Winter Storm — Beaver Island, Michigan

2022-02-18 to 2022-02-19 · Beaver Island, Michigan

Wider weather episode

A strong shortwave progressed over the Great Lakes 2/18 into 2/19, providing favorable ascent aloft to support a deepening sub-1000mb cyclone that trekked across the upper peninsula of Michigan into Ontario. This system brought heavy snowfall in a short period of time, along with wind gusts in excess of 50 mph at times that lead to significant drops in visibility. Western Mackinac county saw the highest snowfall totals of 10-12 with a widespread 6-9 reported across northwest lower Michigan.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1010280. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.