Get Ready For A Mack-Daddy Storm

Get Ready for another potentially monster storm

This Is From Doppler 9and10 Meteorologist Jim Lehocky:

A very unsettled pattern, once again, will take shape for the first half of the new work week. In the near term through Monday late morning, we have a Winter Weather Advisory for Chippewa County for Lake Effect/System snow while Mackinac County is under a Lake Effect Snow Warning for moderate to heavy lake snow.

Amounts could exceed 6" with this system in these two counties...especially west of I-75 and south of M-28.A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the most of the Lower Peninsula for Monday evening to Wednesday a.m. as another winter storm, this one coming from the southern plains, will take aim on the Great Lakes for later Monday into Tuesday (and possibly Wednesday a.m.!) One computer model takes the center of the storm through SE Lower Michigan and NW Ohio (this track favors quite the storm for Michigan!) while another computer model tracks it way farther south (the brunt of the storm missing the state).Basically snow will expand eastward into the state later tonight and Monday and increase as we head into Monday evening and Tuesday.

Again, the path of this storm is still not set in stone so we do have to keep an eye on it. But the way this late autumn pattern has been going, the favored track could be the one that really impacts the state for late Monday into Tuesday and early Wednesday. A lot of wind will be on the northern side of this storm for Tuesday and Wednesday which could produce some near blizzard conditions IF the storm indeed does move across SE Lower Michigan.Amounts with this storm will be substantial depending on that storm track.People with travel interests for the next few days anywhere in the state (and the Great Lakes for that matter) should keep close tabs on the changing weather conditions.

Please note the Winter Weather Alerts on the www.9and10news.com/weather for the latest in advisories, warnings and watches.As for school closings, viewers need to remember that we do *not close schools. Each district's superintendents make that decision. Any delays or school closings will be posted on the Closings and Delay page of our website.Our Doppler 9&10FOX 33 Weather Team will be watching this storm closely. Keep it tuned to 9&10/FOX 33 Weather and watch for updates on www.9and10news.com/weather or www.fox33.com/weather.