Winter Weather — Northern Schoolcraft, Michigan

2024-12-11 to 2024-12-12 · Northern Schoolcraft, Michigan

Event narrative

An estimated 2 to 4 inches of lake effect snow fell over a 24-hour period ending on the morning of the 12th. The snow combined with blowing snow from northwest winds gusting to 30 mph at times caused occasionally reduced visibility.

Wider weather episode

As series of upper disturbances moving across a cold Arctic air mass in place over the Upper Great Lakes brought heavy lake enhanced snow to the north-northwest wind snow belts of Upper Michigan from the 10th into the 13th.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1227289. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.