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Brisk wind chills in New Year’s forecast

A winter weather advisory is in effect through tonight in the western and eastern Upper Peninsula, where 3 to 10 inches of lake effect snow was expected beginning Tuesday night.

“Expect colder temperatures for New Year’s Eve into New Year’s Day, with wind chills in the negative single digits and teens for the first hours of 2026,” the National Weather Service said in a hazardous weather outlook issued Tuesday afternoon.

After a storm that began Sunday night knocked out power to thousands of customers in the Upper Peninsula, We Energies by late Tuesday afternoon reported only 120 remaining outages, including 106 in Watersmeet.

Upper Peninsula Power Co. reported 10 outages in Marquette County’s Forsyth Township. Wisconsin Public Service reported about 50 remaining outages, mostly in Brown and Door counties.

WPS said it had restored power to more than 28,000 customers since Sunday. “WPS and extra contract crews have worked quickly and safely in frigid conditions to repair significant damage — including downed power lines, downed trees and limbs that have fallen into electric equipment,” said Matt Cullen, WPS media relations.

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