Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend
Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >
| NWS Forecast for: Pentwater to Manistee MI (LMZ849) Issued by: National Weather Service Grand Rapids, MI Last Update: 234 PM EST Tue Jan 20 2026 |  |
Through Early Evening: West winds 20 to 25 knots. Mostly cloudy with scattered snow showers. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Tonight: Southwest winds 15 to 25 knots. A slight chance of snow showers in the evening, then snow showers after midnight. Waves 4 to 6 feet. Wednesday: West winds 15 to 25 knots. Snow showers. Waves 3 to 5 feet. Wednesday Night: West winds to 30 knots increasing to gales to 35 knots after midnight. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Freezing spray. Waves 6 to 9 feet. Thursday: West gales to 35 knots decreasing to 30 knots in the late morning and afternoon. Partly sunny. Heavy freezing spray. Waves 7 to 10 feet. Thursday Night: West gales to 40 knots. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves 7 to 10 feet. Friday: Northwest gales to 35 knots decreasing to 30 knots early in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Heavy freezing spray. Waves 7 to 10 feet. Saturday: Northwest winds 10 to 20 knots backing west early in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. Waves 2 to 4 feet. Sunday: South winds 10 to 20 knots veering west early in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers. Waves 2 to 3 feet. | |
| Zone Forecast: Pentwater to Manistee MI (LMZ849) | |
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