So, yeah, about it feeling more like spring. That lasted for a good 12 hours.

By: Benjamin Raven | braven@mlive.com

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Lower Michigan is looking at mild temperatures mixed with some scattered and overnight rain showers as a cold front starts to move in overnight Thursday, April 25 into Friday.

The Upper Peninsula is looking at overnight lows in the mid- to high-30s before a mostly dry, yet windy Friday. While we're here, the U.P. is looking at the most favorable forecast through the end of the week and weekend with cooler than usual temperatures, but mostly dry conditions.

In its forecast discussion published Thursday morning, the National Weather Service branch in Grand Rapids said that "it is looking likely that central Lower Michigan will be seeing measurable snowfall late Saturday night into early Sunday morning."

The weather service adds that there should "be enough snow that it would impact those going to church Sunday morning."

Those being warned of the terrible event that is "measurable snow" in late April include Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Oceana, Newaygo, Mecosta Isabella, Muskegon, Montcalm, Gratiot, Ottawa, Kent, Ionia, Clinton, Allegan, Barry, Eaton, Ingham, Van Buren, Kalamazoo, Calhoun and Jackson.

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Specifically for Saturday night, the weather service is saying snow should begin in the evening and end by daybreak Sunday. It is possible that precipitation starts off as rainfall before turning to snow.

Accumulating snow is expected to blanket a third to half of Lower Michigan, with the highest risk coming between U.S. 10 and I-94. The NWS says this "could be a plowable snow, and stick to trees and cause a few power outages."

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It’s still April in Michigan, so that means after today we have showers, blustery winds, patchy frost… and yes, Saturday Night it looks like a stripe of 2 to 4 inches of wet snow across a portion of the Lower Peninsula. Stay tuned for snow forecast maps! #wmiwx #miwx pic.twitter.com/rpoTaOMf3v — NWS Grand Rapids (@NWSGrandRapids) April 25, 2019

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Forecast Outlook into the weekend... Highs in the 60s today, with rain becoming likely tonight. Cooling trend into the weekend. #miwx pic.twitter.com/0jg9j5ZU2A — NWS Detroit (@NWSDetroit) April 25, 2019

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Another mild day is on tap today with scattered showers expected along a southward-moving cold front. Lingering rain chances end this evening as we dry out for Friday. The cold front ushers in cooler air, leaving Friday’s high temperatures 5 to 10 degrees lower than today’s. pic.twitter.com/s3T5y8w2VB — NWS Gaylord (@NWSGaylord) April 25, 2019

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Small chance of showers today. Otherwise, another warm and dry is in store. Cooling trend takes hold starting Friday. pic.twitter.com/wCkTEQXmmE — NWS Marquette (@NWSMarquette) April 25, 2019

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In an interesting tidbit, a meteorologist with the weather service in Grand Rapids says there have only been five weather events of more than one-inch of snowfall between April 21 and 25 in the city from 1892 to 2019.

If more than three inches of snow falls, it will only represent the third time this has happened in Grand Rapids after April 16 since records first started during the Benjamin Harrison administration.

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Low-temperature map Thursday night into Friday morning:

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High-temperature map for Friday, April 26:

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Low-temperature map Friday into Saturday:

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We are forecasting the potential for 2 to 4" of snow in central Lower Michigan Saturday night. This is unusual, 3" or more have happened only 3 times after the 24th. — NWS Grand Rapids (@NWSGrandRapids) April 25, 2019

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