A powerful early-season winter storm is bringing dangerous blizzard conditions to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and severe lake effect snow to northern Lower Michigan

The National Weather Service released an updated winter storm watch at 7:47 p.m. on Monday valid from Thursday 1 a.m. until Friday 7 p.m. for Northern Erie and Southern Erie as well as Crawford County.

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - Good evening and Happy Thanksgiving! It turned out to be a pretty nice day for Thanksgiving with mostly sunny skies and light winds. Temperatures stayed fairly cool in the low to mid 40’s, but much colder temperatures arrive this weekend.

A powerful snowstorm was expected to hit Minnesota on Tuesday, bringing up to 6 inches of snow and strong winds to the Twin Cities and heftier amounts to the north. A winter storm warning, in effect from Tuesday afternoon and evening through Wednesday morning,

On Tuesday at 4:41 a.m. the National Weather Service released a winter storm watch valid from Thursday 1 a.m. until Friday 7 p.m. for Warren and McKean counties.

Metro Detroit will move from bitter cold to potentially disruptive snowfall this weekend, creating significant travel concerns during one of the busiest travel periods of the year. A developing winter storm is expected to bring widespread accumulating snow Saturday afternoon through early Sunday.

Cold weather grips Indiana with the coldest Thanksgiving since 2014, and a winter storm expected Saturday could disrupt travel with heavy snowfall.

Central Indiana braces for a winter storm with significant snow accumulation and travel disruptions expected this holiday weekend.

Minnesota's first winter storm of the season will push out Wednesday morning, but tough travel conditions​ and biting cold will linger.