Shallow low-level moisture and northeast flow behind a low pressure system passing to the south produced a mixture of light snow and freezing rain from the 14th into the 15th.
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Shallow low-level moisture and northeast flow behind a low pressure system passing to the south produced a mixture of light snow and freezing rain from the 14th into the 15th.
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A mixture of snow and freezing drizzle produced slippery conditions on area highways. There were multiple accidents reported on U.S. Highway 41 near the National Weather Service in Negaunee Township on the 15th.
There were several reports between one tenth to two tenths of an inch of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle over 12 hours. The glaze of ice made for slippery travel on area roadways.
The observer near Cooks measured one tenth of an inch of ice accumulation from freezing drizzle. The glaze of ice on area roadways made for slippery travel on the morning of the 15th.
The Ford Airport ASOS near Kingsford measured 0.17 inch of freezing rain in ten hours. |The glaze of ice on area roadways made for slippery travel on the morning of the 15th.
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