As a winter storm bears down on most of the Lower Peninsula, Southwest Michigan, including Sturgis and Coldwater, is under a winter storm watch through Thursday, the NWS office in Northern Indiana said.

The storm is expected to track northeast through Michigan as it moves out of Indiana.

The Benton Harbor area had been predicted to see 9 inches of snow; that total has been increased to as much as 11 inches, the weather service said.

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The Sturgis and Coldwater area is expected to see up to 8 inches of snow from the storm.

Highs will be in the low 30s and 20s, dropping to the teens and single digits overnight.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan winter storm: How much snow will Sturgis and Coldwater get?