DeKalb residents should prepare to walk in a winter wonderland this weekend.

NIU Meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste stated on his website that DeKalb will see a considerable amount of snow beginning Friday night.

Snowfall should start around midnight with significant accumulation by dawn, according to the website. Saturday calls for moderate snowfall that will taper off into flurries in the afternoon.

The weather system may coincides with traveling to the MAC Championship game, the notice offers precautions for people traveling to and from the game.

Sebenste advises either to leave as early as possible to avoid the worst of the storm and notes that people leaving on Saturday will drive through blowing snow and a major lake effect snow event in southwest lower Michigan and northwest Indiana.