An Arctic air mass combined with a low pressure trough hanging over the area resulted in moderate lake effect snow accumulation and periods of considerable blowing snow across the Keweenaw Peninsula from the 1st through the 2nd.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
An Arctic air mass combined with a low pressure trough hanging over the area resulted in moderate lake effect snow accumulation and periods of considerable blowing snow across the Keweenaw Peninsula from the 1st through the 2nd.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 11:22 PM EST, 38 minutes earlier.
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2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Observers reported moderate lake effect snow accumulation of approximately 4-5 inches per day on the 1st and 2nd with considerable blowing snow on the 2nd due to northwest winds gusting over 40 mph at times.
Observers reported moderate lake effect snow accumulation of approximately 4-5 inches per day on the 1st and 2nd with considerable blowing snow on the 2nd due to northwest winds gusting over 40 mph at times.
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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: 1081698, 1081700.