A powerful late-season blizzard swept across Michigan this week, fueled by a mix of Arctic air and Gulf moisture, leaving up to 3 feet of snow in some areas.

Marquette’s two-day snowfall total of 36.3 inches breaks the all-time two-day snowfall record of 31.9 inches, which was set on March 13-14 in 1997. Weather records for the NWS Marquette area go back to 1959.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula on Monday morning, March 16. See snowfall totals as cyclone slowly exits the state.

We are at the jumping-on point for a gradual warming trend across Michigan and it’s forecast to last for a few days. Daytime highs will inch up each day between now and Saturday. And by Saturday, some areas in Lower Michigan could be flirting with 70 degrees.

A sprawling, late-season winter storm is set to deliver a crippling blow to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and the northern Lower Peninsula starting Saturday night.

Snow showers have made a return to West Michigan, with some accumulation expected Monday night into Tuesday. A winter weather advisory remains in effect for West Michigan until 11 a.m. Tuesday. Snow showers will be fairly light for most of the region Monday evening.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer declared a state of emergency for counties in the U.P. and northern Michigan in response to this historic blizzard.