U.P. residents bundle up for cold spell after weekend storm
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MARQUETTE -- The Upper Peninsula, along with many other areas of the Midwest and the country, are recovering from a winter storm that hit last weekend. Residents in this area now have to deal with subzero temperatures as they dig themselves out of the heavy snowfall.
Meteorologist Tara Dudzik from the National Weather Service station in Negaunee said this weather pattern had been brewing since sometime last week.
She said the snowfall over the weekend ranged from 22-28 inches around the Negaunee area. The Ishpeming and West Marquette regions received the highest snowfall in the immediate area, coming in at 36 inches.
Dudzik also mentioned that Mount Arvon in Baraga County received 37.5 inches of snow from the storm. Mount Arvon, which is part of the Huron Mountain Range, is the highest natural point in Michigan, according to Pure Michigan's website.
Dudzik said the main hazard facing individuals is now the cold spell hitting the U.P., and emphasized the importance of taking safety precautions in the increasingly low temperatures.
According to the National Weather Service website, the central and eastern regions of the U.P. remain in the hazardous weather outlook category. Wind chills were predicted to fall to 20-25 degrees below zero from late Monday night into this morning. Wind chills of this severity can cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
The Keweenaw Peninsula and Ontonagon County have been placed under a winter weather advisory and Gogebic County is under a wind chill advisory.
The NWS site also reports that temperature records across the U.S. are expected to be tied or broken as "dangerously cold temperatures" persist. Regions from the South to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are being affected, in addition to the Midwest. Travel in the Great Lakes region is expected to be impacted by continued lake effect snowfall.
For more information on weather forecasts and maps for the U.P., visit weather.gov/mqt.