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KEY MESSAGES

- Couple chances for Light Snow into Early Next Week

DISCUSSION

Issued at 247 AM EST Thu Jan 1 2026

- Couple chances for Light Snow into Early Next Week

We will see flurries near Lake Michigan this morning and then some light snow this afternoon and evening as a weak shortwave trough moves through, but accumulations should be less than an inch as subsidence and drying quickly follows overnight.

Another shortwave trough and clipper low moves through Sunday night into Monday morning and could bring an inch or two of snow with the higher amounts across the northern zones as the low center tracks north of the forecast area. Although amounts should be light, some untreated roads could be slippery for the Monday morning commute.

AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY/

Issued at 1236 PM EST Thu Jan 1 2026

Light snow will be working into west Michigan over the next couple of hours. This will bring some visibility reductions with MVFR and IFR conditions prevailing at times through the first 6-9hrs of the forecast period. Once snow moves on...MVFR ceilings could persist into mid to late Friday afternoon.

GRR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

MI...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 7 PM EST this evening for LMZ844>849.