WINTER STORM WATCH for most of northern Michigan for Saturday. Heavy snow and slower than usual traffic will be problems.

Today is a great day to get outside and enjoy the weather. It'll be sunny and a little warmer than yesterday. Highs will be near 40 degrees in the eastern Upper Peninsula and well into the 40s for the Lower Peninsula. A few towns south of Cadillac might see 50 degrees today. Light wind 5 to 15 mph mainly from the east.

Tonight clouds move in. In the early evening, it'll be nice time to be out. After midnight we start to see the leading edge of a winter storm move into the southern part of the map. It'll start around Ludington and move northward thru the day on Saturday. Wind tonight will be 5 to 15 mph from the east. Low temperatures from 22 to 32 degrees.

Saturday the snow spreads northward. It may not reach the U.P. until midday. From Cadillac to Sault Ste. Marie you will see from 5 to 10 inches of snow...heavy, wet, icy kind of snow. West of Sault Ste. Marie...lighter amounts of snow. And south of Cadillac look for a mix of snow, freezing rain, and sleet. It'll be slippery, icy roads everywhere. And we all will feel the wind. Some of the gusts will be up to 35 mph. The wind will turn to the north.

Saturday night the storm will move away from us. It'll be gone by midnight. The wind will turn to the northwest and gust to 35 mph. Low temperatures from the mid 20s to mid 30s.

Sunday will be partly sunny. Wind will be 10 to 20 mph from the northwest. Highs mainly in the 30s.

Sunday night...partly cloudy. Lows from 18 to 28 degrees.

Monday will be partly sunny. Highs from the upper 30s to middle 40s.

Tuesday will be partly sunny with highs mostly in the 30s.

Wednesday we get some showers. Light snow showers in the U.P. and a mix of rain and snow in the Lower Peninsula. Highs mainly in the 30s.

Thursday will be partly sunny, and in the Lower look for a passing rain shower. Highs from the mid 30s to mid 40s.