A winter storm could bring more than a foot of snow to parts of northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, according to the National Weather Service. Gaylord is expected to get 13-18 inches of snow.

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.

Ben Warren, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service's Marquette office, said Friday a "very persistent lake effect snow" was still coming down as of 6 p.m., especially in the far eastern and western parts of the U.P.