Forecast Details for Houghton, MI

Recent Locations: Hubbard, NE Harbor View, OH Houghton, MI

Current Alerts for Houghton, MI: Winter Storm Warning Winter Storm Watch

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of snow after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 28. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: Snow before 4pm, then snow and sleet. Steady temperature around 30. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 4am, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between 4am and 5am, then a chance of snow after 5am. Low around 27. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of snow before 11pm, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Low around 30. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Snow and freezing rain before 11am, then rain and snow between 11am and 5pm, then snow likely after 5pm. High near 37. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Snow likely before 8pm, then snow showers likely, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: A chance of snow showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 38.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Monday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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