Lake-effect snow has been stacking up across West Michigan, with some communities recording more than a half-foot of fresh powder.

Residents of West Michigan are waking up to a fresh blanket of snow as lake-effect snow has begun to hit the region following Thanksgiving Day. According to WZZM13, snowfall estimates early in the morning indicated around 3-4 inches in several counties with expected accumulations to continue throughout the day.

Although lake-effect snow will taper throughout the weekend, the below-freezing temperatures aren't going anywhere. Expect highs near 30° today with breezy winds leaving our wind chills in the upper teens. Saturday will be even colder, only topping out in the upper 20s but feeling like the low to mid-teens.

The first big snow of the season threatened to bury towns in New York along lakes Erie and Ontario during a hectic holiday travel and shopping weekend.

After an unusually mild fall, as much as 2 to 3 feet (0.6 to 0.9 meters) of snow were possible along Lake Erie and south of Buffalo from lake-effect bands notorious for pummeling