544  
WWUS43 KMQT 181911  
WSWMQT  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI  
211 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
MIZ001>004-009-084-191030-  
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0039.251218T2200Z-251219T1500Z/  
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN  
HOUGHTON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ONTONAGON, L'ANSE, SIDNAW, IRONWOOD,  
KENTON, COPPER HARBOR, HOUGHTON, AND HANCOCK  
211 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025 /111 PM CST THU DEC 18 2025/  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/  
FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 7  
INCHES. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH NEAR THE LAKESHORE AND IN  
THE KEWEENAW.  
 
* WHERE...THE WESTERN UP AND KEWEENAW PENINSULA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT.  
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY EVENING AND FRIDAY  
MORNING COMMUTES. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 

 
 

 
 
MIZ005>007-085-191030-  
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0039.251219T0200Z-251219T1800Z/  
MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARQUETTE, GRAND MARAIS, NEWBERRY, GWINN,  
MUNISING, AND SENEY  
211 PM EST THU DEC 18 2025  
 
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1  
PM EST FRIDAY...  
 
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 TO 5  
INCHES, EXCEPT AN INCH OR LESS OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY.  
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH NEAR THE LAKESHORE.  
 
* WHERE...ALGER, LUCE, MARQUETTE, AND NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL  
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD  
CONDITIONS. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW  
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE FRIDAY MORNING COMMUTE. GUSTY WINDS COULD BRING  
DOWN TREE BRANCHES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING.  
 
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE  
DRIVING. IF YOU ARE GOING OUTSIDE, WATCH YOUR FIRST FEW STEPS TAKEN  
ON STAIRS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRIVEWAYS. THESE SURFACES COULD BE ICY AND  
SLIPPERY, INCREASING YOUR RISK OF A FALL AND INJURY.  
 

 
 

 
 
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