HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1216 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON
WEST OF US-131 THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY
EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS
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
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AT TIMES WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE
LAKESHORE AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. 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...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER
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