HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 608 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO MID MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS IN OPEN AREA. SOME
TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN.
SOUTH OF ROUTE 20... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE
OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. SLEET
AND SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES. WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE
ABOVE FREEZING MANY UNTREATED ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY FROM THE SNOW EARLIER THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
MORNING.
ONCE THE OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF THE AREA... COLDER AIR WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF US-131 THEN SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE
WESTERN SECTIONS AND AROUND SUNSET OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SECTIONS
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST
TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES AND WITH THE SNOW FALLING RESULT IN
VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR
ZERO TOWARD MORNING. AREAS EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT BUT WILL STILL HAVE THE STRONG
WINDS AND THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BRIEF
WHITE-OUTS. SOME TREES AND BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN TOO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND WEST OF US-131 INTO LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EAST OF THERE... SNOW SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. SNOW
SHOWERS AND WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
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