MUSKEGON COUNTY, Mich. — Muskegon's City Manager told 13 ON YOUR SIDE that Trick-or-Treating has been rescheduled due to the weather.
Trick or treating in Muskegon will be held on Wednesday, Nov. from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
"We have a number of power lines down around town and the roads are messy," said City Manager Jonathan Seyferth.
Nearly 25,000 people across Muskegon County are without power this Halloween due to the snowfall as reported on the Consumers Energy outage map.
That number includes nearly 30% of Whitehall, 15% of Muskegon and 10% of Montague homes.
Consumers Energy told 13 ON YOUR SIDE the power outages are weather-related from heavy snowfall and strong winds.
Multiple wires are down, and Muskegon area firefighters and emergency crews are responding.
If you see any wires down, stay away.
You can see the latest updated outage updates on Consumers Energy's website.
Snow on Halloween isn’t unheard of, but there have only been a handful of years where it’s accumulated across West Michigan.
In Muskegon, 10 Halloweens have seen a trace amount of snow, but no accumulation since 1890.
In terms of the coldest Halloweens, this year will be towards the top. Only five Halloween’s have failed to reach 40° for a high temperature (1906, 1913, 1917, 1932, 1996) at Grand Rapids. In Muskegon, only seven Halloweens have failed to reach 40° for a high temperature.
The 13 ON YOUR SIDE Weather Team says Halloween will have a high of 38°, but it will feel like the upper 20s to low 30s all day long. This comes as the next low-pressure system works into the region, bringing gusty winds, lake-enhanced snow, and system snow. Lake effect has already begun, but the system snow will begin around noon and end around 8 p.m.
The lakeshore's first Winter Weather Advisory of the season has been issued by the NWS. Snow will struggle to stick at first, but the rate of snow for locations under the advisory will continue to overcome the warm ground temperatures, bringing some impacts. Bridges and overpasses will become slick and visibility will likely be reduced at times.
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