The snowmobile trails are officially open as of today in Marquette County as well as the rest of the State of Michigan though the lack of snow has caused most to keep their sleds packed up in their garage. That will soon change (hopefully)!
The UP is in the cross hairs for a nice cold front set to blow into the air tonight into tomorrow. The cold arctic air will move across the “warm” waters of Lake Superior causing a significant accumulation of lake effect snow.
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...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY OVER MINNESOTA WILL MOVE ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...THEN MERGE WITH DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. BEHIND THE LOW...WINDS WILL TURN NORTH AND NORTHWEST...ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO MOVE ACROSS THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS SETUP WILL LIKELY LEAD TO THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOWS OF THE SEASON FOR AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. CURRENT DATA SUGGESTS THAT AREAS FAVORED BY A NORTHERLY WIND DIRECTION...SUCH AS INLAND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN AS WELL AS AREAS NEAR IRONWOOD...WILL SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. AS THE WINDS TURN NORTHWESTERLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALL OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN FROM IRONWOOD TO THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA COULD SEE MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. WIDESPREAD LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS ALSO ANTICIPATED TO FALL ACROSS LAKE EFFECT SNOW BELTS EAST OF MARQUETTE FAVORED BY A NORTHWEST WIND. HOWEVER...THE LATEST INFORMATION SUGGESTS THIS SNOW WILL NOT BE AS HEAVY AS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT AS WINDS QUICKLY SHIFT TO THE WEST ON THURSDAY NIGHT...SHIFTING THE HEAVIER SNOW OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION. |
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