Snow in the region is back in full force as a winter storm warning will remain in effect until 7 p.m. Thursday, according to the National Weather Service Gaylord, bringing with it widespread blowing snow and more hazardous weather conditions.
A clipper system passing through from Canada this week affected much of northern lower Michigan Tuesday and Wednesday and is anticipated to bring an additional foot of snow into Thursday morning. Andy Sullivan, meteorologist with the National Weather Service Gaylord, said lighter lake effect snow will continue into Friday and this weekend as temperatures slightly warm over the next few days. According to Sullivan, there was approximately 14 inches of snow recorded one mile east of Maple City through early Tuesday.
“Then there is the potential for another system next week,” Sullivan said Wednesday morning. “A lot of the snow we’ve had over the last week has been pretty localized… It happens a lot where there’s a big change in a small distance, especially with visibility, you can drive into a white out… but the good news is that it’s slowly warming up over the next few days, so you might get a break from the intense lake effect that we’ve had over the last week.”
