Winter Storm in Northern Houghton, Michigan

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.

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.