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- Parts of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula received up to 8.2 inches of snow in a late-season storm.
- The National Weather Service issued warnings and outlooks on April 14 for snow, ice, and high winds.
- The storm is expected to subside as high pressure moves into the region. Strong winds will continue with gusts reaching 45 mph.
A late-winter storm pummeling the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula has already delivered more than 8 inches of snow in some places, the National Weather Service said.
The National Weather Service said the band of snow, ice and high winds will affect Michigan through Wednesday morning.
Gale warnings are in effect for April 15 on lakes Superior, Michigan and Huron, as well as a portion of Lake Erie.
The eastern Upper Peninsula is under a winter weather advisory, while portions of the Keweenaw Peninsula, the Marquette area and the southern UP shoreline have wind advisories in place. The rest of the UP has a hazardous weather outlook for April 15.
In the Lower Peninsula, a hazardous weather outlook is in place while the area from Traverse City to Cadillac, and Houghton Lake to Mackinac City is under a winter weather advisory.
“As the snow winds down today, expect strong northwesterly winds to continue over the region, with gusts as high as 45 mph possible along the Lake Superior shoreline,” the NWS office in Marquette said on X on April 15. “Expect the weather to calm down tonight as high pressure builds in.”
The storm most heavily impacted locations in the western Upper Peninsula. A cluster of sites in the Keweenaw Peninsula saw snow range of 2 to 8 inches.
While snow is expected in several areas through April 15, it is expected to taper off by April 16.
From the past 24 hours, here are the snow totals reported by NWS cooperative observers in the Upper Peninsula:
How much snow accumulated in the Upper Peninsula?
Here are the snow totals:
- Twin Lakes (1 mile WSW): 8.2 inches
- Painesdale: 6 inches
- Herman (2 miles SE): 6 inches
- Hancock (1 mile ENE): 5.4 inches
- Ironwood (2 miles WNW): 5 inches
- Bessemer (5 miles NNW): 5 inches
- Ironwood (1 mile NE): 4.8 inches
- Mount Arvon (5 miles SE): 4.5 inches
- Allouez (1 mile SSW): 4.3 inches
- Redridge (4 miles ESE): 4.2 inches
- Ironwood (4 miles N): 4 inches
- Three Lakes: 3.9 inches
- Hurley (1 mile E): 3.8 inches
- Paulding: 2.8 inches
- Three Lakes (1 mile ESE): 2.8 inches
- Amasa: 2.4 inches
- Round Lake: 2.2 inches
- Mercer: 2.1 inches
- Houghton (2 miles ESE): 2 inches
- Ahmeek: 2 inches
This story will be updated.
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