2/28 Michigan Weather 6 PM: Snow Starting 5 PM

Good evening. Michigan. I'm Aaron Jolly. A clipper system is racing across the Great Lakes right now, dragging a band of snow behind it like a curtain closing on February. and folks. It's got some teeth. In the next 24 hours. Snow moves in between 5 P.M. and 8 P.M. The heaviest band locks onto the I-96 corridor from Muskegon through Grand Rapids to Lansing. That stretch could pick up 1 to 3 inches by morning. Some spots might push 4 if the band decides to stall. That's enough to make your evening drive feel like a suggestion rather than a plan. Slide southeast toward Detroit and the Thumb. You're looking at a half inch to 2 inches, with the juicier totals between I-69 and I-94. Snow tapers after midnight as the whole system scoots east. Now the real story. Once that clipper clears out. Arctic high pressure drops in from Canada like an uninvited guest. Sunday looks partly sunny but deceiving. Highs only crack the low 30s around Detroit. West Michigan struggles into the upper 20s. Northern Michigan? Low 20s. Sunday night is where it bites. Lows plunge to the upper teens downstate, mid teens in the west. and single digits up north. Wind chills approach minus 10 in Northern Michigan. That's frostbite territory on exposed skin. The week ahead tells a wild story. Monday stays cold and dry, low to mid 30s. Tuesday brings a wintry mix possibility as a system lifts from the Ohio Valley. Watch for freezing rain, especially in the morning. Then everything flips. Highs surge into the upper 40s Wednesday, low 50s Thursday. and possibly low 60s by next weekend. Rain rides in with that warmth. Scattered showers midweek, heavier stuff next weekend as Gulf moisture streams north. February goes out cold. March comes in feeling like April. Charge your phone, scrape your windshield tonight. and let the clipper do its thing. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow. For the extended outlook, check the latest forecast as confidence improves. Stay safe, stay prepared. and enjoy the day.