EST the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement in effect until 10 p.m. EST for Muskegon, Montcalm, Ottawa, Kent and Ionia counties.

The Upper Peninsula will get the brunt of a clipper system sweeping across Michigan. It is expected to make a swift exit on Thursday.

An updated winter weather advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 10:41 a.m. EST in effect until Tuesday at 7 p.m. EST for Lake, Newaygo, Kent, Barry, Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

Expect gusts of up to 45 mph, which may result in blowing and drifting snow, reducing visibility and making travel difficult. Winds will be strongest from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., gradually decreasing overnight. Isolated power outages are possible.

The coldest air in six years blasts into Michigan to start the week, with highs in the single digits, wind chills ten to twenty-five below zero, heavy lake effect snow

Snow will continue into the overnight hours before winds bring in more lake-effect snow Thursday morning on a northwesterly wind.

Motorists should be prepared for slippery roads and rapid changes in visibility and road conditions due to lake effect snow, the weather service said.

Frigid air will gradually move out of Michigan this weekend. Temperatures will climb to the 20s this weekend and next week for more residents.

The National Weather Service said reported readings as low as minus 27 Tuesday as an Arctic air mass spread across Michigan.

Michigan residents could see winds as strong as 55 mph Monday, the National Weather Service said. The weather service said a wind advisory is in effect for most of Michigan from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday because of the potential for winds gusting between 45 mph and 55 mph.

Wind gusts from the southwest will reach 40 to 50 mph Monday with the highest gusts in the Saginaw Valley and Thumb regions.

The National Weather Service in Grand Rapids said areas of Michigan saw as much as 2 feet of snow this past week. Here's where the highest totals were.