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Winter Weather Advisory begins at 10 p.m. Wednesday as heavy lake-effect snow threatens US-41.
Lake-effect snow could bring up to 10 inches inland, with hazardous travel through Friday morning.
MARQUETTE COUNTY, Mich. (WLUC) - The last of the three major wildfires the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has been battling is now 100% contained. A Friday afternoon press release from the DNR says the Ridge Fire in Marquette County, the last of the three Rugged Terrain Complex fires, is now fully contained partly because of the snow, but the fire zone is still dangerous.
Strong Canadian Shield high pressure drives a colder airmass to Upper Michigan through the end of the work week, working with the warm surface waters of the Great Lakes to produce the U.P.’s first extended lake effect snow event of the fall season. First Alert Weather Days take effect...
We’re going to wrap up the work week on a chilly note. A cold front moved through the area yesterday, shifting winds out of the north and ushering in a colder air mass that will stick around over the next few days. High temperatures this afternoon will struggle to...
Lake-effect snow could produce up to 10 inches in isolated Upper Peninsula locations, with hazardous travel along US-41.
The NWS has issued a snow advisory for later this week.
Winds gusting to 35 mph will sweep across Marquette before a midweek weather shift brings rain, falling temperatures and the possibility of November snow. By Wednesday night, rain and snow showers become likely as temperatures approach freezing across Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
MARQUETTE, MI — Winter has made its first measurable appearance across Michigan's Upper Peninsula, with snowfall reaching 3.5 inches in higher elevations Friday, Nov. 6, as communities across the region recorded their first accumulating snow of the 2026-27 winter season.
HOUGHTON, MI - The season’s first snow fell across parts of the Upper Peninsula on Thursday, with flakes falling across the Keweenaw Peninsula and other northern parts of the region. The snow could continue into Friday. However, the ground is still so warm that the snow may not accumulate...
A sharply colder turn in the forecast will bring more rain, this time with blustery winds. And the season’s first measurable snow is likely to fall in parts of Michigan by Friday. The Upper Peninsula and the northern tip of the Lower Peninsula could see the season’s first snowfall...
Sunday winds could reach 35 mph before colder temperatures bring snow chances to Marquette.
MARQUETTE, MI— Two of three Upper Peninsula fires that started last month are now fully contained. The Department of Natural Resources says the 600-acre Craig Lake Fire in Baraga County and the 350-acre Black River Fire south of Wakefield were both started by lightning strikes. The 500-acre Ridge Fire...
MARQUETTE, Mich. — Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is set to see its first lake-effect snow showers of the season Thursday night into Friday. Snow totals there are expected to stay under 2 inches. The first flakes of the season are also possible with isolated snow showers in parts of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa. A strong cold front will drop Friday morning temperatures into the 20s and low 30s.
MICHIGAN — Friday is looking a lot more like November across Michigan after several unusually mild days. Temperatures settle back into a typical early November range, with most of Lower Michigan reaching only the mid 40s to lower 50s and much of the Upper Peninsula staying near the lower 40s. Clouds will be common, showers remain possible, and parts of northern Michigan could see rain mixed with wet snow.
Southeast Michigan is waking up to a much colder start this morning, with wind chills in the 30s across Metro Detroit. Meanwhile, parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are seeing a wintry mix as colder air settles into the Great Lakes. Scattered rain showers will remain on and off throughout...
MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC)- Lake-effect snow showers develop this afternoon as cooler air moves in, and temperatures decrease into the thirties. The system is now north of the U.P. with lake-effect rain showers for the first half of the day. An upper -level trough in the jet stream is shifting south across the region. Cooler air filters in, and winds strengthen. Gusts will range from 30- 40 mph. This will result in blustery conditions and large waves.
Upper Peninsula temperatures could fall to 18 degrees Friday night as colder air moves in.
Unseasonably warm air stays through tonight before widespread rain and much cooler temperatures arrive for Thursday and Friday, followed by a dry and chilly weekend. Accumulating snow is possible in the higher terrain west of Marquette starting Thursday evening. Tonight remains unseasonably warm with temperatures only dropping into the 40s...
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced that the Craig Lake and Black River fires — two of three Upper Peninsula fires that started one month ago— now are fully contained. The Ridge Fire just north of Marquette is about 85% contained. “Recent heavy rainfall has considerably...