Winter Storm in Charlevoix, Michigan

A strong clipper low pressure system moved across Lake Superior and far northern Lake Huron on the night of the 26th. Light snow ahead of the system would give to lake effect behind, as another shot of brutally cold air entered the region. This cold air was accompanied by wind gusts of 40 to 45 mph along the Lake Michigan coast of northwest lower Michigan. This resulted in substantial blowing and drifting snow there, accompanied by wind chills of 15 to 25 below zero. Elsewhere in northern Michigan, winds were a little lighter, and blowing/drifting snow and wind chills not quite as severe. Snowfall amounts were in the 1 to 4 inch range across northern Michigan.