A series of upper disturbances moving across a cold and unstable air mass generated moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow across the northwest wind snow belts of Upper Michigan from the 27th into the morning of the 30th.
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The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
A series of upper disturbances moving across a cold and unstable air mass generated moderate to locally heavy lake effect snow across the northwest wind snow belts of Upper Michigan from the 27th into the morning of the 30th.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 winter storm, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Nature's Kennel 7 miles north of McMillan measured 27.5 inches of lake effect snow over 72 hours. Occasional power outages were reported from the heavy snowfall from McMillan and Newberry to Pine Stump Junction.
Lake effect snowfall totals over 72 hours included 15.4 inches at two miles south of Baraga, 14.5 inches at Herman, 14.3 inches at 7 miles northwest of Baraga and 12 inches nearly 18 miles southeast of L'Anse.
A spotter in Germfask measured a two-day lake effect snow total of 12 inches.
Lake effect snow totals over 72 hours included 27 inches 7 miles north-northeast of Ironwood, 15 inches at Bessemer, 14 inches 5 miles north of Ironwood and 9-11 inches within the city of Ironwood.
Lake effect snowfall reports over a 48-hour period included 17 inches at Painesdale, 15.7 inches at Twin Lakes, 13.5 inches at Alston and 11 inches at Houghton. Northwest winds gusting to 35 mph at times also caused considerable blowing snow, reducing visibility to one mile or less at time.
The observer in Munising measured 22 inches of lake effect snow in 48 hours.
There was a Facebook report of 13.5 inches of lake effect snow in Alston over 24 hours.
There was a Facebook report at Allouez of 18 inches of lake effect snow over an approximate 30-hour period.
Facebook report from Driggs Lake in northern Schoolcraft County of 16 inches of lake effect snow over an approximate 24 hour-period.
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