HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 AM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 800 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE GREAT LAKES
REGION LATER CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AT THIS TIME...
PRECIPITATION TYPE IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE...AS PRECIPITATION MAY
FALL AS RAIN OR SNOW OR SOME COMBINATION OF BOTH. IN ADDITION...
SOME FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION COULD THEN TRANSITION OVER
TO A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL FOR CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY STILL EXISTS REGARDING THE DETAILS AND
TRACK OF THIS WINTER STORM. HOWEVER...THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN THE GREAT LAKES. THOSE
PLANNING TO TRAVEL SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN LAKE HURON NEARSHORE ZONES
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...PLEASE PASS ON SNOWFALL REPORTS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT ANY TIME.
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