After a week of above average temperatures and melting snow we are now back to lake effect snow, cold temperatures and gusty winds making it feel even colder.

The National Weather Service issued a weather alert at 2:11 a.m. EST on Saturday for lake effect snow and showers until 7 a.m. EST for Baraga, Marquette, Alger, Luce and Schoolcraft counties.

It is still going to be breezy to gusty this evening, but the wind just isn’t going to be as strong. Wind gusts could still top 30 mph at times Friday night.

Winds will likely continue to be blustery and weaken overnight. Lake effect snow for the south shore could generate 3-8" in Iron County.

Today, though, much of Michigan will still see some lake-effect snow. It’s forecast to be heavy in a few spots across the state, with the very southwest corner of Michigan under a Winter Weather Advisory that could bring up to 5 inches of snow. A couple areas of the Upper Peninsula are also in the 3 to 6-inch snow forecast zone.

Lingering lake effect snow chances are possible in the eastern counties but will slowly taper off throughout the evening.

A weather event typically seen throughout the Great Lakes region arrived in Middle Tennessee on Thursday. What is lake effect snow?

Stay alert for rapidly changing conditions as bands of lake-effect snow blow into parts of southern Ontario this weekend

A widespread 1-2 inches of snow fell last night across Indiana, but a heavy band hit the west and south side of Indianapolis with 3-4"+ in spots.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Lake effect snow warning map through 6 AM Wednesday Cold weather grips a large portion of the nation with advisories and warnings Snowfall sta

Oswego County is still suffering from the aftereffects of the large snowstorm that hit them a couple of weeks ago.

Lake effect snow has been pouring in from as far as Lake Superior, more than 600 miles away. Central New York is also getting snow from lakes Michigan, Huron and Ontario in what meteorologists call a multi-lake connection.