The Winter Storm Watch that started with just a handful of counties in the western Upper Peninsula has now spread across the U.P. and dipped down into some of our traditional snowbelt counties in the northern Lower Peninsula.

These storm watches - which caution about hazardous driving, high winds and more than 25 inches of snow in some areas - are being issued ahead of a powerful storm system forecast to start tomorrow in the top half of the state and be felt by Wednesday in West Michigan, Mid-Michigan and Southeast Michigan.

High wind gusts - reaching up to 60 mph in some areas - combined with snow are expected to make travel conditions difficult.

Wednesday’s high winds could also lead to power outages.

Upper Peninsula

Nearly all of western and central Upper Peninsula counties ar

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