Jennifer Perez

A First Alert Weather Day has been issued for today as lake effect snow and winds will impact travel conditions. Snow increases along the northwest wind belts throughout the day with moderate to heavy intensities of fluffy accumulating snow. Snowfall rates could range 1-2″ per hour at times. This will continue through tomorrow morning. Roads will becoming slippery and blowing snow will cause poor visibility! Winter Storm warnings have been for Gogebic, Ontonagon, Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Marquette, Alger, and Schoolcraft counties where impacts will be most hazardous. Winds will become stronger with gusts of 25-35mph causing blowing snow. Snowfall amounts will range 4-8″ in the west an eastern U.P. The higher terrain of the Western U.P. will get around a foot, the high terrain of Baraga and Western Marquette counties will range 8-12″, and 12-18″ for portions of Alger and Schoolcraft counties. The lower elevations near Lake Superior like the city of Marquette will have less with amounts ranging 3-6″. It will depend on where the lake effect bands set up meaning if a prominent band pushes farther into Marquette county amounts will increase. Winds and snow taper off tomorrow. It will be colder with wind chills in the 20s below zero tomorrow morning.

A First Alert Weather Day continues through midday due to hazardous road conditions and blustery cold. However, it continues for the Eastern U.P. as lake effect snow continues with heavy intensities in Alger, Luce, and Schoolcraft counties. Elsewhere in the Western U.P. snow will gradually decrease as winds shift and become westerly. Additional snowfall in the Western U.P. will be a few inches, less than 3″ in the Central U.P., 3-6″ in the Eastern U.P. with some interior spots of Alger and Schoolcraft counties exceeding 6″. Plan on snow/slippery roads with blowing snow and limited visibility at times. Road conditions improve in the afternoon as snow gradually decreases. It’s also blustery and cold with wind chills in the morning ranging -10s to -20s. Temperatures remain below normal with highs in the single numbers. An upper level ridge in the Jetstream moves in this weekend with warmer air. Plus, a small chance for rain/snow mix.

Alger, Luce, and Northern Schoolcraft counties continue with lake effect snow showers for the fist half of the day. A First Alert Weather Day continues for those counties this morning. Roads are slippery so plan for delays if you’re traveling in those areas. Winds will become southerly during the day bringing an end to the remaining snow. Otherwise, clouds clear most of the U.P. making way for sunshine. This weekend an upper level ridge and small disturbance in the Jetstream shifts into the Great Lake with warmer air causing above normal temperatures. Light snow showers tomorrow night to light spotty mix on Sunday morning. Then, a separate system swings through with a front on Monday with widespread light rain showers. Colder air will follow for the rest of next week.

Disturbances to bring midweek snow

Light snow accumulations to come soon

Lake effect snow showers will continue along the northwest wind belts today causing slippery conditions. Snowfall amounts will range 1-3″ in the west with 3-6″ in portions of Alger, Luce, and Schoolcraft counties. This snow ends tonight. Then, concern shifts to a clipper system coming in out of the Northern Plains. There’s still some model uncertainty with the track of the system. However, it’s expected to bring widespread snow by tomorrow afternoon. For now, moderate snow could cause hazardous travel across the southern U.P. A First Weather Day is possible tomorrow for Dickinson, Menominee, and Delta counties. It’s expected to move out by Friday morning with lake effect snow continuing. Snowfall tomorrow will range 1-3″ across the north, with portions of Menominee county ranging 3-6″. Stay tuned for changes to the forecast!

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We’ve issued a First Alert Weather Day for the Southern U.P. as a clipper system will bring moderate to heavy fluffy snow by the afternoon. Counties most impacted include Menominee, Dickinson, Delta, Iron and Gogebic where snowfall amounts will range 4-6″ with isolated higher amounts possible in Menominee. Elsewhere in the north amounts range 1-3″ today through tonight. A swath of snow begins to move in late in the morning across the south and spreads east and north by the afternoon. Travel conditions will be deteriorate in the afternoon through the evening. Light lake effect snow showers will continue in the north tomorrow morning. The weekend is trending drier and cold.

Light lake effect snow showers continues across the Central and Eastern U.P. during the morning. Plan on messy and slippery roads. High pressure moves in during the weekend resulting in a drier weekend. Next week an upper level ridge moves into the Upper Midwest with a warmer air mass. Temperatures will trend about 10° above normal. A small disturbance will track south of the U.P. and we could have some scattered snow during the afternoon. As of now, Christmas Day is trending cloudy and warmer.

A clipper system south of the UP. will bring light snow across the Southern and Eastern U.P. This will cause slippery conditions near Lake Michigan along with Wisconsin and the Lower Peninsula today through tonight. Accumulations will be a couple of inches. Otherwise, high pressure moves in tomorrow and dry weather will follow through Christmas Day. An upper level ridge will bring warmer than normal for the remainder of the week. The rain chances increase into the weekend.