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Heavy Snow in Mackinac, Michigan

Heavy Snow March 29, 2009 · Mackinac, Michigan

The wider storm

An occluding low pressure system moved from Missouri to Lake Huron, producing a burst of wintry precipitation across Northern Michigan, centered on daybreak of the 29th. Precipitation fell as heavy, wet snow, west of a line from Cadillac to Cheboygan, including Eastern Upper Michigan. A relatively narrow north-south band of heavy snow occurred. Six to eight inches of slushy accumulations fell from Wexford County, north across the Grand Traverse Bay region, and on to western Mackinac County. The highest amount, 8 inches, fell on Cadillac.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 161456. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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