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Parts of UP could see blizzard conditions

Winter weather advisory for Dickinson, Menominee

The National Weather Service is predicting blizzard conditions across portions of the Upper Peninsula in the next couple days that could make travel for Thanksgiving “very difficult to impossible.”

The NWS has issued as of this evening:

— A winter storm warning from 9 p.m. Central time Tuesday through 6 a.m. Thursday for Iron and southern Houghton counties.

— A winter weather advisory starting Tuesday evening through 6 p.m. Wednesday for Dickinson and Menominee counties. The two counties could see 1 to 3 inches of snow in that period, though northern Dickinson County may get 3 to 6 inches, with wind gusts up to 40 mph, the NWS advised.

— A blizzard warning from 7 p.m. Eastern time Tuesday through 7 a.m. Thursday for Keweenaw, Ontonagon, northern Houghton, Baraga and Gogebic counties. Parts of those counties could see 17 to 30 inches of snow, with wind gusts as high as 55 mph, especially along Lake Superior, the NWS advised.

— A winter storm warning from midnight Tuesday to 6 p.m. Wednesday for Florence, Forest and Oneida counties in Wisconsin.

— A blizzard warning from 7 a.m. Eastern time Wednesday through 10 a.m. Thursday for Marquette County. Total snow accumulations for that period could be between 8 and 22 inches, with the highest amounts in the terrain of western Marquette County and lowest amounts near Lake Superior and the far southern parts of the county, with “winds gusting as high as 55 mph, highest near Lake Superior.”

— A blizzard warning for Alger County in effect from 1 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday to 7 p.m. Thursday, where the NWS estimates between 10 and 17 inches of snow could fall along with winds gusts as high as 50 mph, again near Lake Superior.

— — A winter storm warning for 1 p.m. Eastern Wednesday to 7 p.m. Thursday for Luce, Delta and Schoolcraft counties.

The NWS also posted a hazardous weather outlook advisory for Keweenaw, Ontonagon, Houghton, Baraga, Marquette, Alger, Luce, Gogebic, Iron, Dickinson, Menominee, Delta and Schoolcraft counties.

“Snowfall could accumulate at 1-plus inch per hour for several hours tonight over the western U.P., and with blowing snow further reducing visibilities, traveling tonight over the western U.P. will be very difficult to impossible at times,” the office states.

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