Rain, snow in Lansing forecast. When to expect bad weather

The Lansing area could see rounds of rain and snow over the next few days, the National Weather Service says in a hazardous weather advisory.

A Canadian clipper system moving in from Wisconsin Monday night, Dec. 8, will drop heavy lake-effect snow across parts of the Upper Peninsula and northwest Lower Peninsula as it moves across the state.

Gale warnings and small craft advisories are in place on the Great Lakes, and winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings have been issued for parts of northern Michigan and the UP.

In mid-Michigan, a hazardous weather outlook includes Ionia, Clinton, Eaton, Ingham, Shiawassee and Jackson counties.

"Light snow is expected to develop across most of the area tonight," the outlook says. "There is a chance of some freezing drizzle develop