The arrival of deeper moisture and colder air in tandem with an approaching upper level disturbance generated moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow for the northwest wind snow belts downwind of Lake Superior from the 21st into the 22nd.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
The arrival of deeper moisture and colder air in tandem with an approaching upper level disturbance generated moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow for the northwest wind snow belts downwind of Lake Superior from the 21st into the 22nd.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 lake-effect snow, 1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer near Bergland measured 12.2 inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours.
There was a report via social media of 7.5 inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours at Twin Lakes.
An estimated eight inches of lake effect snow fell in approximately 12 hours east of Wakefield to Ontonagon County.
There was a public report via social media of an estimated nine inches of lake effect snow near Munising in 12 hours. Start and end times for the event were estimated from radar.
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Every storm in Michigan in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, November 2015
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: 607235, 607237, 607234, 607236.