Southerly flow ahead of a strong upper disturbance from the Northern Plains generated moderate to heavy lake enhanced snow over east half portions of Upper Michigan on the 31st.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Southerly flow ahead of a strong upper disturbance from the Northern Plains generated moderate to heavy lake enhanced snow over east half portions of Upper Michigan on the 31st.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer ten miles south of Wetmore measured six inches of lake enhanced snow. Five inches of the snow fell in three hours. Six inches of snow also fell at Au Train and Munising and five inches fell 10 miles south of Grand Marais during the event.
There was a report via social media of an estimated seven inches of lake enhanced snow in less than five hours at Rapid River.
There was a report via social media of an estimated five inches of lake enhanced snow in approximately five hours at McFarland.
There was a report via social media of an estimated five inches of lake enhanced snow in six hours at Daggett.
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Every storm in Michigan in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, January 2018
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: 736677, 736678, 736679, 736680.