An Alberta Clipper low pressure system dropping through the Upper Midwest brought moderate snow to portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 20th into the morning of the 21st.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
An Alberta Clipper low pressure system dropping through the Upper Midwest brought moderate snow to portions of west and central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 20th into the morning of the 21st.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Observers from Ontonagon to White Pine measured six to seven inches of snow in 16 hours.
The observer in Munising measured 4.7 inches of snow in 12 hours.
The observer four miles northwest of Gladstone measured 4.6 inches of snow in 12 hours.
Observers reported widespread 12-hour snow amounts of four to five inches across the county.
The observer at Twin Lakes measured 4.5 inches of snow in 12 hours.
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