SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 952 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...LOOK FOR WET ROADS AND SIDEWALKS TO TURN ICY OVERNIGHT...
WET AND SLUSHY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FROM THE MIXED PRECIPITATION
EARLIER TODAY WILL LIKELY TURN ICY LATE TONIGHT AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING. IN ADDITION...ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION
ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD TURN TO LIGHT SNOW
OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE LIGHT SNOW FALLING ON ICY ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE
TONIGHT.
PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD
EXPECT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS TO TURN SLIPPERY OVERNIGHT. MOTORISTS
WILL NEED TO SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA BRAKING DISTANCE FOR
VEHICLES AHEAD OF THEM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 428 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING
BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN. OVER THE WEST...PRECIPITATION WILL BE MOSTLY SNOW EXCEPT
NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE WHERE THERE COULD BE A LITTLE
RAIN MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW. FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS
WINTER STORM...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW SHOWERS MOVING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN ON SATURDAY WILL DROP UP TO
3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION REPORTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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