U.P. Snow Totals Jan 15/16/17/18

Lake effect snow and cold temps until Wednesday

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Cold and Crispy

It sure is cold, not the coldest ever but the coldest we have had this winter and tonight it is dropping even more at least ten decrease less than last nights lows. We will see much of the Upper Peninsula hit double digit negatives with some places possibly seeing even -20 to -25 overnight. It certainly was a crispy one today, I had a high of 3 degrees in Calumet and then it dropped to -5 by 8pm. Will be interesting to see what the low temps were across the Upper Peninsula tonight when all the data is shown tomorrow, I am sure the NWS Marquette office will post on their facebook page by early afternoon Monday.

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Cancelled Hike

Our group hike got cancelled today which was going to be at O Kun de kun falls, so I decided to meet Zack from the group over at Victoria dam to check out the falls and do some sledding. Road conditions weren’t the best mostly because of the snow being blown up by vehicles you were following or passerby vehicles.

At Victoria dam the temp was 1 or 2 degrees with up to a -22 wind chill at times. By the time we were heading out temps really started dropping to -10 and -11 degrees already around 6pm. It was pretty chilly that’s for sure. The falls were running as they are still working on the powerhouse down below along the river. There was a good amount of snow in the area, I measured between 6-7 inches that fell overnight Saturday into Sunday morning in the area, a good blanket of snow for some winter fun.

The falls were flowing pretty good but not as good as they were a few weeks ago but with all the fresh white snow it was a nice pretty scene if you could bear the wind on your face.

After we checked the falls out we did some sledding, I had 3 sleds with me. We went sledding down the Victoria road, the conditions for it were perfect. If you have ever been to the Victoria dam you know how steep that road is as it drops down to the dam.

Heading back to Houghton snowfall and blowing snow picked up pretty good and there was so much traffic kicking up snow it made for a really slow ride home going 20-25mph for almost 30 miles of the 40 mile drive. When we left Rockland the skies were clear and you could see the stars. I did a LIVE video on facebook if you want to watch it.

Snow forecast

Below is what I posted for my forecasted snow totals last night Saturday into Monday afternoon, we shall see how close I came with the numbers, some might be a little higher, but overall I think I’ll be pretty close. Won’t know until Tuesday when I post the Monday snow totals, then can add up the Sat, Sun, and Monday totals and see how I did, ohh isn’t winter fun!

Ironwood-Wakefield 2-4"

Bergland/White Pine 5-8"

Ontonagon 1-3"

Twin Lakes to Painesdale 6-10"

Houghton/Hancock 4-6"

Calumet/Central - 8-12"

L'Anse/Baraga 1-3"

Alberta/Covington Jct 6-8"

Negaunee/Ishpeming 4-6"

Marquette city Trace-2"

Munising/Melstrand/McMillan 4-8"

Newberry/Paradise 4-6"

Soo - 1-2"

St Ignace Trace - 1"

Manistique/Escanaba 0-1"

Iron Mtn - 1-2"

Menominee Trace to 1"

Stay warm out there and I’ll see you on the next update, if you’re a paid subscribe you can view the snow totals for Jan 15-18th below.

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