As biting cold temperatures sweep across a large swath of the US, parts of the Great Lakes face up to two feet of additional lake-effect snow through Tuesday – the latest complication for cities already blanketed by snowfall amid post-Thanksgiving travel.

Winds out of the northwest will bring persistent lake-effect snow to West Michigan Monday with the highest totals expected along the southwest Michigan lakeshore.

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LAKESHORE COUNTIES begins late tonight. Drivers should expect conditions to significantly deteriorate throughout the day beginning with the Monday morning commute.

Accumulating snow and tricky travel expected in the heaviest bands, particularly along a line from Grand Haven to Battle Creek and back to the lakeshore.

Lake-effect snowfall - buffeted from the Great Lakes to the Upper Peninsula and western Michigan, northeastern Ohio, northwestern Pennsylvania and portions of Upstate New York - is expected to continue into Monday, when the location of the heaviest snow bands are forecast to shift slightly southward.

A high-impact lake-effect snowstorm has brought feet of snow to communities along the Great Lakes from Michigan to New York, and another foot or more of snow is likely to fall in some of those same communities by the time the paralyzing event concludes early this week.

After U.S. travelers battled through harsh weekend weather to reach home following the Thanksgiving holiday, forecasters say residents of the Great Lakes region face the prospect of more snow through

An intense lake effect is forecast through the rest of the weekend, causing as much as 1 to 2 feet of additional snow in some areas.

In late fall and winter, lake-effect snow is a common occurrence in the Great Lakes region. "Lake-effect snow occurs when cold air, often originating from Canada, moves across the open waters of the Great Lakes.