NBC26 Storm Shield Weather Forecast

Jimmy the Groundhog saw his shadow Friday morning & that means 6 more weeks of winter is on the way!! A weak system will be approaching the area as we head into Friday night. This will bring us some patchy light snow or flurries with a dusting possible. We will accumulating snow as we head through Saturday. It will start from the northwest and overspread the rest of the area during the morning. Right now, it looks like about 2-4" by the end of the day. Highs will top out in the 20s. This snow continues, then shifts a little farther south as the night goes on Saturday night, then Lake Michigan starts getting involved as the winds turn NE. It looks like through the night, another 1-2" will fall with possibly some higher totals near Lake Michigan. It'll be breezy with lows around 10°. After some lingering light lake effect snow Sunday morning......most of Sunday afternoon looks dry with highs in the mid-teens. Snow totals will be in the 3-6", with higher amounts possible right next to Lake Michigan. For many of us.....this will be the biggest snowfall since Mid-December!! Monday looks cool, but dry, with highs in the mid-teens. The cold weather sticks around for most of the upcoming workweek.