Snowstorm Threatens To Blanket Metro Detroit Friday Morning: Here's What You Need To Know

METRO DETROIT — A powerful snowstorm moving across the upper Midwest is threatening to blanket parts of Michigan in up to 8 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service.

All of southeastern Michigan was placed under a winter weather advisory from 10 p.m. Thursday to 2 p.m. Friday.

The snow is expected to start falling across Michigan sometime around midnight Thursday through Friday afternoon, with 3 to 6 inches of fresh snow expected in metro Detroit, according to the weather service.

Forecasters with the weather service warned the most intense snowfall period will be Friday morning with rates of a half inch to an inch per hour, leading to slippery roads and reduced visibility.

The snow will then taper off into the Northeast during the afternoon hours as high temperatures hit 35 degrees in metro Detroit, according to the National Weather Service.

Parts of west Michigan, including the Kalamazoo area could see between 6 and 8 inches of fresh snow, while most of northern Michigan should see between 3 and 4 inches, according to the weather service.

The incoming snowstorm comes one week after a winter storm dumped roughly 6 inches of snow in metro Detroit and up to 10 inches in other areas across Livingston and Oakland counties.

More than 200,000 DTE Energy customers in the region lost power as the heavy and wet snow downed thousands of power lines. That came on top of a "historic" ice storm on Feb. 16 that knocked out power to roughly 630,000 people in the region, leaving them without power for days.