Late April Snow Blankets Appalachians, Great Lakes

Zain Haidar
Published: April 22,2015



 
A band of late April snow moved into the Great Lakes and Appalachians Wednesday, dropping up to 8.5 inches in some areas.

Swanton, Maryland, is one area in the Mid-Atlantic seeing snow in late April.
(Jim Slusser)

"After a warmer stretch in April, blocking high pressure near Greenland has forced another prolonged, deep plunge of chilly air into the Great Lakes," weather.com meteorologist Jon Erdman said. "That deep, cold air pivoting into the Appalachians with surface temperatures just cold enough allowed snow to accumulate in parts of southwest Pennsylvania and far western Maryland. In the Great Lakes, up to 8.5 inches of snow was measured in parts of the western U.P. of Michigan and far northern Wisconsin."(MORE: Abrupt Spring Cooldown Grips Midwest, Northeast) 
Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, West Virginia and Wisconsin all saw snowfall by noon local time Wednesday.
Here are a handful of snowfall reports from the affected areas:

• Champion, Pennsylvania - 3 inches 
• Oakland, Maryland - 2 inches
• Bessemer, Michigan - 8.5 inches
• Gile, Wisconsin - 8.5 inches
• Davis, West Virginia - 2 inches
• Isabella, Minnesota - 3 inches

17 degree temp drop then wet #snow whitens ground in #DeepCreek, #MD @capitalweather @WeatherBug #WesternMD #Spring pic.twitter.com/bnGr8MVBiD
— Wx4Mark (@Wx4Mark) April 22, 2015

MORE: Deep Snow around the World