LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 417 PM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
/
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY.
* TIMING...SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN
AND NORTHERN INDIANA ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME BETTER ORGANIZED
INTO A BAND OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THIS EVENING WHICH WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO
OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED SUNDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 2 INCHES NORTH OF KNOX... PLYMOUTH... AND
LEESBURG... AND WEST OF ALBION...LAGRANGE...AND STURGIS WITH
LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.
* SNOWFALL RATES...RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AS THE
HEAVY SNOW BAND MOVES ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT.
* WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
$$
|
|
|
