Arctic Blast to Invade U.P. This Weekend

IRONWOOD, MI - Tuesday, February 05, 3008 - The National Weather Service from Marquette has announced in their 2:53 PM CST February 05, 2008 statement that Arctic air will invade Upper Michigan this weekend.

A low pressure system will form over south central Canada on Friday and move across northern Ontario on Saturday. In the wake of the cold front... Arctic air which has been bottled up in northwest Canada will invade Upper Michigan on strong northwest
winds. Expect temperatures to fall through the day Saturday... with bitterly cold wind chills for Saturday night into Sunday night. In addition... with lake effect snow showers developing... look for areas of blowing snow. A gradual warm up is expected early next week.