A weak low pressure system moving southeast along an advancing cold front brought locally heavy snowfall to southwest lower Michigan from the evening of Tuesday, February 23rd through the evening of Wednesday, February 24th due to significant lake enhancement. A band of lake effect snowshowers brought local snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches of snow along the coast from Grand Haven in Ottawa…
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A weak low pressure system moving southeast along an advancing cold front brought locally heavy snowfall to southwest lower Michigan from the evening of Tuesday, February 23rd through the evening of Wednesday, February 24th due to significant lake enhancement. A band of lake effect snowshowers brought local snow accumulations of 6 to 10 inches of snow along the coast from Grand Haven in Ottawa county north through Muskegon to Ludington in Mason county.
Most of this snow fell from late evening Tuesday through mid morning on Wednesday and was quite variable, with many eastern portions of these county receiving snowfalls of one inch or less. A second and more uniform area of snow fell over Barry, Eaton, and Ingham counties where 4 to 8 inches of snow fell from mid morning to late evening Wednesday. The highest snowfall of 8 inches with this second event was observed near Eaton Rapids in Eaton county.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 lake-effect snow, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Locally up to nine inches of snow fell across portions of Muskegon county. Total snow of 8.6 inches was reported at the Muskegon airport.
Up to eleven inches of snow was reported in localized areas of Ottawa county, including at downtown Grand Haven.
Locally up to nine inches of snow fell across portions of Oceana county.
A trained spotter in Ludington reported that a foot of snow fell between 8 p.m. on the 23rd through 5 a.m. on the 24th. A trained spotter in Hamlin Lake reported total snowfall of eleven inches ending at 7 a.m. on the 24th.
Ingham county received anywhere from five to eight inches of snow, and a Cocorahs observer six miles west of Mason reported 8.1 inches of snow.
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