Storm Summary Number 3 for Northern Plains and Upper Midwest Heavy
Snow and High Winds
NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD
900 PM CST Wed Nov 26 2025

...Heavy snow and gusty winds continue across the Great Lakes
tonight into Thursday...

Blizzard Warnings are in effect for parts of northern Wisconsin
and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Winter Storm Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories extend from
northern Wisconsin to Michigan and downwind of Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario.

Lake Effect Snow Warnings are in effect for downwind areas of Lake
Erie and Lake Ontario.

Wind Advisories are in effect for portions of the Upper Midwest,
Ohio Valley, and Interior Northeast.

For a detailed graphical depiction of the latest watches, warnings
and advisories, please see www.weather.gov

At 800 PM CST...An occluded low pressure system with a minimum
central pressure of 992 mb (29.29 in Hg) was located over the
northern Great Lakes. An occluded front stretched from the low
pressure center over the eastern Upper Peninsula of Michigan to
northern Upstate New York. A cold front then extended from the
occluded front southward across the Eastern Seaboard to along the
Gulf Coast and into southern Texas. A warm front was draped across
northern New England and extended eastward into the Canadian
Maritimes. The strong pressure gradient around this low pressure
system was producing strong winds across the Upper Midwest, Great
Lakes, and Ohio Valley with widespread wind gusts of 30-40 mph.
National Weather Service Doppler Radar showed moderate to heavy
snow falling across parts of Wisconsin and Michigan with lake
effect snow bands beginning to develop downwind of the Great Lakes.

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches from 600 AM
CST Tue Nov 25 through 800 PM CST Wed Nov 26...

...MICHIGAN...
BESSEMER                             18.0                    
EAST GRAND RAPIDS                     2.8                    
WATERS 1 NW                           2.0                    

...WISCONSIN...
GILE                                 25.0                    
BRULE                                23.0                    
PRESQUE ISLE                         18.0                    
DELTA 1 NNE                          17.8                    
ASHLAND 4 SSE                        17.0                    
DRUMMOND 13 W                        17.0                    
WASHBURN 2 WSW                       17.0                    
CLAM LAKE                            14.0                    
HAWTHORNE                            14.0                    
HURLEY                               14.0                    
BAYFIELD                             10.6                    

...Selected preliminary Peak Wind gusts in miles per hour earlier
in the event...

...IOWA...
SIOUX CITY                             67                    
DENISON                                59                    
CARROLL                                55                    

...MINNESOTA...
FLORENCE                               65                    
DAWSON                                 60                    
TRACY                                  59                    
MARSHALL                               54                    

...NEBRASKA...
SPENCER 3 SE                           72                    
VALENTINE 1 NNE                        72                    
BROKEN BOW                             62                    
GRAND ISLAND                           59                    
LINCOLN 3 E                            58                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
MIDLAND 1 NE                           78                    
WASTA 3 NW                             78                    
CACTUS FLAT 4 E                        76                    
OTTUMWA 10 W                           75                    
MUD BUTTE 1 ENE                        74                    
FREDERICK                              69                    
NEWELL 13 NE                           69                    
RAPID CITY                             68                    
WINNER                                 67                    
RELIANCE                               66                    
ABERDEEN                               60                    
PIERRE                                 58                    

...Selected preliminary Storm Total Snowfall in inches where the
event has ended...

...MINNESOTA...
HOLYOKE 3 ENE                        10.3                    
MAHTOWA 3 NNW                        10.3                    
NWS DULUTH                           10.3                    
DUQUETTE                             10.0                    
CAMP RIPLEY                           9.5                    
WHEATON 6 NW                          8.5                    
BAXTER 1 E                            8.0                    
ROTHSAY                               7.0                    
PELICAN RAPIDS                        6.3                    
CHOKIO 1 W                            6.0                    
ARTICHOKE 2 ESE                       5.2                    
GARFIELD 2 SW                         5.0                    
ST CLOUD ARPT                         4.8                    
MSP AIRPT                             3.1                    

...NORTH DAKOTA...
ELLENDALE 7.3 NW                      8.5                    
LAMOURE                               8.0                    
CARTWRIGHT                            7.0                    
EDGELEY 5 NW                          6.7                    
BEULAH                                6.5                    
KILLDEER                              6.1                    
FARGO 2 S                             5.8                    
MINOT                                 5.5                    
WATFORD CITY 1 NNW                    5.5                    
BISMARCK 3 SSE                        4.7                    

...SOUTH DAKOTA...
VICTOR 4 N                            8.0                    
ROSLYN 2 SE                           7.3                    
BRITTON                               7.0                    
FREDERICK                             7.0                    
HECLA                                 7.0                    
WESTPORT 2 NW                         7.0                    
WILMOT                                7.0                    
SUNSET COLONY 4 WSW                   6.0                    
WEBSTER                               6.0                    
EUREKA                                5.0                    
ABERDEEN RGNL ARPT                    4.5                    


The strong low pressure system will track northeastward into
southeast Canada tonight into Thursday, taking the threat of
widespread moderate to heavy snow along with it. However, as the
system pulls away, bands of heavy lake effect snow will ramp up
downwind of the Great Lakes through the end of the week.
Additional snowfall totals of 1-2 feet with locally higher amounts
are expected underneath the most intense and persistent snow
bands.

The next Storm Summary will be issued by the Weather Prediction
Center at 900 AM CST. Please refer to your local National Weather
Service office for additional information on this event.

Miller