A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior produced locally heavy lake effect snow at Rainbow Lodge in northern Luce County on the 24th and 25th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A northwest flow of Arctic air across Lake Superior produced locally heavy lake effect snow at Rainbow Lodge in northern Luce County on the 24th and 25th.
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 Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 24, 6:37 PM EST, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 MIZ001-003-251200- KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 18 BELOW TO 28 BELOW ZERO OVER NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WIND CHILL VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 18 BELOW TO 28 BELOW ZERO OVER NORTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY SUNDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MIZ006-007-251200- ALGER-LUCE- 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT EAST OF MUNISING...WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...MOVING NEAR AND EAST OF GRAND MARAIS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MIZ002-004-005-009>012-084-251200- ONTONAGON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 /311 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO DIP TO 20 BELOW TO 33 BELOW ZERO...COLDEST AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO REMAIN 20 BELOW TO 32 BELOW ZERO SUNDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH THE WIND CHILLS WILL MODERATE TO 5 TO 15 BELOW ZERO ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...PLAN ON WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING TO 18 TO 28 BELOW ZERO AGAIN ON SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MIZ013-014-085-251200- DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-263>267-251200- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE- LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER- 411 PM EST SAT JAN 24 2009 /311 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WESTERLY GALE FORCE WINDS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS EVENING. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED OVER ALL OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE ON MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND MARINE FORECASTS FOR MORE INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer at Rainbow Lodge measured 13 inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2009
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 151591.