MARQUETTE — The National Weather Serivce is predicting the first major snow storm could hit the western Upper Peninsula during the Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. The NWS office in Marquette has issued a winter storm warning for Northern Houghton, Ontonagon, Keweenaw and Gogebic Counties, including the communities of Houghton, Hancock, Calumet, Ironwood, Ontonagon and Copper Harbor. As of Tuesday morning, the winter storm warning began Tuesday evening and was expected to remain in effect until 7 p.m. (EST) tonight.

Heavy snow is expected during this period with total snow accumulations of between 14 – 25 inches possible. In addition to the heavy snow totals, winds gusting as high as 50 miles per hour could lead to blizzard conditions.

According to the National Weather Service, “travel coul

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