The National Weather Service issued a winter weather advisory at 3:19 a.m. EST on Sunday valid from 4 p.m. EST until Tuesday 7 p.m. EST for Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry and Kalamazoo counties.

The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

Frigid air will gradually move out of Michigan this weekend. Temperatures will climb to the 20s this weekend and next week for more residents.

Winter weather advisories are in place for much of Michigan to start the week, the National Weather Service said.

The west side of the state will see the brunt of a winter storm moving into Michigan this morning, but most of the Lower Peninsula will be affected.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Many West Michigan schools are closed Tuesday, Jan. 21, with bitter cold temperatures and lake-effect snow showers making travel hazardous. High temperatures are expected to be in the single digits with winds chills dropping to -10 to -20 degrees,

The National Weather Service said reported readings as low as minus 27 Tuesday as an Arctic air mass spread across Michigan.

The National Weather Service's winter storm warning has expired, but not before nearly a foot of snow fell across West Michigan over the past 24 hours.

An inch or two of fresh snow had fallen in parts of the Lansing area as of Thursday afternoon. Once again, the roads were slick.

Heavy freezing spray warnings were issued for Michigan and Alaska that could cause "catastrophic loss of stability" of vessels.

Parts of southwest and west central Michigan will be affected by the storm, according to the National Weather Service.