Arctic air spilling into the region allowed for dangerously cold wind chills to occur over Gogebic County from the evening of the 7th into the morning of the 8th.
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Arctic air spilling into the region allowed for dangerously cold wind chills to occur over Gogebic County from the evening of the 7th into the morning of the 8th.
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 Dec 6, 5:20 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 620 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 342 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 THE CWA WILL REMAIN UNDER WNW TO W LOW LEVEL FLOW THROUGH SAT...CONTINUING LES IN THE ASSOCIATED SNOWBELTS AS 850MB TEMPS WILL REMAIN AROUND -20C. MADE FEW CHANGES TO THE FORECAST...WITH THE BIGGEST CHANGE OF INCREASING POPS/SNOWFALL/ETC OVER ERN UPPER MI CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR AS WINDS APPEAR TO BE MORE OUT OF THE NW OVER ERN LAKE SUPERIOR THAN PREVIOUSLY INDICATED BY MODELS. WNW WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL TURN A BIT MORE OUT OF THE NW THIS EVENING INTO SAT MORNING...BEFORE BACKING MORE WLY BY SAT AFTERNOON. THIS IS CURRENTLY FAVORING AREAS FROM THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS TO COPPER HARBOR AND AREAS ALONG AND E OF PICTURED ROCKS FOR LES. A MORE DOMINANT LES CAN BE SEEN FROM N OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO NEAR WHITEFISH POINT. THIS BAND SHOULD REMAIN INTACT AS IT HEADS FURTHER INTO THE ERN CWA DUE TO VEERING WINDS...BUT WINDS DIRECTIONS SHOULD CHANGE ENOUGH INTO SAT MORNING TO KEEP IT FROM SITTING IN ANY ONE LOCATION FOR AN EXTENDED TIME. HENCE...KEPT THE LES ADV FOR THE ERN LAKE SUPERIOR COUNTIES...BUT NRN SCHOOLCRAFT MAY NEED TO BE ADDED IF THE BAND MAKES IT IN THERE TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...TYPICAL LES ON THE KEWEENAW AND WRN U.P. WITH MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CREATING BLOW SNOW. SAT WILL SEE MORE OF THE SAME BUT WITH WINDS MORE WLY...WILL SEE LES BEING MORE CONFINED TO IMMEDIATE COASTLINE AREAS OVER ERN UPPER MI. FOR TEMPS...LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM -7F OVER THE INTERIOR W TO THE TEENS ABOVE ZERO ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR E OF MUNISING. MINIMUM WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO EARLY SAT MORNING WILL BE COLDEST OVER THE INTERIOR W AT JUST WARMER THAN -25F...TO AROUND 0C E OF MUNISING. HIGHS ON SAT WILL RANGE FROM JUST ABOVE ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR W TO AROUND 20F E OF MUNISING. MAXIMUM WIND CHILLS SAT WILL RANGE FROM AROUND -15F INTERIOR W TO AROUND 0F E. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 342 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 MAIN FCST CONCERNS CONTINUE TO BE LINGERING MODERATE TO HEAVY LES INTO EARLY SUNDAY FOR THE NORTHERN KEWEENAW PENINSULA FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD SNOW LATE SUN INTO SUN NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY LES WILL AGAIN DEVELOP FOR W-WNW SNOWBELTS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY SUN...AS THE ARCTIC HIGH CONTINUES TO EXPAND FROM THE UPPER MS VALLEY INTO THE SRN AND ERN GREAT LAKES THE WINDS BACKING TO WSW SHOULD BEGIN THE PERSISTENT LES BANDS OFFSHORE FROM THE KEWEENAW LATE SAT NIGHT/EARLY SUN. WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES INLAND...TEMPS COULD DROP OFF TO -5 TO -10 OVER THE INLAND WEST HALF WITH READINGS FROM 0 TO 5 OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF THE CWA. WILL CONTINUE LES WARNING FOR NRN HOUGHTON AND THE LES ADVISORY FOR KEWEENAW COUNTY THROUGH SAT NIGHT. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO LOCALLY 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. SUN INTO MON...THE MODELS WERE IN RELATIVELY GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A SHORTWAVE RIDING UP THE FRONT SIDE OF THE DEEP WRN CONUS TROUGH LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO STRONG 700-300 MB QVECTOR CONV ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHRTWV AND BROAD WAA/280-290K ISENTROPIC LIFT WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW OVER MUCH OF THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND WRN GREAT LAKES. GIVEN CONSISTENT SIGNAL OVER LAST SEVERAL RUNS FOR WIDESPREAD PCPN...CONFIDENCE WAS HIGH ENOUGH FOR CATEGORICAL POPS OVER MOST OF THE CWA WITH QPF VALUES IN THE 0.10 TO 0.20 RANGE. WITH THE COLD AIRMASS...THE GREATEST UPWARD MOTION ABOVE THE DGZ IN THE 2K-5K LAYER...MAY LEAD TO SLR VALUES CLOSER TO 15/1. SO...MOST OF THE CWA WILL SEE SNOWFALL OF 1-3 INCHES BUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 3-4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND DOWNWIND OF LAKE MI IN SE FLOW WHERE LAKE ENHANCEMENT IS POSSIBLE (850 TEMPS FROM -14C TO -12C). SFC-850 MB SHEAR MAY BE HIGH ENOUGH TO LIMIT THE ORGANIZATION OF HEAVIER BANDS. MON AFTERNOON THROUGH THU...A FRIGID ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE SFC TROUGH WITH ANOTHER EXTENDED PERIOD OF LES FOR MAINLY W WIND FAVORED SNOWBELTS ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW PERIODS WHEN WINDS VEERS TOWARD THE NW...SPECIFICALLY TUE AFTERNOON INTO WED IN THE WAKE OF ANOTHER STRONG CLIPPER SHORTWAVE WHERE 850 TEMPS LOWER TO NEAR -25C BY WED MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW NORMAL WITH WIND VALUES POSSIBLY APPROACHING ADVISORY LEVELS OF -25 OVER THE WEST HALF BY WED MORNING. THE LES IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH BY THU AS THE ARCTIC AIRMASS SHIFTS TO THE SE AND WAA TAKES OVER. MODELS HINT AT THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER CLIPPER SHORTWAVE BY FRI WITH MORE WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOW. HOWEVER....CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN STRENGTH/POSITION/TIMING OF THIS FEATURE AT THIS TIME RANGE. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 620 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 AT CMX...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE AT CMX THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. SNOWFALL ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL LIKELY CAUSE VISIBILITY TO REMAIN AT LIFR/VLIFR CONDITIONS. CEILINGS SHOULD REMAIN AT OR AROUND 1500FT THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE WEST NORTHWEST. AT SAW...WEST WINDS WILL NOT FAVOR MUCH LK EFFECT SNOW THROUGH THE PERIOD AND VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. AT IWD...WNW WINDS WILL BEGIN TO FAVOR SNOW AND MVFR CONDITIONS THROUGH SAT AFTERNOON. WINDS BECOME SW AND SHOULD PUSH THE MVFR LAKE CLOUDS NORTH OF THE SITE BY THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD FOR VFR CONDITIONS. && .MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE) ISSUED AT 342 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT DECREASES...WINDS SPEEDS WILL ALSO DECREASE THROUGH SAT NIGHT...ENDING GALES OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR BY TONIGHT. WINDS ON SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT WILL BE LESS THAN 20KTS AS A WEAK LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE LOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA ON MON AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN...POSSIBLY LEADING TO WEST WINDS GUSTING TO GALE FORCE ON MON INTO MON NIGHT. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH ON TUESDAY...POSSIBLY LEADING TO ADDITIONAL GALE FORCE GUSTS FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE TUE INTO WED. && .MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... UPPER MICHIGAN... LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY FOR MIZ002-084. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY FOR MIZ003. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST SUNDAY FOR MIZ001. LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 1 PM EST SATURDAY FOR MIZ006-007. LAKE SUPERIOR... GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR LSZ265>267. LAKE MICHIGAN... NONE. && SHORT TERM...TITUS LONG TERM...JLB AVIATION...07 MARINE...TITUS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 MIZ004-005-009>014-085-072100- BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA- SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 /248 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO OVER THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING OVER MAINLY THE INTERIOR WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MIZ002-084-072100- ONTONAGON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...EXPECT MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-38. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND NORTH OF M-38 ON SATURDAY. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 BELOW ZERO AT TIMES FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING FOR AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU MAY SUBMIT REPORTS VIA OUR HOMEPAGE...OR THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. MIZ001-003-072100- KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED FROM LATE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS TO 15 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU MAY SUBMIT REPORTS VIA OUR HOMEPAGE...OR THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. MIZ006-007-072100- ALGER-LUCE- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT AS VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR INVADES THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL IMPACT AREAS EAST OF MUNISING TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF PICTURED ROCKS SATURDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST FORECAST AND WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. MORE PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MUNISING MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 10 BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL AGAIN FALL TO 15 BELOW ZERO AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR FROM MONDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. YOU MAY SUBMIT REPORTS VIA OUR HOMEPAGE...OR THROUGH OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES. LMZ221-248-250-072100- GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI- 5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-072100- LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI- BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI- ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI- EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI- MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI- POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI- LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI- MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI- GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI- 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- 348 PM EST FRI DEC 6 2013 /248 PM CST FRI DEC 6 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT LOOK FOR WEST GALES AS HIGH AS 35 TO 40 KNOTS OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR MARINE FORECASTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WEST GALES ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING MAINLY OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. JLB
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
The AWOS in Ironwood measured wind chills of 25 to 30 below from the evening of the 7th into the early morning of the 8th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 486673.