Snow through Saturday before Arctic air retreats

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — West Michigan is in the midst of an extended deep freeze, with wind chill advisories away from the lakeshore and winter storm warnings and advisories close to the lake.

Lake-effect snow will continues Friday and Saturday, with the heaviest accumulations in Allegan and Van Buren counties. South Haven could see up to 11 inches by Saturday night, while Holland should see about six inches. Areas east of US-131 shouldn’t get much.

Winter storm warnings are in effect for Allegan, Berrien, Cass and Van Buren counties through 7 a.m. Saturday. Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties are under winter weather advisories until then.

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Over the last 10 days, the temperature has been 18.4 degrees colder than average. During those 10 days, the thermometer has not reached 20 degrees. We’ll add two more days to that string, making this the second-longest stretch of below-20-degree days in Grand Rapids history and the longest stretch in over 100 years.

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