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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
MIZ087-162000-
SAULT STE MARIE-CHIPPEWA MI
46.48N 84.35W ELEV. 722 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 16 1 11 3 29
TEMP 19 16 14 14 12 8 5 4 3 3 5 8 10 6 4 4 8 12 19 25 28 29
DEWPT 14 10 7 6 4 0 -4 -4 -4 -5 -5 -3 -1 -1 -1 -1 2 7 13 18 22 23
RH 80 77 73 70 70 69 65 68 72 68 62 60 60 72 79 79 76 80 77 74 78 78
WIND DIR NE N N N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW S SE SE SE S S S S
WIND SPD 18 18 18 17 20 19 18 16 17 14 13 12 10 4 2 5 5 8 10 12 10 6
WIND GUST 28 40 36 31 35 37 35 32 31 28
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 SC SC SC B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 100 50 10 10 70
QPF 12HR 0.25 0.03 0 0 0.06
SNOW 12HR 4 1 00-00
SNOW D D D
SNOWSHWRS D D C C C C L L L L C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 4 0 -3 -3 -7-12-15-15-17-16-12 -8 -4 -3 -6 -2 0 7 14 19
MIN CHILL -1 -5 -12 -17 -19 -16 -8 -8 -5 0 14
BLIZZARD W W W W W W W W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 25 36 21 34 22 32 20 30
TEMP 26 28 35 32 25 23 32 32 29 24 30 31 25 22 27 27
DEWPT 26 26 27 25 21 19 24 26 25 21 23 23 20 17 18 18
PWIND DIR S W W E E E NE N
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 OV B2 SC B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR 50 20 30 50 40 30 30 30
RAIN SHWRS S
SNOWSHWRS C C S C C C C C C S C C C S
MIZ016-162000-
PELLSTON-EMMET MI
45.57N 84.80W ELEV. 722 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 19 4 19 8 33
TEMP 22 19 16 15 13 9 7 7 6 5 11 16 18 14 9 10 12 13 22 30 33 31
DEWPT 19 16 10 9 6 2 -1 -2 -2 -2 2 5 7 7 4 5 7 8 15 22 26 26
RH 88 88 77 77 73 72 69 66 69 72 66 61 61 73 80 80 80 80 74 72 75 81
WIND DIR N N N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S SW SW
WIND SPD 17 18 18 16 20 20 20 17 14 11 11 11 9 5 4 6 6 9 10 12 11 8
WIND GUST 27 34 33 27 37 40 37 33 29 23 21 21
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 100 50 20 10 50
QPF 12HR 0.13 0.02 0.02 0 0.01
SNOW 12HR 2 T T
SNOW D D D
SNOWSHWRS D D C C C C S S S S S S C C C C C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 8 4 0 -1 -5-11-13-12-12-10 -3 3 7 5 -2 3 1 11 20 24
MIN CHILL 3 -2 -12 -14 -13 -8 3 -3 -3 0 21
BLIZZARD W W W W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 26 40 24 39 24 38 23 34
TEMP 27 30 38 35 27 25 36 35 30 27 36 33 27 25 32 29
DEWPT 27 29 32 29 23 24 29 29 28 25 28 27 23 21 23 21
PWIND DIR SW W W SW S NE NE N
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR 40 20 20 40 40 20 30 30
RAIN SHWRS S C C
SNOWSHWRS C C S S C C C S S S S C C S
MIZ022-162000-
GAYLORD-OTSEGO MI
45.02N 84.68W ELEV. 1329 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 21 3 18 7 31
TEMP 22 21 19 17 12 8 5 6 5 5 11 15 17 13 8 8 10 12 20 28 31 30
DEWPT 20 18 14 11 6 2 -1 -2 -2 -1 2 4 6 5 3 2 4 6 13 18 22 24
RH 92 88 80 77 76 76 76 69 72 76 66 61 61 70 79 76 76 76 74 66 69 78
WIND DIR NE N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S S SW
WIND SPD 14 14 13 13 18 18 18 17 14 12 11 12 11 6 4 6 6 9 11 12 11 9
WIND GUST 28 24 32 39 37 34 29 24 23 19 23 25 23 19
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 90 70 30 20 50
QPF 12HR 0.11 0.05 0.05 0 0.01
SNOW 12HR 1 1 1
SLEET D D S
SNOW D D D
SNOWSHWRS D D L L C C C C C C S S C C C C C
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 9 8 5 3 -5-11-14-13-13-12 -3 1 4 3 -1 -4 -2 -1 8 17
MIN CHILL 7 2 -11 -15 -14 -10 1 -5 -4 -1 19
WINTER STORM W W W W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 25 39 23 39 24 37 22 34
TEMP 26 30 37 35 26 25 36 35 31 27 36 33 27 24 31 28
DEWPT 26 28 31 28 23 23 29 29 28 25 28 26 23 20 22 20
PWIND DIR SW W W SW S NW NW NW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 OV B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR 40 30 20 40 40 30 30 30
RAIN SHWRS C C
SNOWSHWRS C C C S C C C S C C C C C C
MIZ024-162000-
ALPENA-ALPENA MI
45.08N 83.53W ELEV. 692 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 30 4 19 8 32
TEMP 29 30 29 27 20 13 9 7 6 6 11 16 18 15 10 9 11 13 22 29 32 30
DEWPT 28 28 25 21 12 6 2 0 -2 -1 1 3 5 5 4 4 5 7 14 18 21 25
RH 96 92 85 78 71 73 72 72 69 72 63 56 56 64 76 80 76 76 71 63 63 81
WIND DIR N N NW W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S S
WIND SPD 12 11 11 12 16 16 18 17 17 13 12 12 10 5 4 4 4 6 10 10 9 5
WIND GUST 25 29 34 37 35 34 27 24 23 20
CLOUDS OV OV B2 B2 B2 OV OV OV B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 SC B1 B1 B2 B2 OV B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 60 70 20 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.06 0.08 0.01 0 0
SNOW 12HR T 1 T
FRZG RAIN D L C
SLEET D L
SNOWSHWRS C C L L C C S S S S S S C C S
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 19 21 19 16 6 -3-10-12-13-11 -4 3 6 6 2 3 11 20
MIN CHILL 17 14 -3 -12 -14 -10 4 -1 0 2 20
ICE STORM W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 26 39 25 38 26 37 24 35
TEMP 27 30 38 35 29 26 36 35 31 28 36 33 29 26 32 30
DEWPT 27 28 32 29 25 24 28 29 28 26 28 27 24 22 22 21
PWIND DIR SW W W SW S N NE N
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR 30 30 20 40 40 20 20 30
RAIN SHWRS C C C
SNOWSHWRS S C C S C C C S S S S S C S
MIZ026-162000-
TRAVERSE CITY-GRAND TRAVERSE MI
44.73N 85.57W ELEV. 623 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 21 12 20 12 35
TEMP 23 21 17 17 16 16 15 15 13 15 16 18 19 15 13 14 16 17 25 32 34 33
DEWPT 21 18 12 11 10 9 8 8 7 8 9 8 7 6 7 8 10 12 18 23 25 26
RH 92 88 80 77 77 73 73 73 76 73 73 64 59 67 76 76 77 80 74 69 69 75
WIND DIR N N N N NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW W SW S S S S S S SW SW
WIND SPD 20 21 21 20 23 23 20 17 14 13 12 11 9 4 5 8 6 9 11 12 10 6
WIND GUST 31 36 35 35 42 43 41 34 29 26 19 23 26 26 23 19
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 100 80 50 20 40
QPF 12HR 0.17 0.12 0.05 0 0
SNOW 12HR 3 2 1
SLEET S
SNOW D D D
SNOWSHWRS D D D D L L C C S S S S C C S S S
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 9 5 0 -1 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 0 3 5 8 4 3 7 7 15 23
MIN CHILL 4 -3 -5 -5 -4 0 5 1 4 6 22
WINTER STORM W W W W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 29 41 27 40 28 39 27 37
TEMP 30 33 39 36 29 29 39 38 34 30 38 35 31 29 35 32
DEWPT 29 30 33 30 25 26 31 32 30 27 31 28 26 25 25 24
PWIND DIR SW W SW S S N N NW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT LT LT GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1 B1
POP 12HR 40 20 20 30 30 20 30 20
RAIN SHWRS C S S S C C S S
SNOWSHWRS S C S S C C S S S C C S S
MIZ034-162000-
HOUGHTON LAKE-ROSCOMMON MI
44.35N 84.67W ELEV. 1152 FT
408 AM EDT MON MAR 16 2026
DATE MON 03/16/26 TUE 03/17/26 WED 03/18/26
EDT 3HRLY 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20 23 02 05 08 11 14 17 20
UTC 3HRLY 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00
MAX/MIN 27 6 20 7 33
TEMP 28 27 25 21 16 11 9 9 8 8 14 18 19 14 9 8 10 13 21 29 33 31
DEWPT 25 24 20 14 6 3 0 0 -1 1 4 6 6 5 3 3 5 7 15 20 23 24
RH 88 88 81 74 64 69 66 66 66 72 64 59 56 67 76 79 80 76 77 69 66 75
WIND DIR NE N W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W W SW S S S S S S S
WIND SPD 9 10 11 17 18 19 20 16 14 11 11 11 10 5 4 5 5 9 11 12 11 8
WIND GUST 25 27 34 39 39 34 28 21 23
CLOUDS OV OV OV OV B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 OV OV B2 B2 B2
POP 12HR 80 40 30 10 30
QPF 12HR 0.07 0.02 0.05 0 0
SNOW 12HR 1 T 1
FRZG RAIN D S
SLEET D D S
SNOW S D L
SNOWSHWRS L L C C S S C C C C C C S S S
OBVIS BS BS BS BS BS BS
WIND CHILL 17 14 7 -1 -8-10 -8 -9 -7 0 5 7 5 -2 0 1 9 19
MIN CHILL 17 6 -8 -11 -10 -5 4 -3 -3 1 19
ICE STORM W W
DATE THU 03/19/26 FRI 03/20/26 SAT 03/21/26 SUN 03/22/26
EDT 6HRLY 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20 02 08 14 20
UTC 6HRLY 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18 00
MIN/MAX 25 43 23 42 26 41 23 37
TEMP 26 30 40 36 27 25 39 36 32 28 39 35 28 25 34 31
DEWPT 26 28 34 30 25 24 31 31 29 26 31 28 24 22 23 20
PWIND DIR SW W W SW S NW N NW
WIND CHAR LT LT LT GN GN GN GN GN
AVG CLOUDS B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B2 B2 B2 B1 B1 B1 B2 B2 B1
POP 12HR 30 30 10 30 30 20 20 30
RAIN SHWRS C S C S
SNOWSHWRS S C S S C C S S S S S C S
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