Northwest Indiana saw heavy snow and power outages in a lake effect snowstorm that began Sunday and continued into Monday.

O'Hare International Airport was closed overnight Sunday into Monday as a serious early-season winter storm pounded the area.

Just as the Mammoth Mountain Ski Area prepares for the 2025/2026 season opener tentatively planned for Friday, Nov. 14, a significant weather change will bring a snowstorm to the Eastern Sierras.

The Great Lakes’ water is usually much warmer than the air temperature in early November. That is one factor that feeds a storm system as it travels over the Great Lakes. The warm water acts as an energy source, and causes a storm system to reach peak strength over Lake Superior, Lake Michigan or Lake Huron.

There are school closings and delays in the Chicago area Monday morning after an early-season snowstorm blew in overnight.

A winter storm watch was released by the NWS Reno NV on Monday at 2:06 p.m. valid from Thursday 1 a.m. until Friday 4 a.m. for Lake Tahoe.

For today’s MLive Michigan Weather Forecast, watch the video below or click here to watch on YouTube and join the chat and comment. Today’s forecast: Localized heavy snow will still continue today. I’ll show you how much additional snow is expected. We also have warmer air on the way for later in the week. So it won’t be a totally winter forecast.

Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman says the wind will switch out of the south and enable a warming trend for all starting Tuesday. Rain chances will finally return for many this weekend.