 The rotating low continued along its northward path into the evening , bringing its counterclockwise winds in phase with the northwesterly winds already hitting Lakes Superior and Huron . This resulted in an explosive increase in northerly wind speeds and swirling snow . Ships on Lake Huron that were south of Alpena , Michigan — especially around Harbor Beach and Port Huron in Michigan and Goderich and Sarnia in Ontario — were battered with massive waves moving southward toward St. Clair River . 
