FIRST ALERT: Winter blast to bring accumulating snow

First Alert: Winter Blast to Bring Accumulating Snow

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WLUC) — Wet conditions continue early as morning rain gradually tapers off with a passing system. By afternoon, temperatures drop into the 30s behind the front, bringing scattered lake-effect snow showers with light accumulation between a quarter and half an inch.

A large cold air mass will settle in this weekend as an upper-level low moves through the jet stream, marking the first strong taste of winter. Temperatures will stay in the 30s, and accumulating lake-effect snow is expected.

TV6 First Alert Weather Day has been issued for Sunday through Monday morning.

Drivers should anticipate slick, snow-covered roads, especially across the Northern Upper Peninsula. In areas including Gogebic, Ontonagon, Marquette, and Alger counties, where lake-effect bands are strongest, snowfall totals could reach 4 to 6 inches.

The active pattern will persist into next week, with continued chances for snow showers and colder air.

Forecast Summary

Today: Morning rain transitioning to scattered northern snow showers; highs in the mid to upper 40s, falling into the 30s by afternoon.
Saturday: Cloudy, with spotty snow showers mainly in the east; colder conditions prevail.
Sunday: Lake-effect snow develops in western, north-central, and northern Upper Peninsula regions.
Monday: Continued lake-effect snow showers across northern areas.

Author’s Summary

Colder air returns to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula this weekend, bringing lake-effect snow and hazardous travel as the region gets its first true taste of winter.

Upper Michigan's Source — 2025-11-07