Winter Weather Bearing Down on the Northern U.S. Once Again

Despite the calendar reading April, it is feeling more like winter across much of the northern U.S. Not too far from this region, it feels like spring with the threat of severe storms roaming the Great Lakes. Here is a look at this varied forecast for the middle of the week.

Winter Storm Warnings in Place for Some Areas of Northern U.S.

Another round of wintry weather is impacting the northern U.S. just days after the late weekend event that ushered in significant ice accumulation and snow showers. The second batch of snow and ice will affect some of the areas of the Upper Midwest, upstate New York, and northern New England that bore the brunt of the impacts from the weekend storm.

Northern Michigan was hit particularly hard by the earlier storm with ice measuring as thick as 2 inches in some communities. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was forced to declare a state of emergency in 10 counties as the ice brought down trees and power lines, creating widespread power outages.

Snow was the story for places such as Marquette, Michigan. This city recorded almost 20 inches of snow over the weekend with forecasters now warning that more accumulation is on the way. Other areas that picked up meaningful snowfall accumulation over the last few days include parts of central Minnesota, Wisconsin, northern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.

The weekend winter weather was rare enough on its own this late in the season. To have another storm impact the region in early April adds to the rarity of this week of weather.

The good news is that the upcoming weather event is not likely to linger as long as the early week storm. Some places could escape with just several hours of precipitation before it clears out.

That said, forecasters are warning that even the slightest bit of ice could weigh down tree limbs that were made vulnerable by the storm a few days ago. The breezy conditions expected to accompany the surge of ice and snow will also make the tree branches susceptible to snapping and creating additional power outages.