The passage of an Arctic cold front on the 18th ushered in very cold air and bitter cold wind chill temperatures. Wind chill temperatures plummeted into the 20 below to 40 below zero range across much of the west and central interior of Upper Michigan from early on the 19th through the morning of the 20th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
The passage of an Arctic cold front on the 18th ushered in very cold air and bitter cold wind chill temperatures. Wind chill temperatures plummeted into the 20 below to 40 below zero range across much of the west and central interior of Upper Michigan from early on the 19th through the morning of the 20th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 cold/wind chill, 1 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed wind chills were generally between 25 below to 40 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 30 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 35 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 30 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 30 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 35 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 30 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
Observed wind chill temperatures were generally between 20 below to 30 below zero from early morning on the 19th to late morning on the 20th.
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