Significant Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold Temperatures Expands Across the East

A significant, long-duration winter storm will bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies to New England through Monday. Widespread travel disruptions, prolonged power outages, and vast tree damage is likely. Frigid temperatures, gusty winds, and dangerous wind chills will expand from the north-central US to the Southern Plains, MS Valley, and Midwest. Read More >

Coastal Waters Forecast for Grand Marais to Whitefish Point MI (LSZ251) (Text-Only)
NWS Forecast for: Grand Marais to Whitefish Point MI (LSZ251)
Issued by: National Weather Service Marquette, MI
Last Update: 1100 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026




Rest Of Tonight: Northwest wind 15 to 20 knots veering northeast 10 to 15 knots late. Heavy freezing spray by midnight. Snow showers. Waves 7 to 10 feet occasionally to 13 feet subsiding to 4 to 7 feet occasionally to 9 feet.

Saturday: Southwest wind 10 to 15 knots. Snow showers likely. Waves subsiding to 2 to 3 feet.

Saturday Night: South wind 10 to 15 knots. Mostly clear in the evening then becoming mostly cloudy. Waves subsiding to 1 to 2 feet.

Sunday: South wind less than 10 knots veering southwest 5 to 15 knots in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy. A slight chance of snow showers in the afternoon. Waves calm to 1 foot.

note: wave height forecasts are for ice free areas.







Zone Forecast: Grand Marais to Whitefish Point MI (LSZ251)

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