News DetailIntense, persistent lake effect event in the Great Lakes Region!
Posted At: December 7, 2006 @ 2:53 PM
Posted By: Reed Timmer
Related Categories: Snow
A textbook north-northwesterly flow lake effect has been pummeling the Great Lakes Region for the last few days, with up to two feet of snow falling in several areas. Wind gusts of over 50 mph have occurred in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, with several areas reporting 15-30 inches of snowfall. In the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, dominant single snowfall bands have set up in the north and the south, with 2-4 inch per hour snowfall rates common. Grand Junction, MI, in Van Buren County near the Indiana border, reported 20 inches of new snow from this event. Shown below is a radar image from the northern Lower Peninsula at ~4:00 pm EST, revealing an INTENSE lake effect band hammering the same areas.
Areas downwind of Lake Huron in southern Ontario, Canada also received HUGE amounts of snow from this lake effect event. The radar image below shows an incredible lake effect band streaming off Lake Huron on Thursday afternoon.
Areas downwind of Lake Huron in southern Ontario, Canada also received HUGE amounts of snow from this lake effect event. The radar image below shows an incredible lake effect band streaming off Lake Huron on Thursday afternoon.
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Yeah we definately need a large lake northwest of norman....