Consumers Energy is preparing for possible outages. They are “closely monitoring several rounds of winter weather across the Lower Peninsula, including freezing rain tonight and late Thursday along with high winds early Friday.  This weather could result in power outages, downed wires and other safety hazards.”

If you experience downed wires, here is some useful information. For the Consumers Energy outage map, please click here. A Plus Electric is standing by to help, should you need it. Call (517) 529-0000 or click the button on the main page from your smart phone.

As of 11:30 am Tuesday, here is the National Weather Service forecast (you can get an updated forecast by clicking here and scrolling down).

Today
Partly sunny, with a high near 35. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.
Tonight
A chance of freezing rain and sleet between 9pm and midnight, then freezing rain. Low around 27. East southeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.2 of an inch possible. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.
Wednesday
Freezing rain likely before 11am, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 38. East wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 33. East northeast wind around 7 mph.
Thursday
Rain. High near 49. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Thursday Night 
Rain likely before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Breezy. Friday NightMostly cloudy, with a low around 10.