Bitter cold Arctic air funneling into the area on the backside of a low stationed over southern Hudson Bay resulted in dangerously cold wind chills across porttions of Upper Michigan from late evening on the 15th into the morning of the 16th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Bitter cold Arctic air funneling into the area on the backside of a low stationed over southern Hudson Bay resulted in dangerously cold wind chills across porttions of Upper Michigan from late evening on the 15th into the morning of the 16th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
10 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Bitter cold wind chills between 25 to 34 below zero were reported across portions of Gogebic County. Schools were either closed or delayed on the 16th to the effects of the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills between 25 to 30 below zero were reported from Marquette to K.I Sawyer and west to Ishpeming and Negaunee. Bitter cold wind chills between 25 to 34 below zero were reported across portions of Gogebic County. Many schools across the county were closed on the 16th due to the effects of the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills around 25 below zero were reported by the Nisula MDOT weather station.
Bitter cold wind chills around 25 below zero were reported by the Rockland MDOT station. Schools in Ontonagon County were either closed or delayed on the 16th due to the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills from 20 to 25 below zero were reported across portions of Baraga County. Schools were delayed on the 16th to the effects of the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills between 25 to 30 below zero were reported in the Iron River area.
Bitter cold wind chills around 25 below zero were reported across portions of Alger County on the morning of the 16th. Munising Schools were closed on the 16th due to the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills around 20 below zero were reported across portions of southern Schoolcraft County. Manistique Schools were closed on the 16th due to the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills between 20 to 25 below zero were reported across Menominee County. Several schools in the county were either closed or delayed on the 16th due to the cold.
Bitter cold wind chills around 25 below zero were reported from Escanaba to Rock to near Trenary. Most schools throughout Delta County were closed on the 16th due to the cold.
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