WEST MICHIGAN — It's incredible that we had several record breaking high temperatures that were more than 100 years old on Tuesday, only to have a messy, wintry mix arrive just two days later on Thursday!
A mix of freezing rain, sleet, rain, and snow fell over West Michigan Thursday afternoon and evening. Icy conditions developed as snow and freezing rain progressed at a steady rate. Now that cooler air is settling in, precipitation will transition over to only snow showers tonight. Overnight low temperatures will tumble to the teens, which could allow for any remaining sleet or slush on the roadways to turn to ice. Slick travel is likely overnight. Conditions are expected to improve through the day on Friday.
Our forecast models are fairly consistent with total snowfall. As meteorologists, we look at all of the data and forecast model information, then formulate our forecast. Based on this, our totals can be found below.
We think the heaviest snow of 4" to 6" will fall north of Grand Rapids in dark blue. Our central counties including Holland, Grand Rapids, and Ionia in light blue will see an icy mix, but mainly snow with totals around 2" to 4". Our southern counties in pink stand the best chance at seeing more icing of freezing rain, rain, and sleet. About 1" to 2" accumulation of sleet/snow as well as up to a tenth of an inch of ice is possible here. All of these snow accumulation totals are through Friday morning.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY has been posted for the following counties below until 7 A.M. Friday.
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