Cold night to celebrate New Year’s Eve.

If you are heading to the Downtown Ludington New Year’s Eve Ball Drop tonight, you will want to dress warm. Here is today’s weather forecast, sponsored by Superior Electric:

Today: Cloudy and mostly cloudy with a 50% chance of snow today with less than 1 inch of accumulation expected; temperature only reaching 12 degrees; wind: west-northwest at 18 mph.  Tonight, chance of snow decreasing to 20% with low temperature of 13 degrees. Winds decreasing also to northwest at 11 mph.

Sunset: 5:18 p.m.

New Year’s Day: Sunrise at 8:20 a.m. A few snow showers scattered in the morning, otherwise mostly cloudy. High temperature of 16 F; wind: east-northeast at 10 mph. Thirty percent chance of snow. Low tomorrow night of only 5 degrees with cloudy skies and a 20% chance of snow.

The outdoor report for Mason County is sponsored by Superior Electric of Ludington: 231-845-0126; www.supelectric.com.