This is a LOT of snow for St. Ignace (north side of the Straights)
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
902 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026
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0845 PM Snow Saint Ignace 45.87N 84.73W
03/15/2026 E18.0 Inch Mackinac MI Broadcast Media
Inches of SLEET on top the heavy snow. Rumors are I-75 is closed from Mackinaw to south of Grayling. Reports of trees being downed by ice a bit SE of Grayling. May just get a storm day off tomorrow.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
910 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026
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0909 PM Sleet Lewiston 44.88N 84.32W
03/15/2026 M2.0 Inch Montmorency MI Amateur Radio
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Gaylord MI
1051 PM EDT Sun Mar 15 2026
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1040 PM Freezing Rain Houghton Lake 44.30N 84.76W
03/15/2026 U0.00 Inch Roscommon MI Amateur Radio
Trees and large limbs are being downed by
ice.
Classic parting shot at the tail end of an otherwise hot mega-Nino! I'd say further west than further north. I'd come back from S Cali just a few days prior and had written-off winter so wasn't expecting that at all. Was shocked when the rain turned to heavy snow in S. Bend.