Cold air flowing across Lake Superior continued to support moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow over portions of northwest and north central Upper Michigan from the 12th into the 13th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Cold air flowing across Lake Superior continued to support moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow over portions of northwest and north central Upper Michigan from the 12th into the 13th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer ten miles south of Grand Marais measured 5.8 inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours.
There was a social media report of six inches of lake effect snow in 24 hours at Silver City.
There was a social media report of an estimated 12 inches of lake effect snow in less than eight hours near Redridge. Snow was reportedly falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2016
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: 615541, 615547, 615542.