An upper disturbance moving across the Upper Great Lakes helped generate moderate to occasionally heavy lake enhanced snow off of Lake Michigan into Luce County on the 7th.
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An upper disturbance moving across the Upper Great Lakes helped generate moderate to occasionally heavy lake enhanced snow off of Lake Michigan into Luce County on the 7th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
There was a report via social media of 6.5 inches of lake enhanced snow in 8 hours at McMillan with occasionally heavy snow and whiteout conditions observed. Five inches of snow was reported at Newberry in 12 hours.
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