Arctic air flooding over the Upper Great Lakes supported moderate lake effect snow over portions of west and north central Upper Michigan from the 17th into the morning of the 18th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Arctic air flooding over the Upper Great Lakes supported moderate lake effect snow over portions of west and north central Upper Michigan from the 17th into the morning of the 18th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The observer near Big Bay measured 4.7 inches of lake effect snow in 12 hours.
The station 11 miles southwest of Munising measured nearly a foot of snow in 36 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Michigan in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, December 2019
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: 869339, 869340.