Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

Travel conditions will be challenging across the northern Plains, Great Lakes and east coast through Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Heavy snow, blizzard conditions, for the upper Midwest and Great Lakes region through Thanksgiving to be followed by another strong storm for the Plains, Great Lakes and Northeast this weekend. Strong winds are expected with these systems adding to travel difficulties Read More >

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A strong winter storm will move through the region today through Thursday bringing heavy snowfall, strong winds and blizzard conditions to some locations, especially over the western U.P and counties along Lake Superior. Travel will become very difficult to impossible over much of the U.P and should be restricted to emergency travel for areas expecting blizzard conditions. Here is the general progression of anticipated conditions this week in Upper Michigan.

Rain continues to change to snow from west to east late today. Expect heavy snowfall to combine with strong winds, creating blizzard conditions over the western U.P and counties along Lake Superior.

Heavy snow is expected over the western U.P today with rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour. Rain changes to snow for the central and eastern through the day with rates up to 1 inch per hour. The system snow will wind down tonight; however, moderate lake effect snow will continue for the northwest winds snowbelts.

Rain continues to transition to snow from west to east, though a bit of a dry slot has formed over the central to eastern UP. Here’s a look at a few webcams and some snowfall reports so far. Disclaimer: This is not a complete list and data is not final.

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Heavy Snow Across the Northern Plains and Great Lakes; Strong Winds for the East

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