Overnight, 3-6 inches of snow blanketed southeast Michigan making morning commutes to work Thursday treacherous and closing hundreds of schools and districts, including the Detroit Public Schools, the largest one in the state.

Love is in the air with Valentine’s Day approaching, but so is the snow as it blankets communities in Michigan on Wednesday, Feb. 12. It’s estimated that there should be a four-to-six-inch snow total from Muskegon and Grand Rapids to northeast Lower Michigan, the Saginaw Valley area and southeast Lower Michigan.

The first major winter storm of the season will bring significant accumulations to Southeast Michigan.Snow will begin Wednesday afternoon and linger into Thursday morning. From 1 p.m. Wednesday to 7 a.