US EditionLake Effect Snow Piles up in Great Lakes Region, Impacting Thanksgiving Travel
Lake effect snow caused over 33 inches of accumulation in parts of Michigan, disrupting travel and causing over 1,000 power outages during Thanksgiving, officials said.
- On Thursday, residents in the Great Lakes region faced lake-effect snow with about 2 to 3 inches near Buffalo, New York, and dangerous travel with low visibility across Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
- Cold air over the Great Lakes causes lake effect snow as moisture is picked up from warmer water, with meteorological winter starting Monday, December 1, marking peak snow season.
- Reports showed dramatic local totals, including 33 inches about 10 miles west of Bessemer near Montreal, Wisconsin, and 15 inches measured at the National Weather Service in Marquette amid bands dumping 2 to 3 inches per hour.
- Utilities reported widespread outages after the storms, with over 1,000 outages near Houghton reported by Upper Peninsula Power Company and similar outages near Holland by Consumers Energy; Alger County and Keweenaw Peninsula blizzard warnings remain until Thursday night and morning.
- Forecasters expect conditions to ease by Friday, with precipitation tapering off Saturday before this weekend’s incoming system brings 3-6+ inches amid an active early-December pattern.
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LANSING, Mich.—Residents of the Great Lakes region are in for a snowy Thanksgiving, as a weather system continues to drop precipitation across the area, particularly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Snowfall that began Wednesday persisted Thursday with winds and snow bands out of the north and northwest. A blizzard warning is in effect in Alger County, east of Marquette, Michigan, until 7 p.m. Thursday night. The heaviest snowfall is expected…
Lake effect snow piles up in Great Lakes region, impacting Thanksgiving travel
Strong lake effect snow bands are expected to dump several inches of snow across the Great Lakes region Thanksgiving Day, with the most accumulation hitting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Snowfall that began Wednesday has measured over 15 inches in…
Lake effect snow piles up in Great Lakes region, impacting Thanksgiving travel
Strong lake effect snow bands are expected to dump several inches of snow across the Great Lakes region Thanksgiving Day, with the most accumulation hitting the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Snowfall that began Wednesday has measured over 15 inches in…
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