Lake Effect Snow Piles up in Great Lakes Region, Impacting Thanksgiving Travel

Lake Effect Snow Piles up in Great Lakes Region, Impacting Thanksgiving Travel
A surfer rides through blowing snow as Lake Michigan waves crash into the St. Joseph Inner and Outer Lighthouses, on Nov. 26, 2025, in St. Joseph, Mich. Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP
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LANSING, Mich.—Residents of the Great Lakes region are in for a snowy Thanksgiving, as a weather system continues to drop precipitation across the area, particularly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Snowfall that began Wednesday persisted Thursday with winds and snow bands out of the north and northwest. A blizzard warning is in effect in Alger County, east of Marquette, Michigan, until 7 p.m. Thursday night.