A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior continued to support moderate lake effect snow showers over portions of western Upper Michigan from the 14th into the 16th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior continued to support moderate lake effect snow showers over portions of western Upper Michigan from the 14th into the 16th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Observers near Silver City and east of Ontonagon reported two-day snowfall totals of 13.0 and 11.7 inches respectively.
The observer near Twin Lakes measured a two-day snowfall total of 11.5 inches for the period ending on the morning of the 16th.
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