This post was first published on Mar 21st on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 21st: Garden Corners with 1.9 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 136.4 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)



UP Snow Totals for March 21st below.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 20th: Munising with 3.7 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 136.4 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)



UP Snow Totals for March 20th below.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Mar 21st on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 19th: Soo airport with 4.1 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 136.1 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)



UP Snow Totals for March 19th below.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Mar 18th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 18th: Cedarville with 3 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 135.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Light snow and cold for a few days. Back to winter for the rest of this week. I was just getting used to the warmer temps and seeing the grass, I guess I’ll have to wait until April. Up here in the Keweenaw we still have about 20 inches on the ground so I guess it will be here for a little while yet. The snow elsewhere across the UP had already melted except for in the deep woods with tree cover where there were still some patches of snow.

This week we will see some light lake effect snowfall, most of it being on Wednesday and then a little on Friday. It won’t add up to much more than a few inches at most. It will be a little windy along the shores of Lake Superior those days as well so hold onto your hats, or perhaps get in some wave watching if that’s your thing.

Look for a little snow early next week as well but it might be coming in from the east and south east so places like the southern eastern UP and areas near Marquette and Big Bay may see more snow than the western UP.

Winter isn’t over yet, but it sure was nice to have the sunshine and 50s and low 60s for a little bit, I guess we will have to wait a little longer for it to settle in yet.

UP Snow Totals for March 18th below.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Mar 17th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 17th: Herman with 8 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 135.3 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)





UP Snow Totals for March 17th below.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Mar 16th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 16th: Houghton county station with 4 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 129.3 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

St. Patty's Day Storm arrives

After a couple of weeks with warm weather and sunshine winter has returned to the Upper Peninsula. Snow has been a little more than I was thinking we would be seeing and I think with the temps dropping a bit more than expected it has helped give us the lake effect we are seeing. The winds arrived as expected with drifts starting to be seeing late afternoon.

It looks like there will be a few flurries through the week here and there as the temperatures remain a bit cooler than we saw last week. For now it is back to winter.

I hope to get out to do some cross country skiing the next few days, I haven’t even gotten the skis out this year or used my snowshoes. Can’t remember the last year I didn’t go in the last 10 years.

I am just ready to get on with spring and mostly over winter already, I was just starting to get used to the warmer temps and seeing the ground without snow across most of the UP. We will still see an early spring most likely as on the ground snow amounts are pretty non-existent across most of the UP except the Keweenaw and Huron mountains where there is still 5-20 inches on the ground in the woods.

UP Snow Totals for March 16th below.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Mar 4th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Mar 4th: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 1.8 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 124.8 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow and winds arrived, felt like winter. I have a vehicle again!

A little snow in some places in the UP, it came quickly as the winds shifted slightly giving us some nice heavy lake effect snow that soon faded once winds shifted again about 30min after it started mid afternoon.

The system I was watching late last week moved further north into Canada which allowed warmer weather to slide into the UP. It just goes to show you as with many systems that move over our area things can change so fast even if forecasts hold for days, the joys of winter weather forecasts.

I am not a meteorologist by any means, but I do enjoy learning as much as I can about weather, especially winter weather because it’s very interesting, I find snow magical, fresh, and delightful. That’s a big reason why I measure 6 snowfall stations daily since 2011 and do reports on the snow. We certainly live in a unique place for winter weather here in the Upper Peninsula with our lake effect snow and also seeing system snow, sometimes these mix giving us some memorable snowstorms.

Snow outlook for this weekend.
There is snow in the forecast for late Friday and Saturday, very little, but also rain is in the forecast. The western UP may stay dry. Much of the moisture should stay in southern Iron, Delta, and Marquette counties, and eastward across the UP.

We should see a northern shortwave from the Dakotas moving northeast over our area mid week. This appears to be meeting up with a southern shortwave stream from Texas and Oklahoma which will bring up some moisture north, this should feed the cooler temps as the cold front Friday arrives. Predictions on precipitation we could expect may be in the 0.1-0.15 inch range which could yield 1-1.5 inches of snow across the region Saturday.

Daytime temps will be in the upper 30s to low 40s may give us some light rain Friday afternoon into the early evening hours before temperatures start dropping to around freezing as the sun goes down. An air mass moving in behind the colder air is pretty dry which will keep the precipitation low and snow out of the western UP. NE winds will also keep snow out of the Keweenaw and far western UP as well. Winds will pick up early Saturday morning into the early afternoon, can’t rule out 35mph gusts with 15-20mph sustained winds across the eastern UP.

After this weekend we will start seeing warmer weather again, trending above average for this time of the year. We can’t rule out more snow as we approach the middle of the month, March is usually one of those wacky weather months here in the UP.

UP Snow Totals for March 4th below. From this point on, unless we really start seeing some decent snow we will see the percentages increase of snowfall from last year.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 28 on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 28: Munising with 10 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow and winds arrived, felt like winter. I have a vehicle again!

Snow returned for a couple days and dropped an inch in places up to 10 inches in others, but it really wasn’t much to make a difference on the snowmobile trails, with the warm temps coming it’s not going to get better that’s for sure.

Today wasn’t as cold as it was yesterday with temps in the mid teens and slowly rising into the mid 20s by early evening today.


Above: Tamarack location on the ground snow 2.29.24 measurement

This weekend into early next week weather will be pretty quiet with temps in the 40s on Friday, Sat, and rising into the 50s on Sunday as a result of some southerly winds. Sunday and Monday rain looks like it will make its way into the UP with a slight chance of some mixed precipitation on Monday, a few traces of snow overnight possible. By Tuesday we should see temperatures dipping slightly to the upper 20s as winds start shifting back to westerly and northwest, with 15mph north winds by late Tuesday into Wednesday, gusts up to 25mph. Mixed precipitation is likely and a good chance of some lake effect snow late Tuesday into Wednesday as those north winds pick up moisture off Lake Superior.


Above you can see the current on the ground analysis as of today. Then take a look at the graphic from a couple days earlier for snow cover. You can really see how much of the UP is lacking on snow cover.


Will this hold enough to affect the UP much, we shall see as the next few days go on, as we know things can change pretty quickly here in the UP.

March can give us some nice snowstorms, but this year the chances that happens are pretty slim.


Just goes to show you how warm it has been this season.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 27 on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 27: Keweenaw county and Calumet Tamarack loc with 1 inch
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow and winds arrived, felt like winter. I have a vehicle again!

Today the snow returned with the wind, it really felt like what most of winter should have felt like this season. This will be short lived as 50° temps will return on Friday.

There were still some lake effect snow bands pounding the Munising area into the Pictured Rocks area so there should be a bit more snow that way like I reported yesterday. Overall snowfall totals today were about what I forecasted for.

Temps really dropped pretty fast last night, -4 this morning at my Tamarack location station. I saw that the NWS posted a big variance in temperature at the Iron Mountain station. The temperature in Iron Mountain felt 75 degrees colder at 4 am this morning than it did at 4 pm yesterday (64 to -11F). (NWS Marquette Facebook post).

If you watched my Facebook LIVE yesterday I said in it that in 10 minutes I was there at my Tamarack station it had dropped 4 degrees, and the high for the day was 48 and was currently 34, then dropped to -4 overnight a 52 degree swing.

I saw a few snowmobile tracks on Trail 17 today while I was out, I can’t imagine that ride being that fun, crusty and bumpy trail doesn’t excite me, perhaps they saw this as a last opportunity to ride.

Yesterday Swedetown xc ski trails were closed and today they were open again as there was a light dusting of snow that covered the hard crusty tracks. Maybe I’ll get out and do some xc skiing before the snow melts.

Honestly I am looking forward to an early spring and doing some waterfall adventures, maybe a little camping before bug season too.

I want to thank everyone who donated to the gofundme that helped me pickup a vehicle. I am happy to be back out on the road again and looking forward to doing videos again and snow reports for everyone before winter is over. You can watch the LIVE video showing everyone the vehicle.

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Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 25 on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 25: Keweenaw county and Calumet Tamarack loc with 1 inch
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow on the way tonight, then warm weather continues into weekend.

The month of February has been a low snowfall month just like December was, about the same amount really, not many stations seeing more than 10 inches for the month so far. However Snow is on the way late tonight into Wednesday afternoon. The cold temps will return for a day along with the high winds with gusts up to 40mph off Pictured Rocks to Whitefish point. Western UP shorelines may see 25-30mph gusts.

In the snow totals today I have highlighted the stations that are in the 100 Inch Club along with what stations were in last year at this time. I have also given a +/- percentage of snowfall compared to last year so you can see how low snow totals really are. Last year we had 35 stations at least 100 inches or more. This year we only have only 4 stations at 100 or more inches.

I got to thinking about historically how we see warmer years with low snowfall years every 10-12 years or so, I can look back on data snow totals from Calumet from 1880s to now and see about 2 years in a row we see some lower than normal snow then it goes back to normal or higher than normal. Now I haven’t really looked hard and it also go me wondering how warmer periods in our weather and low snowfall years correlate with solar maximum, which is now peaking. I will need to do some more research and data analysis on over the years to see what I can find, sounds like a fun project, if I get ambitious enough with all the other stuff I have to do.

Well we are certainly getting down to our last couple months of possible snowfall, months where we usually don’t want to see anymore snow and just wish spring would arrive. Myself I am just ready for spring, but I know that we need more precipitation for the rivers, lakes, and vegetation. Water levels will be down most likely which those who live along the shorelines or have camps are probably ok with after having to deal with lots of erosion a few years prior.

Looking at tonight, we shall see temps drop from the mid 40s down to the single digits in many areas in the UP by early morning. Winds will pick up as the N/NW winds come in from Canada. We will see a bit of drier air sweeping in which will keep snow totals down and it will help keep snow totals from really adding up to more than 3 or 4 inches across most of the UP.

I’ve seen posts saying we are going to be getting 12+ inches, I am not sure where these people are getting those numbers but maybe it’s that hopium really hitting the brain, I just don’t see it with this system, not enough moisture. Drier air will make for some fluffier snow which snow totals could add up but that fluffy snow will settle very very fast into 1 or 2 inches if it was 12 inches. with 16:1 and high as 19:1 ratios expected.

Chances of rain and mixed precipitation is dwindling now as it looks like the warmer air (moisture) will be staying a bit south as ridging is being pushed down a bit by the colder air from the northern Rockies, this isn’t good for those who want those big snow totals. There could be some slick roads late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning as the ground under the roadways isn’t very frozen anymore so warm roads and some light snow will make for some very slick roads, what looks clear may be black ice.

Everything that I am looking at is projecting higher snow totals to be in the higher region around Herman to Yellow Dog plains and east of Munising to Paradise. It is possible to see 8-10 inches in those places, but more likely 5-7 inches. Western UP and Keweenaw may only see 3-4 inches. Areas from Iron Mountain to Escanaba may see 1-2 inches with areas east of Escanaba seeing 2-4 inches. We shall see though, with those higher SLR ratios we could see some higher snow totals but like I said it won’t add up to much after it settles and melts away with the warmer temperatures returning this weekend. Probably won’t even need to shovel your driveway let the warm temps melt it this weekend.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 23: Wetmore with 0.8 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)



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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 22 on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 22: Three Lakes, Ruth Lake with 0.7 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118.5 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

40s/50s early week then Snowstorm Tues/Wednesday.

What a winter it has been. For those winter enthusiasts like myself it has been a big disappointment, but to those who aren’t have been happy with the little snow we have had. Trending warmer early this week Sunday into Tuesday.

Tuesday afternoon we will see highs in the mid 40s then as the evening goes on we will see about a 30° maybe 35°swing in temps by late Tuesday night.

After a couple mild days of weather above average temps near the 50s in some places we will see a mid level trough move from the northern Rockies into the Great Lakes Region and with it some cooler air and gusty winds. We then have another trough which will bring us some moisture that will eventually meet up with the other system moving into the Great Lakes. This trough moves up from the Central plains into the upper Mississippi river valley by late Tuesday night. Together these will give us some of that mixed precipitation.

Cooler air to the north of will keep precipitation as snow for the western UP. Warmer air to the southern central, southern, and eastern portions of the UP will initially bring some light rains and mixed precipitation and transitioning into snow for those regions.

Let’s look at some projected snowfall for areas of the UP on Wednesday.


Houghton

Ironwood

Marquette

Munising

Escanaba

Manistique

Newberry

Have no worries though if you were getting used to the warming, it will return later in the week, back into the upper 30s and low 40s, melting much of the snow we get on Wednesday




One would think we should see more snow through the month of March but it appears it won’t be much of a snowy March. As waters warm on Lake Superior we really need some very cold Arctic air to drive across the lake to give us any more lake effect from this point onward.

In my time measuring snow and reporting snow totals in the last 13 years I don’t have any data to compare this year to. It would take a lot of research to figure out what year/s could be comparable in history to this winter. We can say however this is one for the record books and it will be one that many will remember and talk about for generations.

One thing with this low snow year will be burn warnings will start early this year and we won’t have to worry about flooding. Rivers I have a feeling will be down quickly by early April, and Lake Superior water levels may drop a few more inches this summer as well. Let’s hope for some good early spring rains to keep the water levels up a little for the spring plant growth.

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These reports are made possible because of people like you who subscribe to the Yooper Report - UP Snow Report it allows me to continue doing snow reports and measuring snow totals. Thank you for your support.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 17th: St. Ignace with 8 inches
Most Snowfall Feb 18th: Newberry with 2.8 inchess
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 118 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Little chance of snow, single digit temps return for a short time.

Herman and Calumet (Calumet lake) became the latest to join the 100 Inch Club.

Not much to write with this update. Expecting warmer weather the next few days before it turns a little colder. There is a slight chance for 1-4 inches of lake effect snow Thurs/Friday but I really don’t see more than a couple inches. There’s a cold air mass moving into the region into the weekend but it appears there won’t be much moisture associated with this system as it moves into the region. Drier air will keep any snow to a minimal amount. Clearing skies late Friday will all but cut off any chances of snow and bring in some some cold temps into the early morning hours of Saturday with low teens with even some single digits across the central and western UP.

There’s a good chance we might see some mixed precipitation around the 28th, rain, snow, sleet, to close out the month of February 2024.

Chances of snow are fading fast day by day. I don’t know about you, but I’ve been getting the itch for spring lately.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 17/18

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This post was first published on Feb 16th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 15th: Big Bay Eagle Mine with 12.4 inches
Most Snowfall Feb 16th: Houghton county with 8.2 inchess
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 117.3 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow and cold again for a few days.

Herman and Calumet (Calumet lake) became the latest to join the 100 Inch Club.

Snow has returned for a few days but now it will only be a few flurries here and there the next 3 or 4 days. We will see a slight warm up on Tuesday and Wednesday with some mid 30s and possible low 40s on Wednesday. Ridging we will see after this weekend will start will bring us that warm weather for a couple days. Don’t freak out yet though those who love winter and think winter is over, Thursday and Friday we should see some troughing that should shift south over the eastern US from Hudson Bay, you know what this means don’t ya, LAKE EFFECT SNOW!

Now I know there is the I will believe it when I see it crowd, that is how I feel a lot of times. I am pretty confident this will bring us some significant snowfall into the weekend, at the least in the amounts we have just seen the last couple days. It is possible we could see some rain before snow on Wedesday and Thursday and maybe some mixed precipitation before the lake effect kicks in. Does anyone else dislike rain in February and early March, but it’s been that kind of year I suppose.

So enjoy the slight gradual warming after Sunday into early next week. I’ll keep an eye out on developments for more snow this coming week. A little break in the action, but don’t put away those snow shovels yet.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 15/16

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Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 13th: NWS Marquette with 6 inches
Most Snowfall Feb 14th: Garden Corners and Gladstone No2 with 4 inchess
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 110.7 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Back to winter for a few days

Back to winter for a few days before it warms up again a little. The eastern and southern UP saw the most snow and the higher elevations in Baraga, Marquette, Houghton, and Keweenaw counties.

Friday snow should be minimal before we see some light flurries over the weekend. The south westerly flow should mainly bring snow to the south eastern UP with lake effect off Lake Michigan. Small chances to see a Bayfield Bomber which could bring more than a couple inches to the Keweenaw and Copper Country. Wouldn’t expect more than 4 inches through Sunday.

After Sunday we should start seeing the temps get back into the mid 30s again so enjoy the snow and colder temps while you can this weekend. There is a slight chance we could see a decent snow storm heading into the last few days of February, but we shall see how things develop.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 13/14

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This post was first published on Feb 12th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 12th: Kearsarge with 4 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 109.8 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

More very light fluffy snow, 2 stations now in 100 Inch Club

Some very light fluffy snow, it settles really quickly when it’s light lake effect snow that we have had the last 4 days. This won’t add much if anything to snow cover that will be significant enough to add to the snowmobile trails. Hopefully these windy days coming up Thursday will kick in the lake effect snow, but what I am seeing in the data it won’t be much, maybe 3-4 inches at most.

Check out the GFS Kuchera 78hr snow forecast run. Southern and eastern UP look to see the most snow over the next few days and higher elevations in Baraga and Marquette counties.


So what is happening Thursday and into the weekend, let’s take a look.

So a clipper will be moving in Wednesday bringing some cold air to the region but with the weak forcing we shouldn’t see much precipitation with snow amounts not much more than an inch.

Next it appears a weak Colorado low is starting to move across the plains bringing more cold air and winds, a bit of uncertainty in models, my guess is it will stay pretty south in the UP to impact us much. There isn’t much snow forecast for the eastern and southern UP, only 2-4 inches, that’s if it doesn’t get pushed further south.

Behind this cold front we could see some 850mb temps of around -11C bring in some lake effect snow to the NW snowbelts into the weekend but it’s a bit to soon to get a fix on this, give it a couple days. Winds could shift westerly which would cut off any chance of lake effect in much of the UP except the Keweenaw, much like what happened in the middle of January. Accumulations I have as a questionable amount for this weekend are 3-4 inches in the NW snowbelts.

Let’s check back the next couple days and see what this clipper and Colorado low brings us and if there’s any changes in low pressure system that is over Alaska right now as it swings down into the Great Lakes area early weekend.

We are doing some flip flopping in that a polar air mass or Pacific air mass moves in next. For those who love snow let’s hope for another Polar air mass.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 12

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Today's Notes:

Most Snowfall Feb 9th: Calumet Tamarack location with 4.5 inches
Most Snowfall Feb 10th: Herman and Keweenaw county with 1 inch
Most Snowfall Feb 11th: Calumet lake with 2.5 inches
Most Snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 105.9 inches
Biggest 24hr snowfall this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Light snow returns, no big storms anytime soon.

I was able to borrow a vehicle so I could measure my snow stations and join my hiking group for a hike Sunday it was nice to be out, been a little stir crazy since January 21st when my Expedition engine blew up. Still working on getting another vehicle to replace it.

The cold and snow have returned but not expecting anything big for the next 5-7 days. Our best chance to see any significant snowfall will be between Feb 21-25th. With the lake being wide open we will still see light snow every few days through the end of the month. Temps haven’t dipped a lot but enough for the snow to get crusty.

Calumet Tamarack snow station is the first this season to join the 100 Inch Club on Feb 9th. Keweenaw county snow station will be the next to reach 100 inches probably with tomorrows snow update. Next stations to reach 100 inches will be Calumet lake, Herman, and Painesdale snow stations.

We are still 50% to 80% below last years snow totals across the UP. This year has been a wash for many businesses. This may just be one of our lowest snow seasons in the last 20 years, but we will wait until the season is over to see.

Snowmobiling was pretty decent for 10 days in the middle of January when the Keweenaw saw 70 inches of snow, elsewhere across the UP hasn’t been very good most of the year. The Keweenaw is more rideable now with the 3-5 inches of snow we saw the last couple days to cover up some of those few bare spots. Don’t expect the conditions to be awesome but on scale of 1-5, I would give it a 1.5 rating.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 9

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This post was first published on Feb 1st on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Feb 1: Herman with 0.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 98.7 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Dusting of snow with warm weather continuing into next week.

Not much to write today. Another warm day with more sunshine, I could get used to this but it is still a bit early I do still want to have somewhat of a winter yet before we really start warming up. Just a dusting of snowfall today once again. Most likely that will be the case for the next 8-10 days until it cools down again.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Feb 1

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This post was first published on Feb 29th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 30: NWS Marquette with 0.5 inches
Most snowfall Jan 31: Calumet Tamarack loc with 0.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 98.7 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Warm temps arrived, above average temps continue

No snow station reached 100 inches of snow by the end of January. The closest station was at my Calumet Tamarack snow station with 98.7 inches. A post I made here on Substack on December 18th in the post I predicted that there wouldn’t be a place in the UP to see 95-100 inches of snow, so I guess that was pretty much true. Not having any station in the UP to see 100 inches by the end of January is pretty sad, but not surprising with the low December snowfall.

The greatest December snowfall was Herman with 14.3 inches. Most places were lucky to see 5-10 inches for December.

Our January snowfall wasn’t to far off averages especially in the Keweenaw where Keweenaw county station saw 68.8 inches of snow and Calumet Tamarack station had 69.6 inches of snow. Places like downtown Houghton saw 41.8 inches and Painesdale saw 57.8 inches. The NWS Marquette office recorded 47.2 inches for January which is more than average for that station by about 10 inches (1965-current year).

Yesterday felt more like a late March afternoon with mid 40s and low 50s in some places on Jan 31st. We saw warm temps continue into the mid 40s today the first day of February 2024. One of the warmest if not the warmest was in Copper Harbor with 46°, with warm waters of Lake Superior it’s not much of a surprise that our temps hit the 40s. Yesterday we also saw a day filled with sunshine then ending with a beautiful orange and pink sunset.
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Ok now onto the winter outlook for the next couple weeks. I’ll keep it real simple, I like simple.

If you’re looking for snow, you’ll have to wait another 10-12 days. There will be a few flurries here and there, but overall the next 7 days will be pretty dry.
Chances of precipitation increase as we get closer into the middle of the month with all the storms coming in off the Pacific.
Here in the UP, around the 8th and 9th we might see a little rain before things cool off in the following days where we should see some snow moving in.

We have some higher probabilities of above average precipitation from the 8th to the 15th. During this period is when our next snowstorm could arrive here in the UP. I’m leaning towards about the 13th-15th.

There is a lot of moisture coming in across the US from the Pacific Ocean bringing with it some good storms to the West and Rockies. We probably won’t be affected by that much here in the Upper Peninsula. Look for areas along the West Coast and to the Rockies to see 1-2 feet of snow in the next week. Southern US should see a few good thunderstorms as the storm system moves eastward and meets the Gulf moisture bringing some possible flooding to areas in the far south. Eastern US may also see some snowstorms mid week to next weekend.
Overall there really isn’t much to get excited about here in the Upper Peninsula for winter weather in the immediate future. If you’re into a super snowy winter then these warmer temps and lack of snow is probably ok for you. Myself I like a good snowy winter. Winters like this usually end up giving us more late season winter weather into mid April and even into early May.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 30/31

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This post was first published on Feb 29th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 29: Soo east with 2.7 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 98.2 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Snow in the Eastern UP

Some light snow across the eastern UP while most of the UP saw nothing to a trace of snow.

Haven’t seen much snow in the last 7 days a few traces here and there. Been in the 30s for the most part, tonight into tomorrow should remain pretty clear, little cloud cover. We may see close to 50 degrees in some areas in the UP tomorrow, should see snow levels on the ground drop a couple more inches and in some places in the UP might start seeing grass.

If there’s a time to go see waterfalls in the winter it’s during these thaws, especially going into the weekend with the continued warm weather.

Don’t expect much snow for the next 10 days. It isn’t until about Feb 10th-12th when I am expecting the next snow storm but not before we see some more rain. We are approaching our coldest period of the year mid Feb into first week of March and with Lake Superior wide open expect some decent snow should there be any cold Arctic winds.

It is looking like my prediction of now stations to reach 100 inches by Jan 31st will hold true, I think I made that prediction back in the middle of December, not something I really thought would hold especially after the Keweenaw kept getting blasted for 8 days straight with lake effect.

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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 29

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This post was first published on Feb 27th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 27: Big Bay (Eagle Mine) with 10 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 95.9 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Light snow, warm weather ahead.

Most of the UP saw some snow last night, higher numbers in the upper elevations outside of Marquette and south of Big Bay. Snow as very fluffy today, large snow crystals with lots of air between them. This type of snow really breaks down fast, 10 inches of this type of snow can end up being only an inch of snow overnight as it settles. Most of the snow we saw this past week has been pretty fluffy snow, but this has been the fluffiest.

Let’s look at the ice coverage over Lake Superior now.
2024-1-20 - 5.19% - Great Lakes total ice 13.80%
20231-20 - 3.01% - Great Lakes total ice 4.39%

So you can see with that cold spell this last week ice coverage grew a few percentages. On Jan 10th, Lake Superior ice was 1.29% and total Great Lakes coverage was 1.07%.

Temps will be above average for much of the remainder of January but we are getting into our annually coldest period of the year about mid Feb to the first couple weeks of March where we usually see ice coverage growing to the highest percentages usually.

So weather ahead isn’t look to exciting, other than a little mixed precipitation Tuesday and Wed with some possible mid 30s before it cools back down towards the weekend.

A mid level jet will move in on Sunday brining with it winds of 25-35mph. This coming week we will also see some shortwaves heading into the Great Lakes region increasing the chance of some light snowfall, but not before we could possible see those warmer temps.

After this warm weather passes and mixed precipitation leaves the region we should see a pattern change arriving this next weekend when ridging over the western US amplifies bringing with it some cooler air back to the Great Lakes.

Currently tonight here in the Keweenaw and parts of Alger county we have been seeing some moderate lake effect snow, but not expecting it to last to long into the morning. So I should have at least a few places in the UP to update for snow totals tomorrow night.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 27

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This post was first published on Feb 19th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 19: Big Bay (Eagle Mine) with 10 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack location) with 95.9 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Light snow, warm weather ahead.

Most of the UP saw some snow last night, higher numbers in the upper elevations outside of Marquette and south of Big Bay. Snow as very fluffy today, large snow crystals with lots of air between them. This type of snow really breaks down fast, 10 inches of this type of snow can end up being only an inch of snow overnight as it settles. Most of the snow we saw this past week has been pretty fluffy snow, but this has been the fluffiest.

Let’s look at the ice coverage over Lake Superior now.
2024-1-20 - 5.19% - Great Lakes total ice 13.80%
20231-20 - 3.01% - Great Lakes total ice 4.39%

So you can see with that cold spell this last week ice coverage grew a few percentages. On Jan 10th, Lake Superior ice was 1.29% and total Great Lakes coverage was 1.07%.

Temps will be above average for much of the remainder of January but we are getting into our annually coldest period of the year about mid Feb to the first couple weeks of March where we usually see ice coverage growing to the highest percentages usually.

So weather ahead isn’t look to exciting, other than a little mixed precipitation Tuesday and Wed with some possible mid 30s before it cools back down towards the weekend.

A mid level jet will move in on Sunday brining with it winds of 25-35mph. This coming week we will also see some shortwaves heading into the Great Lakes region increasing the chance of some light snowfall, but not before we could possible see those warmer temps.

After this warm weather passes and mixed precipitation leaves the region we should see a pattern change arriving this next weekend when ridging over the western US amplifies bringing with it some cooler air back to the Great Lakes.

Currently tonight here in the Keweenaw and parts of Alger county we have been seeing some moderate lake effect snow, but not expecting it to last to long into the morning. So I should have at least a few places in the UP to update for snow totals tomorrow night.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 19

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This post was first published on Feb 18th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 18: Keweenaw county with 6 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack loc) with 92.4 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Lake effect moves to eastern UP.

The Keweenaw and Western UP saw the most snowfall and now after today the eastern UP will see their snowfall as winds shift north. Temps today were still a bit chilly but slightly higher than they have been this last week. Another cold night with temps rising into the low teens on Sunday.

Snowfall this weekend and into early part of next week should be minimal after tonight’s lake effect snowfall in the N/NW snow belts. Drier air moves in Saturday afternoon which will bring snowfall down to almost nothing through Sunday into Monday. Higher concentrations of snowfall will most likely be those areas of the southern portions of Pictured Rocks to Newberry and areas near Paradise into Saturday morning.

Looking out from Saturday through next week we are seeing an upper pattern consisting of an 500mb trough over the west coast right now. Along the Rockies there’s a ridge and a broad trough over the eastern US. Sunday early morning we will start to see the ridge in the Rockies start to move over into the plains by Tuesday bringing with it warmer air behind it to the Great Lakes.

It appears that a Alberta Clipper will be arriving in the Midwest Thursday but it shouldn’t affect the UP in anyway, it looks like it will flow down and be engulfed into the system from the Gulf further south.

Monday night, Tuesday, and into Wednesday we might see some brief N/NW winds which could bring some light lake effect snow, but it doesn’t appear to be a lot right now. Temps Tuesday and into next weekend should remain above normal with little to no snowfall, some possible rains might be possible in the southern UP Tuesday and Wednesday.

I made a post awhile back in December that I would be surprised it we see any snowfall station reach 95-100 inches of snow by Jan 31st, it now appears I will be very close to being wrong on that prediction. It will likely be wrong as there is another 11 days left of January. I am ok with that as I want snow, it is winter, and I like winter activities.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 18

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This post was first published on Feb 17th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 17: Greenland and Painesdale with 6.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack loc) with 87.6 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Warmer weather ahead, lake effect snow returns to some places this weekend.

Another couple days of snow, not only in the Keweenaw but across the NW snow belts, a welcome sign to those snowmobile clubs and xc skiers out in the western and eastern areas of the Upper Peninsula.
v How’s does 50 inches of snow in the last week sound to you? Well that’s what the Keweenaw county snow station (49”) and my Calumet Tamarack snow station (50.1”) had, well 6 days snow total that is.

The great thing about the snow is that it was light and fluffy easy to shovel. I would not have liked to be shoveling 50 inches of snow at my 6 snow stations. It is good exercise that’s for sure and it keeps you warm on cold days like we had, most days this week were either below zero or no more than 8 degrees. I am certainly not going to complain with temperatures rising a little, but I hope they don’t stay above 32 degrees very long this coming week.

Looking into next week we will see those 30s early next week into mid week, but then the cool temps will be returning but not as cold as this last spell. The next system looks to be moving into the Great Lakes region on the 23rd and 24th. We may just see some rain in the UP especially across the southern and eastern portions. Unless winds change there won’t be any lake effect snow arriving in the northern UP counties, but may see a few snow flurries after things cool down in the evenings in the southern UP with the southern winds coming off Lake Michigan.

Let’s look at the snowfall outlook for the next 24hrs across the UP. The Kuchera outlook looks pretty similar to what my forecast numbers are for the next 24hrs.

2-4" - Copper Country area
4-8" - Ironwood/Bergland
0.5-1" - Watersmeet/Bruce Crossing
0-1" - Escanaba/Iron Mtn
4-10" - Marquette and beyond
4-8" - Munising and beyond
0.1-1" - Newberry and beyond
Trace - 0.5" - Soo and beyond
Trace - 1" - Manistique and beyond

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 16th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 16: Keweenaw county with 12 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack loc) with 82.6 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Lake effect returns for NW snowbelts.

The Keweenaw continues to see lake effect with totals really starting to add up. Close to 50 inches of snow in a few places this week. It’s pretty crazy to think that about a week ago there was barely a couple inches on the ground. We all knew it would be coming sooner or later, the UP always gets plenty of snow, well the snow belts usually do.

Driving around today getting my 6 snow stations measured and shoveled today I must have seen 30 or so snowmobilers and a couple dozen snowmobile trailers. The word has started to get out and I am sure this weekend parking lots of the hotels will start to get full. It’s tough for the businesses that rely on snowmobile tourism to make it especially when the busiest times are usually around Christmas and New Years.

I am looking forward to more snow and getting outside to enjoy winter now that the snow has returned, if I had a snowmobile I’d go but I just go snowshoeing, xc skiing, winter camping, sledding, and some ice skating once in awhile.

Here’s a LIVE video from South Range outside of Houghton of the lake effect snow adding up.

Already tonight in South Range and Dollar Bay I measured 4 and 4.5 inches of snow, so if it keeps up like it was snowing it should be close to 8 or 10 inches by morning at least.

Snowfall Thursday morning through Saturday night across the UP
Houghton and Keweenaw areas - 3-6”
Ironwood and Bergland areas 4-8”
Marquette area 4-8”
Munising area 6-10”
Newberry and Soo areas Trace - 1”
Manistique and eastern UP - Trace - 1”
Iron Mountain to Escanaba 0-1”

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 15th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 15: Calumet (Tamarack loc) with 7.8 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Calumet (Tamarack loc) with 74.1 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Warmer weather ahead, lake effect snow returns to some places this weekend.

Last night we saw the coldest night of the season up to -16 degrees, no not windchill temps but actual temperature. Here are the coldest temps from around the UP last night.

Good news for those who would like their days a little warmer, it appears warmer temps are on their way this weekend. We will slowly climb out of the single digits Wednesday and into the weekend where we should see mid 20s and possibly a few places might see some low 30s Monday. Below is the 6-10 day Temperature outlook. As you can see we should rise a little above average for much of the remainder of the month. How much will this affect the snow I think it will for the most part, but any cold evenings with even some light winds over Lake Superior could still bring us plenty of lake effect snow.

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Stay warm out there! — Yooper Steve

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The Keweenaw will continue to see the lake effect snow tonight into Thursday and the weekend. There’s also some snow in the forecast for Friday for places that have been missing out on the snow the last couple days. We are still well below in almost all 75 snow stations that I monitor across the UP, some places are still 60-80% down from last season.

Snowmobilers can now get across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge as the mats went down and snow was piled up on them yesterday.

Michigan Tech students have begun working on the snow statues and there is plenty of snow and Winter Carnival goes on, I don’t think there has been a year there hasn’t been statues since the first Winter Carnival in 1922.

Should be snow updates pretty much everyday for the next few days at least.

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 14th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 14: Painesdale with 9.8 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Herman with 73.8 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)

Coldest day of winter, snow continues in the Keweenaw

The snowstorm dropped a bit of snow across the UP the last few days, and it still has decided to continue across the Keweenaw. Regions of Marquette, Baraga , Houghton, and Keweenaw counties saw places snow stations with totals from 20-32 inches in the last 3 days. Our best storm since December last year for the Christmas storm that dumped upwards of 20-35 inches in places across the Upper Peninsula.

I didn’t get to the Top 10 snow report on Facebook today as I had a lot of snow to shovel, I was backlogged and with there being another 10-15” on the way I can’t get that far behind. Plus it was 0 degrees that makes for a pretty cold time standing there reading off snow totals with wind whipping across your face, maybe that would be entertaining standing there mumbling words with my lips turning purple. I’ll do it tomorrow though same time 5pm Tuesday, even if it is cold, may have to wear a face mask or scarf if it is. This update has some big changes in the TOP 10 this week with all the snowstorm.

I love winter and all the fun and magic it brings but zero degrees as it was today is a little to cold for my blood, but if you dress for it it isn’t to bad. On the flipside however I would take zero degrees over 85-100 degrees. Here in the UP we don’t typically see a lot of either zero degrees or 85-100 degrees. How about you, what is your cup-o-tea?

Today we saw a continuation of lake effect snow across the Keweenaw, it really hasn’t stopped snowing in the Keweenaw since Jan 11th. The next couple days the Keweenaw will continue to see the snow adding up with another 8-12 inches by Thursday. Elsewhere across the UP snowfall will be pretty much non existent, it won’t be until mid afternoon late afternoon Weds when the winds start shifting back to NW winds where places like Ironwood, Munising area, and northern eastern UP start seeing a few flurries again, but only 1-3 inches Wed-Thursday. I’m forecasting Friday to have a little more snow as the winds pick up again with gusts up to 25mph.

Yesterday I didn’t shovel my 6 snow stations out I just took my measurements and cleaned off the snowboards because I was in a rush to meet up with my hiking group. Well, I get there and no one is there, it got cancelled. I looked at my email to make sure I wasn’t to early as no one was there, then I noticed the email saying it was cancelled. Well it is ok because I enjoyed a beautiful but cold 5 degree hike to O kun de kun falls. This is an adventure I will be writing about this week here on Substack which will be available to paid subscribers as will many other adventures of mine. Writing about these adventures on Substack will be easier than me writing a book right now. A guide book on adventures in the Upper Peninsula is something I have wanted to do for some time but writing a book is a lot of work. I think I will be better suited right now to do an online guide of sorts where I can share my adventures and provide info on how you can enjoy the adventure too.

Thank you for taking the time to read my posts and your subscription to the Yooper Report.

Stay warm out there! — Yooper Steve

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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This post was first published on Feb 13th on Yooper Report - UP Snow Report Substack page. Subscribers are the first to to get the daily UP snow totals, forecast data and snow outlook, and other snow related updates first delivered to their email before anyone else gets.

Today's Notes:

Most snowfall Jan 13: Clarksburg with 26 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Herman with 60.8 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)


Snowstorm continues in the Keweenaw

Starting soon are posts (on FunintheUP.substack.com) of my hiking, kayaking, camping, and other adventures. I will be doing regular posts starting with the one I had yesterday to O kun de kun falls. You’ll be able to learn about fun spots around the UP to have an adventure for yourself. It will have maps, directions, pics, videos, and pertinent info for you to partake in the adventure along with many others. Many places I go are waterfalls (I’ve been to over 750), cool lookouts, sweet cliff view, old mine sites, and more off the beaten path places. I do go to places that are more popular as well but not as often especially when there’s lots of people.

The Keweenaw is seeing snow it’s known for. Now that the system has moved eastward over Canada and winds have shifted most areas of the UP will be cut off from much snow over the next 3-4 days. Herman/Huron Mtns, Twin Lakes to Houghton and up into the Keweenaw. We are seeing a direct west wind coming over Lake Superior pounding the lake effect snow from the Houghton/Ontonagon line up into the Keweenaw.

A couple days ago I posted on Facebook that we would see another 10-14 inches by Tuesday, and I think today a few stations hit that today and some have seen about half of that with measurements this morning.

With any dominant winds from the N, NW, and W coming over Lake Superior with waters as warm as they are right now, it is just prime time for some sweet lake effect snow. With a current west wind, places further south of Agate Beach and Misery Bay get cut off the lake effect and interior portions of the UP get a few flurries if there’s enough moisture left in the clouds to produce snow after most of the snow drops.

Temperatures will remain in the low single digits to highest low teens approaching close to the weekend. Winds will remain moderate which should help keep the snow coming across the Keweenaw into Thursday. Other than the Keweenaw the weather doesn’t look to exciting for much of this week. I’m watching a few different possibilities for a brewing storm heading into the last week of the month, but for the most part things shouldn’t be to crazy, this was our big storm for the month.

Now that the Keweenaw and western UP are starting to see the lake effect dumps, they should start to outpace the eastern UP for the remaining winter and we should see some new stations jostle for the #1 snowiest places in the UP this year. Yesterday Herman took the lead in the #1 position with the snowfall it saw on the 12th and it piled on a good amount of snow with the measurement this morning. Do you remember last year Herman had an impressive 52 inches of snow the last couple days of April and first two days of May to take the lead from Calumet Tamarack location for the #1 Snowiest stations for 2022/23 winter season. It ended with 307.5 inches of snow. video I did in Herman after 3 days of 48"

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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 13

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Today's Notes:
Winter has returned.

After a very slow start to winter, today brought a lot of joy to all winter enthusiasts. The first good snow storm in the UP couldn’t have came to soon. I was writing awhile back we would see a change in weather and a storm sometime in the middle of the month.

Today we saw anywhere from a couple inches in the southern UP up to 25 inches in parts of the central UP. Snow continues to fall and will continue through the weekend and into the week ahead. This arctic blast, a breakdown in the Polar Vortex is causing a blast of the coldest air some places across the Midwest have seen for many years. The same goes with the UP, we are trending like it was in 2019, storms started about the same time in January, and cold air stayed with us through early Feb.

Could see Lake Superior ice coverage reach what 2019 did? On this day in 2019 ice coverage was 4.64% and the highest ice coverage was 94.91% on March 8th. As of today ice coverage is 1.83%, so it is possible, but it will take a lot of cold weather to bring the water temps down on Lake Superior.

Expecting more snow across the western UP, Keweenaw, higher elevations in central UP, and areas near Pictured Rocks interior through Sunday afternoon. Areas in the NW snow belts will see higher snow amounts through Monday evening. Snowfall will all but be cut off in areas of the southern UP and far eastern UP for much of the week, but may see a few light flurries.

Sunday and Monday look to be the coldest days, with winds still howling around 25mph and gusts up to 30mph. Snowfall will continue to be lake effect that is very light and fluffy. Around Tuesday into Wednesday it appears we may have a trough or clipper moving in that could bring some more snow behind a W WSW winds to NW winds bringing that light lake effect snow back. How this will track across the UP is still being watched. Overall we shouldn’t see anything to crazy right now moving across the UP that will bring us the snow totals we just saw. Overall it appears we will stay in our typical winter temps range and snow systems will remain pretty mild for the remainder of the month. Next possibility of something bigger that gets people talking appears to be around the last few days of the month.

So we can just expect some colder weather and some light snow for much of the next week and a half at least.

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Most snowfall Jan 12: Clarksburg with 26 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Herman with 60.8 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Clarksburg with 26 inches (1.12.24)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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Today's Notes:
Biggest storm of the season on the way.

Snow, winds, blizzards oh my! Yes lots of people are jumping for joy, well many people, those who love snow and businesses that rely on winter recreation tourism. It certainly has been a slow start and any well seasoned Yooper like myself know that winter always arrives, at times not always when we would like it to, but better late than never right?

So the storm has arrived to the southern Midwest and made its ways into the lower UP early this morning depositing very little snow. Small snow totals to report for todays report, it won’t be until tomorrow and Sunday when the bigger snow numbers come out. There’s a total of 75 snow stations listed in FunintheUP snow totals report along with comparison to last year at this time each update. Days when we have snow storms keeps me pretty busy doing live videos, taking pics and videos along with keeping updated on all the data. It’s some serious dedication to measure 6 snow stations that require driving 45 miles a day combined with other things I do during the day. If I didn’t love the season of winter and playing in the snow I certainly could find other things to do with the time I spend doing this. I think helping gather data at my snow stations helps with having better understanding of winter in the UP. People can understand and see how snowfall varies from place to place. Years ago you were lucky to see a dozen weather stations reported. So thank you for following the updates, whether you’ve been following my snow reports from as far back as 2011 or have just stumbled upon them, I am glad to have you here.

I am not going to write a ton tonight as tomorrow I will be very busy with measuring snow at the 6 stations, live snow reports, going sledding, xc skiing, or perhaps snowshoeing, and maybe kite snowboarding too, we shall see what fun I can get into tomorrow. I know it’s going to be cold and snowy that’s for sure.

So tonight winds are starting to shift from east to north winds and as we get closer into the mid morning hours on Saturday we should really start seeing that lake effect hit much of the UP north of highway M28. Blizzard conditions are highly likely and as I thought would happen the NWS has issued a blizzard warning along with winter storm warnings.

Snow totals have gone up too, so that’s pretty interesting. Winter forecasting is so difficult as I have said before, we have a lot of variables here in the UP. We do need this snow, but as it’s always important to remember to drive slow and clean your windows off so you can see, stay home if you have no where to be. Also you have to have some supplies in your vehicle that can help if you get stranded or stuck.

I recommend jumper cables, warm blanket/s, extra hats, mitts, boats, socks, tow strap, small shovel, a bucket of kitty litter , sand or gravel like mine rock, flashlight or headlamp with extra batteries, emergency flashing red light. Those are a few of the things I carry, you’ll be surprised if you live in the UP long enough how many of those things you will use, not just during the winter but all season.

Anyway stay safe out there wherever you’re driving and if it is to the UP we will have snow for snowmobiling, xc skiing, downhill, and snowshoeing, and yes sledding.

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Most snowfall Jan 11: St. Ignace downtown with 10 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Paradise with 49.2 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 11

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Today's Notes:

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

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Most snowfall Jan 8: Soo airport with 2.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Soo airport with 45.6 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 10

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Today's Notes:

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

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Most snowfall Jan 9: Soo airport with 2.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Soo airport with 45.6 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 9

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Today's Notes:

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

If you aren’t already I would ask you please subscribe to the FunintheUP Youtube channel
Most snowfall Jan 8: Soo airport with 2.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Soo airport with 45.6 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


Do you enjoy FunintheUP videos and seeing the Snowfall Totals all winter? Consider supporting FunintheUP via PayPal - via Venmo
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Thanks for following the UP Snow Totals page on FunintheUP.com
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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

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Today's Notes: Well winter has seemed to return, no big storms, and frankly I wouldn’t even say we had a storm yet. Still waiting for that good storm this year, looking into this weekend it looks like it just might happen. I posted awhile back about watching for a decent storm around the 15th, it appears to maybe be coming a little earlier, but we should still see snow through the week as well.

Looking at potential precip through Monday we could be seeing 6-12 inches of snow across the UP, light purple areas where greater snow amounts may occur. This system looks to be hanging out a little bit through the weekend into Monday. The Polar Vortex is appearing to start breaking up a bit bringing some colder air into the Great Lakes region, mid single digits with below zero wind chills this weekend, dress warm.

So we have the warmest Lake Superior waters since 1995, with the lake being wide open and this cold Artic air arriving with high winds we are expecting, this could be a big storm, perhaps blizzard conditions as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if the NWS comes out with blizzard warnings, wind chill warnings, and winter storm advisories by Friday morning for this weekend.

Thursday there may be some light snow, but nothing to extensive, just a little moisture hanging out, a few traces of snow, 1 inch at the most in areas.

Friday things start to get more interesting. Moisture moves in from the south, winds pick up, warm waters of Lake Superior adding to the mix may just start laying down the snow by mid morning on Friday latest early afternoon. Most of the UP should start to get blanketed by snow, the western UP might be a bit slower and not kick in until mid to late afternoon before it starts piling up. Friday snow totals should range from 2-6 inches across the UP.

Eastern UP and those NE snow zones will see the heavier snow earlier on Friday and by Saturday winds look to shift from the NE to the N and some areas of NW and even W winds. We may see some gale force winds and even storm winds with this system through Saturday. Sunday looks to continue being windy with gale force winds and lake effect continuing through much of the day. Saturday and Sunday snow totals area really up in the air, I am expecting at minimum 5-8 inches between Saturday and Sunday into early Monday morning.

Temps will really start dropping about mid day Saturday with some low single digits and possibly even some sub zero temps in the Western and southern central UP.

Looking out past this weekend we should see snow almost everyday into next weekend as the cold air looks to be sticking around and with any winds over Lake Superior with the warm waters, it’s called extended lake effect snow.

I still don’t see any station in the UP reaching 95-100 inches by Jan 31st, really that’s pretty pathetic for a UP winter in my mind. Maybe I’ll be wrong, we shall see, one thing I know is there will be plenty of snow by the end of January to enjoy winter activities.

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Most snowfall Jan 7: Keweenaw with 2 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Paradise with 44.2 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 7

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Today's Notes: Winter is here to stay.
Hope everyone had a wonderful first full week of 2024!

Today felt like we are going to get back into the groove of winter, something about today just gave me the confidence what snow on the ground across the snow belts of the UP will stay with us until late March into the middle of April at least. All depends on how much snow we see for the next 4-6 weeks, ground is still warm and freeze lines aren’t but a couple inches at most right now and with the blanket of snow don’t see the ground freezing to deep unless we really get some sub zero temps in February. We do have some colder weather arriving mid January, more on that below. Lake Superior is still wide open right now, on our hike today we were able to pick rocks from the shoreline and there was barely any ice built up along the shoreline. Below I posted the current and past ice data for the Great Lakes along with the CPC temp outlook.

Bergland drops out of the #1 position today giving it back to the Soo, it appears the Soo will stay that way for this coming week with more snow out east than in the west of the UP.

Looking at the latest CPC outlook for the middle of the month we can see temps look to drop below normal for the period of Jan 15th-Jan 21st, this means two things, 1. Lake effect snow, and 2. below freezing temps and wind chills arriving soon. The Polar Vortex breakup appears to be coming, just as the next big storm that I am keeping an eye on for around the 15th either side should be arriving.

We need the snow and cold, I mean after all we have had a above average beginning to our 6 month winter season in the UP with 4 more to go. If you just moved to the UP you’re about to find out what a UP winter is usually like. A typical UP winter isn’t what we have experienced so far, if you don’t like snow, you won’t like the UP, you have to embrace winter to live here year-round.

Anyway folks, this week will be mild for the most part, Monday should be a chill day, no snow other than a few flurries possible and maybe some freezing rain. Tuesday should get a bit snowier especially for those in the southern and far eastern areas of the UP, maybe some southern Marquette and Alger counties may be in for a little snow as well 4-6 inches, some possible 7-8 inches aren’t out of the question. Western and Keweenaw areas should stay relatively snow free with only about an inch and at most 2 inches.

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Most snowfall Jan 6: Ironwood #2 with 3.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Bergland with 40.9 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 6

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Today's Notes: Today actually felt like winter again. Even though snow totals weren’t much today it was nice to see the trees branches and evergreens with snow clinging to them and the ground white again, after all it is supposed to be winter. After measuring my 6 snowfall stations today a friend and I went out to explore mine ruins, sledding, and check out ice build up on a waterfall to enjoy some of the white gold that has returned to the area. We are so far behind our normal season totals and far behind last years numbers at this point and most likely will end 40-50% less snowfall compared to last year by the time the snow stops falling in late April or May.

Across the UP snow totals were pretty consistent from 1-3 inches overnight. Bergland has taken back the number 1 spot but barely, we shall see what happens with the next 2 weeks if there’s much of a shakeup or new stations to the Top 10 or if any stations drop out. If you don’t watch the TOP 10 Snowiest Places in the UP Report Live on Facebook every Monday at 5pm, you should, just make sure you follow the FunintheUP page.

Back at the end of Dec I was telling eveyone there would be some big snowfalls coming and it looks like the storms will be arriving. The first one may just slide south of the UP around the 9th/10th, the models slightly adjusted a little the last couple days, it held for over a week on projected path into the UP. Don’t worry though, this week and into the weekend it appears we will see plenty of lake effect snow and could see 10+ inches after the weekend is over. Then towards the middle of the month when the colder temps really set in a nice system the 3rd storm in line of hitting the Great Lake Region may just dump some more white gold.

Stay tuned for updates the next couple days with some snow totals for this week into the weekend. You might start seeing some crazy numbers from some stations and facebook pages so take them with a grain of salt, most of those places have no idea about lake effect impacts on snow for the UP which plays a huge role in our snow totals, which makes it even more challenging than the already challenging winter forecasting.

Well I have to off load some more video and images from sd cards from today before I get some shut eye and more adventures tomorrow, along with my daily measuring of 6 snowfall stations.

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

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Most snowfall Jan 5: Ironwood #2 with 3.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Bergland with 40.9 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 5

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Today's Notes: Today's post is for Jan 3rd and 4th. Just listing the snow totals and not writing much as there wasn’t much to talk about regarding the snow. We are seeing a bit more now the last few days with the colder weather moving in. Looking forward to the next couple storms that may be impacting the area mid next week into the weekend, and more cold weather possibly bringing some storms the middle of the month. We should see some snow overnight tonight into Sunday a little break on Monday and back to snow on Tues and into the weekend.

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

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Most snowfall Jan 3: Paradise with 2.7 inches
Most snowfall Jan 4: Herman with 1.5 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Soo airport with 41.8 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 4

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Jan 3

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Today's Notes: Just listing the snow totals and not writing much as there wasn’t much to talk about regarding the snow. We are seeing a bit more now the last few days with the colder weather moving in. Looking forward to the next couple storms that may be impacting the area mid next week into the weekend, and more cold weather possibly bringing some storms the middle of the month. We should see some snow overnight tonight into Sunday a little break on Monday and back to snow on Tues and into the weekend.

Monday the LIVE at 5pm Top 10 Snowiest Places will return LIVE on Facebook, finally getting some snow again, not huge changes but a few changes in the Top 10.

If you aren’t already I would ask you please subscribe to the FunintheUP Youtube channel
Most snowfall Jan 2nd: Herman with 2 inches
Most snowfall, season to date: Soo airport with 41.8 inches
Biggest 24hr total this season: Bergland with 12.3 inches (10.29.23)


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Yooper Steve on Facebook
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T = trace
If daily slot is 0" the station hasn't updated or recorded no snowfall.
Sometimes a station won't update that day and does the next day.
Tahquamenon Falls State Park only updates at the end of each month.
Keweenaw county and Houghton County Airport only update during the weekdays.
Sanderson Field Airport (Soo) updates next day.

Jan 2nd

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