Weather Story

Accumulating Lake Effect Snow Tonight

Cooler Ahead

5am 11/12/26 - Rain will transition to lake effect snow this evening, with heaviest bands most likely over parts of Grand Traverse and Leelanau counties, where an inch or two could fall - potentially more in some locales, if snow falls faster than the ground can melt it. Bottom line, some parts of NW Lower MI will have a bit of snow for the morning commute Friday, so plan to leave a little earlier. There is a lower chance for some accumulating snowfall across NE Lower MI tonight as well, but confidence is not as high over here as for NW MI.

Chillier air settles in today through the weekend. General rain and snow showers early today will give way to lake effect precipitation tonight into Saturday, in the form of mixed rain and snow showers. The best chance for small, slushy snow accumulations looks to be near and south of Grand Traverse Bay as well as Leelanau County. Our weather gets quieter for Sunday, just in time for the opening day of firearm deer season. Milder weather is expected to return early next week.