Heavy snow fell throughout the Capital region on Monday morning, causing school cancelations and dozens of snow trucks to hit the highways.
The National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for our area until 1:00 p.m. Heavy snow throughout the morning caused dozens of school districts to cancel classes for the day including Lansing, East Lansing, Jackson, Owosso, and many others.
Meteorologist Brett Borchardt told WKAR News the storm will move out by afternoon.
“It looks like the storm is going to be departing out of lower Michigan late this morning into early afternoon," said Borchardt. "We expect the heaviest snow to be winding down by 10:00 a.m. and especially by noon or 1:00 p.m. pushing off to the east.”
One to three inches of snow fell overnight Sunday into Monday morning. One area in southern Michigan could see more than others.
"The areas between I-96 and I-94, that’s where the heaviest snow is going to be and the worst travel impacts," said Borchardt. "Still everywhere across lower Michigan it’s going to be pretty slippery out there, so be sure to take it slow.”
The snowstorm is part of a large system moving through the Midwest.
“There’s a really strong storm system that’s moving thru the Great Lakes," said Borchardt. "We started as rain across much of lower Michigan and slowly but surely we switched to snow as cold air filtered into the region.”
As the heavy snow fell this morning, the Michigan Department of Transportation had crews on all morning, clearing the highways.
In the University region – which includes Lansing, Jackson and Ann Arbor – there were 84 snow trucks and 6 snow plows on the roads.
MDOT spokesperson Aaron Jenkins urged drivers to give the snow trucks and plows plenty of room.
"The plow trucks are out there doing their job," said Jenkins. "Try to stay out of the way and let them do the job to make the roads safe for you.”
The wintry storm battered parts of the Midwest Monday, with blizzard conditions and freezing temperatures from northeast Missouri into southeast Wisconsin and northeast Illinois, including the greater Chicago area. The blizzard-like conditions at the end of the Thanksgiving weekend grounded hundreds of flights and forced the closure of major highways.
