Winter Storm — Alger, Michigan

2023-11-26 to 2023-11-28 · Alger, Michigan

Event narrative

There was a social media report of between 19 and 24 inches of snowfall in Melstrand over a 39-hour period. Other reports over Alger County during the same period included 10 inches at 11 miles south of Grand Marais, 6.5 inches in Chatham and around 5-6 inches in the Munising and Wetmore area. Northwest winds gusting between 25 and 30 mph also caused occasional whiteout conditions in blowing snow.

Wider weather episode

Lake effect snow in the wake of a cold front produced moderate to heavy snow accumulation over the northwest wind snow belts of west and north central Upper Michigan from the evening of the 26th into the 28th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1147732. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.