(WWJ) The lake effect snow machine is cranking up, just in time for the weekend. Forecasters say parts of Northern Michigan could see more than a foot of accumulation over the new few days.
Andy Sullivan, with the National Weather Service in Gaylord, said most of the snow will be in the Upper Peninsula, but Northern Lower Michigan will get some, too.
“We’ve had just some very, like historically large lake effect snow events here at the office,” he said, in a Friday interview with WWJ Newsradio 950’s Ryan Wrecker. “We’ve been targeted; just the flow of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan has been right into Gaylord — especially at the office. We’re about nine miles south of Gaylord, but we had two separate events that were like 20 to 30 inches over a 24-hour period.”
Sullivan said some parts of the state are on track for record snowfall this winter.
“The most we’ve ever recorded is 185 inches, and that was in 2006/7 winter,” Sullivan said. “So, there are some not official reports of over 200 inches in the Gaylord area. But anything approaching 180 to 200…you’re looking at, you know, a lot of snow, with records being broken most cases.”