A low pressure system moving from Wisconsin over northern Lake Michigan generated moderate lake effect snows over south central Upper Michigan on the 26th and 27th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A low pressure system moving from Wisconsin over northern Lake Michigan generated moderate lake effect snows over south central Upper Michigan on the 26th and 27th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Observers in Manistique and Cooks measured 24-hour snow amounts of five and eight inches respectively.
Lake effect snow amounts from four to five inches were reported from Stonington to Garden Corners.
A spotter just southwest of Menominee measured seven inches of lake effect snow in just over 12 hours.
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