A storm is going to crank up right over Michigan Monday, and bring two types of nasty weather. Lower Michigan’s unpleasant weather will be strong wind gusts. Upper Michigan will have all the heavy snow.

A High Wind Watch is in effect for strong winds between late morning Monday and late evening Monday.

Most of us in Lower Michigan should have peak wind gusts between 45 mph and 55 mph. There could be an isolated wind gust just over 55 mph. The strongest gusts would likely be right along the Lake Michigan shoreline due to the wind accelerating over the Great Lakes water and on the eastern fringe of the Lower Peninsula.

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Here are the peak wind gusts expected in the afternoon broken down into various sections of Lower Michigan.

Maximum wind gust forecast through the end of the storm.

Most data is indicating gusts near 50 mph for most of southeast Michigan. The one exception will be the Thumb where data is showing slightly higher peak wind gusts near 55 mph.

Maximum wind gust forecast through the end of the storm.

On the peak gust forecast map above for southwest Lower Michigan you can see Lake Michigan’s effect on the shoreline wind. With this west-northwest wind, shoreline areas could have gusts to 55 mph. There is a gust of 55 mph forecast for the South Haven area. The inland areas can expect gusts between 45 mph and 50 mph.

Maximum wind gust forecast through the end of the storm.

The northeast shoreline of Lower Michigan, from Tawas City to Alpena to Rogers City, will likely have the highest widespread wind gusts. There will also be a pick-up of winds right at the Lake Michigan shoreline.

DTE is warning of possible scattered power outages, which definitely makes sense. If you have a generator and haven’t started it in a while, today or early Monday morning would be a good time to try it.

The winds will die off to 20 mph gusts fairly quickly after 11:00 p.m. Monday.

Heavy snow will be the issue in the U.P.

Total snowfall forecast through Tuesday, April 14, 2020

The Upper Peninsula will stay on the cold side of the storm. Wind gusts will still be strong, up to 45 mph. Snow will be the main issue. Some parts of the U.P. will have very heavy snowfall.

A large part of the western two-thirds of the U.P. will have over one foot of snow. Some areas in the higher elevations along the Lake Superior shoreline near Marquette could have up to two feet of snow. The heavy snow combined with strong winds will likely cause power outages.

In Lower Michigan, there will be two snowfall patterns. Northwest Lower Michigan will have the changeover to snow just as the main precipitation area of the storm is winding down. Northwest Lower could have a couple of hours of meaningful snowfall. As a result, look for one to three inches of snow on the grass Monday night in northwest Lower. This would include Traverse City, Cadillac, Charlevoix, Petoskey, Gaylord and Mackinaw City.

For the rest of southern Lower and eastern Lower Michigan expect maybe an hour or two of spurts of snow showers Monday night. There won’t be enough snow or last long enough for any accumulation.