The winter weather advisory covers a little more than half of Lower Michigan. All of northern Lower Michigan is in the winter weather advisory along with the Saginaw Bay area and most of the Thumb. A small part of the Upper Peninsula is also in the winter weather advisory.

The main issue, according to Andy Sullivan, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service office in Gaylord, is going to be wind gusts forecast to be 30 mph or stronger.

A historic ice storm that knocked out power over the weekend to a large swath of Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula has wreaked havoc on daily life.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning for a big chunk of central and northern Minnesota, while a winter weather advisory surrounds the warning. The highest snow totals are currently forecast in places like Bemidji, Grand Rapids and Duluth, where a foot of snow could pile up.

The winter storm warning is in effect for southeast North Dakota and west-central to northwest Minnesota, the National Weather Service said.

A potent spring storm is brining winterlike conditions to much of Minnesota Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday. The heaviest snow will fall across central and northern Minnesota.