U.P. Snow Totals 3 day storm

Warmup and rain on the way early next week

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-December 14th update-

Classic U.P. Snowstorm

Well the Keweenaw finally saw what I call a Classic UP snowstorm. The eastern U.P. from Munising to the Soo had their storm after Thanksgiving, but this time the Keweenaw (Painesdale to Rockland) saw it’s first good snowstorm this season the last 3 days. Munising saw action from both snowstorms and that area is keeping up with the Keweenaw snow totals, at least for now, but I think we will have some nice snow totals coming from the Keweenaw and the Munising area this year once again. We need to see good snowfall across the snowbelts this year for our winter tourism. The Ironwood area needs more snow, it really hasn’t seen much since the last few days of November, that snow base took a hit last week with the warmup and after this Sunday and Monday it will probably take even more of a hit, let’s hope they get a blast of lake effect snow soon before Christmas.

Above: view inside the Calumet/Tamarack weather station - 12.13.24

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On Ground Snowfall

Ironwood to Bergland areas have about 4 inches upwards of 10 inches on the ground.

Keweenaw from Rockland to Painesdale there is 25-40 inches on the ground.

Keweenaw from South Range to Calumet(higher elevations)there is 20-25 inches on the ground.

Keweenaw Mohawk to Central there’s 15-21 inches on the ground.

Central UP anywhere from 4-15 inches on the ground, higher amounts out near Michigamme and Three Lakes.

Munising area to McMillian areas 25-40 inches on the ground.

Newberry to the Soo area 8-22 inches on the ground.

Anywhere else in the Upper Peninsula is very low on snowfall and it doesn’t look good for awhile in the non-snowbelt areas.

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Warmth and rain return

It has been a fun winter so far, and another interesting one as well. December and January are usually the snowier of the months, and January usually is the snowier month of the two. This December is off to a good start but we are also seeing some warmups and rain once again this coming week. I think it will move out pretty fast with more cool air coming directly behind it. For two days we will have to endure mid to upper 30s on Sunday and Monday.

As we get further into the morning hours on Saturday temperatures will slowly start climbing into the low to mid 20s as winds start shifting into a S/SE direction bringing in warm air with winds up to 20mph especially closer to the Lake Michigan shoreline. Early morning hours we could see a few snow flurries but accumulations should be minimal for tomorrow snow totals, overall mostly dry the next couple days across the Upper Peninsula.

Cool off and snow returns Tuesday

Soon after the evening hours Monday we should start seeing cool air move in bringing some light snow flurries as temperatures start dropping. Late Monday night and early morning Tuesday area like Twin Lakes, Houghton, Calumet, and further up into the Keweenaw should see most of the snowfall with the west winds. It isn’t until later on into the late evening Tuesday and early morning hours Wednesday when the winds will start shifting into a NW wind pattern that we will see snow banding return fanning out more lake effect across the NW snowbelts like Ironwood/Bergland, Keweenaw, Michigamme highlands, and Munising to the Soo.

I am thinking we won’t see a lot snow from Tuesday to Thursday perhaps only an inch or two each day. Let’s watch what late Thursday and Friday may bring us, perhaps another strong lake effect event like the last few days.

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