The lake-effect snow belt will cause rapid changes in road conditions. Our weather conditions today have led to large-scale highway accumulations in recent years.

Today, colder air is entering Michigan. Air circulation makes a moderate to severe lake-effect snow belt formed in the western half of Lower Michigan. Some of these blizzards will enter the eastern half of Lower Michigan, but there will not be a lot of snow.

Therefore, the main area of ​​dangerous road conditions will be in the western half of Lower Michigan.

This is the radar forecast for sunrise late on Tuesday morning.

Radar forecast from Monday, December 6th at 10 a.m. to Tuesday, December 7th at midnight

What you notice is the lake effect snow belt. This means that the driver can move quickly and hit a section of snow-covered road within a few seconds.

Usually in this situation, I-94s from around Paw Paw, Oshtemo and Kalamazoo will encounter such highly variable road conditions. In the past, eastbound traffic was the most surprising on fast snowy roads.

The lake effect zone can create this dry road, which is now snow covered roads east of I-94, such as Jackson.

I-69 can also have the same dry to snowy road conditions now. The potentially dangerous section of I-69 extends from the southwest of Lansing to the intersection of Marshall and I-94.

US 131 will also be a dangerous road with 2 to 4 inches of snow and wind gusts exceeding 40 mph. From near Kalamazoo north to all areas of northern Lower Michigan, most areas of US 131 will experience snowy weather.

This is the weather forecast.

Forecast of total snowfall from 10 am on Monday to midnight on Tuesday.

What we saw in southern southern Michigan was not super heavy snow accumulation. Its variable height snow belt reaches three inches.

Slow down and keep your eyes on the road looking far ahead. If you see a bunch of brake lights in the distance ahead, start to slow down.

Now you know all the potentially dangerous areas today and tonight.

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