The National Weather Service continues the Winter Storm Warning for Central and Western Chippewa County until 7 a.m. Sunday and Luce County until 7 p.m. Sunday in the Eastern U.P. Winter Weather Advisories remain in effect for SE Chippewa County and Western Mackinac County until 7 a.m. Saturday.
The intense snow squall that skirted Sault Ste. Marie and northern Sugar Island Thursday with several inches of snow will continue to slowly shift southward affecting all the the greater Sault Ste. Marie area including all of Sugar Island, Dafter, Brimley, etc.
Parts of Luce County and NW Chippewa County will see separate squalls with several inches expected today, also.
The National Weather Service put out a detailed (scientific) discussion earlier this morning regarding the intense snow squall and the consequences:
"In the eastern UP: 1000-850mb (winds up to 5,000 feet) winds veer a bit to the NW over the 3-6 hours. This will drag the dominant band on far eastern Superior down into and probably thru the Sault, perhaps reaching as far as Brimley-Kinross. Backing winds beginning late afternoon will push this band back east again. Back to WNW again tonight, with the strongest banding likely to be just north of the Sault (in Canada). A little more moisture/forcing and steeper mid-level lapse rates also enter the picture late tonight. Accumulations in the snowbelts of western/central Chippewa Co today range from 4 to 12", highest near Dafter. With the more veered winds, reasonable accumulations make it almost all the way down to H-40/M-48. Tonight, 3-10" in the favored areas, though those are suppressed northward with the backed winds to M-28 and especially north. Highest amounts tonight near the Sault and Sugar Island."
The small fluctuations of the intense snow squall(s) will provide varying snow amounts. Plan your travels accordingly.
You can monitor the local EUP radar from the Montreal River Canada radar site here.
