Ice Storm in Presque Isle, Michigan

Radial ice accumulation of 0.25 inches on a tree branch reported 6mi W of Rogers City. Additional photos on social media showed ice accretion on the feathers of living wild turkeys by morning.

A storm tracking out of the southwestern US along a stationary boundary stretched across Michigan resulted in record high temperatures on the 9th, followed by cooler temperatures on the 10th. Moderate to heavy rain and a few rumbles of thunder moved into northern Lower Michigan during the late evening on the 10th, with primarily snow and sleet across the eastern UP until later, when the warm nose aloft tracked far enough northward to bring some freezing rain to the eastern UP as well. Cold surface temperatures resulted in additional freezing rain and sleet during the morning of the 11th with a second round of precipitation moving largely across northeast Lower Michigan, and a little snow in the afternoon with gusty winds resulting in blowing snow and icy roads.