Heavy Snow — Leelanau, Michigan

2020-01-18 · Leelanau, Michigan

Wider weather episode

Low pressure would advance from Iowa, moving directly over northern lower Michigan on the 18th. Two areas of heavy snow resulted. One impacted southeast Chippewa County in eastern upper Michigan, associated with lake enhanced snow with southeast winds off of Lake Huron. The DeTour Village area picked up 7 to 8 inches of snowfall. The other area was in Leelanau and Grand Traverse Counties in northwest lower Michigan. This was thanks to some locally heavier banded snowfall. Leland topped out at almost 11 inches of snow, while Kingsley and the south end of Traverse City were around 8 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 873852. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.