A major winter storm will organize across the Northern Plains today and then rapidly strengthen as it moves into the Great Lakes on Sunday. Heavy snow and blowing snow are likely to persist over the Great Lakes into Monday night. Dry and gusty winds will produce a critical fire risk across the central/southern Plains. An early heatwave will begin to intensify over the western U.S. into next week. Read More >
Thursday Afternoon Update:
* Currently snowing in Lansing; some roads slippery.
* Snow and strong winds continue through the evening especially in the Thumb region.
* Snow was hit or miss this morning. Barry County (Hastings and surrounding areas) was hit with 3 to 4 inches of wet snow in 4 hours, which brought power outages to almost half the county. Lightning and thunder was also heard during the heavy snow. Air temperatures were just a few degrees too warm in most other locations.
This spring's weather spotter training schedule has been posted: weather.gov/grr/spottertraining
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