Early January 2025 Lake Effect Snow Event Forecasts More than a Foot of Snow for Parts of Michigan

Weather forecasters have already warned for a January that could bring a significant cold snap to Michigan. And the winter of 2024-2025 delivered a massive amount of lake effect snow to areas around Munising. Now there appears to be a lake effect snow event ready to wallop portions of the state with heavy lake effect snow.

The event is forecast to run the first weekend of 2025.

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The meteorologists behind the Midwest Weather Facebook page say there is a likelihood of big snows Thursday January 2-Saturday January 4.

The hardest hit areas are forecast to be two spots in the Upper Peninsula - the Western UP south of the Keweenaw and the same region that saw the big snows in December around Munising, Tahquamenon Falls and the Seney Stretch.

Both of those regions could see a foot for more of snow from this event.

Midwest Weather reports:

Lake effect has begun for some by Lake Superior and it'll continue to increase through the night and into tomorrow. The most intense banding is expected from 7:00 AM Thursday to 7:00 AM Saturday. The steadier banding will be east of Marquette, Michigan, however, western U.P. will get significant totals through Friday night. Many areas are expected to see at least a foot with isolated amounts around 3'

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There is also the potential for up to a foot of snow in two areas of the Lower Peninsula. One centered around Traverse City and another along the immediate lakeshore from roughly Muskegon to Benton Harbor.

Those are the projections from the Midwest Weather Facebook page. From the National Weather Service, they have more modest accumulation totals with 1 to 8 inches in the Western UP with a Winter Weather Advisory in effect and an advisory in the Eastern UP for 6 to 14 inches north of M-28.

A Winter Weather Advisory has also been issued for the counties along the Lake Michigan shoreline through the day Friday from roughly Manistee to Hagar Shores.