The west side of the state will see the brunt of a winter storm moving into Michigan this morning, but most of the Lower Peninsula will be affected.

A large winter system is carving its way across the United States today, bringing snow to places in the Southeast all the way up to Michigan.

Michiganders on the west side of the state, UP should beware of slippery and slick travel conditions as lake effect snow moves in with high winds

With no major snowstorms traversing the state of Michigan so far this winter, snowfall has been almost exclusively in the form of lake-effect, particularly in the northwest-flow belts. Thus, using data from both National Weather Service climate sites and Community Collaborative Rain Hail and Snow Network observing sites,