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Huge Ice Sheets Drift Atop Lake Michigan Amid Warming Temperatures

Timelapse footage captured large ice sheets drifting along the shores of Lake Michigan on the morning of February 24, as https://x.com/NWSIWX/status/1893979400854737309 mild weather moved through the region following a chilly month. Nathan Voytovick, of Nate's Dronography, captured this video showing chunks of ice moving along the melting lake just off the coast of Saint Joseph in soutwest Michigan. Voytovick told Storyful the video, which was a timelapse over about 25 minutes, showed how dangerous the ice was for anyone venturing onto it as it could "break and drift at any minute." The National Weather Service (NWS). forecast mild weather through the week with https://x.com/NWSIWX/status/1893748223417913626 highs into the 50s . The warmer temperatures came after a very cold February, as Saturday marked the 8th longest streak of below-freezing temperatures on record for the month in Grand Rapids, which is north of Saint Joseph, local news outlet https://www.fox17online.com/weather/todays-forecast/todays-forecast-major-melt-down-begins-today WXMI reported. (Footage by Nate's Dronography/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
Timelapse footage captured large ice sheets drifting along the shores of Lake Michigan on the morning of February 24, as https://x.com/NWSIWX/status/1893979400854737309 mild weather moved through the region following a chilly month. Nathan Voytovick, of Nate's Dronography, captured this video showing chunks of ice moving along the melting lake just off the coast of Saint Joseph in soutwest Michigan. Voytovick told Storyful the video, which was a timelapse over about 25 minutes, showed how dangerous the ice was for anyone venturing onto it as it could "break and drift at any minute." The National Weather Service (NWS). forecast mild weather through the week with https://x.com/NWSIWX/status/1893748223417913626 highs into the 50s . The warmer temperatures came after a very cold February, as Saturday marked the 8th longest streak of below-freezing temperatures on record for the month in Grand Rapids, which is north of Saint Joseph, local news outlet https://www.fox17online.com/weather/todays-forecast/todays-forecast-major-melt-down-begins-today WXMI reported. (Footage by Nate's Dronography/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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February 24, 2025
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