UP Snow Totals Mar 16th

Bit slippery early on, with lake effect moving in.

Today we saw another snow station join the 200 Inch Club, that station is Painesdale. That makes it 6 stations in the club, with a few more on the way. The chance of any station reaching that 300 inch mark is not looking very likely unless we really get a few more snow storms and some consistent snowfall. However we should see 1-4 stations reach at least 250 inches, which would be pretty decent with the amount of warm weather we have seen this year.

With today’s snowfall measurements I have passed 1000 inches of snow measured for the season, a feat that usually isn’t to difficult, as of today I have measured 1,037.1 inches of snow between 6 snow stations. First snow accumulation for 2022/23 I measured was Oct 6th. Last inch of snowfall on the ground measured last year was May 14th, I am thinking that it won’t be as late this year for that last 1 inch to disappear.

Wasn’t much in the way of snow Friday, nothing more than usual, but the early am snow was wet and slippery which caused many people to find the ditch and calls to emergency help, tow truck drivers were busy early morning into early afternoon before roads got cleared. By the time the sun came up temps dropped and the snow that fell was more fluffy and dry which helped improve the conditions on the roads considerably.

The system snow got broken up as the system moved more north, moving much of the snow over Lake Superior with the lower portions of the system moving NE over Ironwood up to southern Keweenaw county. Much of the UP was left out of the bigger snow totals except the western and northern UP.

Tonight and into tomorrow there will be lake effect snow in the NW snowbelts and could also see some lake effect a bit further down into Delta and Schoolcraft counties with the strong winds. Winds and snow should decrease by mid afternoon, moving into Sunday a bit more calm. By Sunday we should see temps getting back up into the high 20s and low 30s.

I remember growing up and it seemed like every year a day or two on the side of St. Patty’s Day we would get a storm. The last 10-15 years I can’t remember the last time we had a good St. Patty’s Day storm and I am sure to forget about this one too, unless I wake up tomorrow and get to my snow stations and we have another 15-24 inches.

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