Winter Weather Advisories have been issued for two areas of Michigan, both calling for some heavy snow and possibly difficult travel conditions on the roads. These two advisory areas are also hundreds of miles apart and have different timing, so let’s separate it out for you here:

Snowshoeing trails can be found all over Michigan, including at parks and recreation areas in Metro Detroit and the region’s Huron-Clinton Metroparks.

Southeast Michigan is now predicted to see anywhere between 5-12 inches of snow as a winter storm hits the entire Lower Peninsula.

“Drop by any time to give CNC’s snowshoes a try, do a winter scavenger hunt or warm up by a campfire. Meet at the Homestead Cabin and come enjoy a winter afternoon in the snow,” reads a Facebook event description.

Snow has piled up in Southeast Michigan as multiple rounds of flurries moved through the area on Saturday and Sunday.SundayThe graphics below show how much snow some areas have seen from Sunday morning's storm,

Metro Detroit could see 6-8 inches of snow as a winter storm is expected to hit the state. Here are expected totals near you.

Due to this, every single county in the lower peninsula is under a winter weather advisory from 4 a.m. until 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15. Once it expires, all of Metro Detroit will be under a Winter Storm Watch. A 4Warn Weather Alert has been declared for Saturday and Sunday due to the weekend-long snowfall.

As the recent snowstorm moves out, much colder air moves into Southeast Michigan for the first half of the week. Temperatures are half the problem, and the wind is the other half. As cold air moves in from the West,