1 heavy snow, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 8, 2:52 AM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 826 PM CST WED MAR 7 2001 MAIN FCST CONCERNS ON CLOUD AND PRECIP TRENDS WITH UPPER TROF AND PRECIP CHANCES IN LATER PERIODS. MDLS SIMILAR IN SHORT TERM...BUT DO DIVERGE WITH THE SPEED OF SHORTWAVE ON SATURDAY. GENERALLY FOLLOWED ETA. CLOUDS WRAPPING AROUND CLOSED LOW OVER LAKE SUPERIOR TO AFFECT THE CWA MUCH OF THE DAY. SOME PARTIAL CLEARING EXPECTED ACROSS THE WEST LATE AS THE UPPER TROF PULLS SLOWLY EAST. WEAK MID LEVEL S/W CURRENTLY ROTATING THRU SQUEEZING OUT WHAT LITTLE MSTR IT CAN. EXPECT LES TO STICK AROUND ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE TODAY...AS MARGINAL DELTA TS GET A LITTLE BOOST FROM WEAK DISTURBANCES WRAPPING AROUND LOW. OTHERWISE FLURRIES SHOULD COVER MOST PLACES. MOS GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD. TONIGHT...CLEARING WORKS SLOWLY EAST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THUS EXPECT LES TO DIMINISH. WILL UNDERCUT LOWS A NOTCH WITH DEEP SNOW-COVER STILL IN PLACE. ON FRIDAY...ETA A BIT SLOWER THAN AVN WITH UPSTREAM TROF. S/W RIDGE SHOULD PROVIDE AMPLE SUNSHINE FOR THE CWA WITH TEMPS RECOVERING WELL INTO THE 30S WITH MARCH SUN. CLOUDS INCREASE FROM THE WEST WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW BY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT WITH APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM. IN THE EXTENDED...MODELS SHOW THE NORTHLAND IN BETWEEN SYSTEMS...SO DRIED OUT SUN AND MON A BIT. OTHERWISE NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE. .DLH...NONE.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy lake effect snow fell in northern Iron County, with 12 inches reported in Hurley and 11 inches at Pence.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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