incoming…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414761,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-414760","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414760","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=414760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}