HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1045 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
NORTHERN MUSKEGON AND SOUTHERN OCEANA COUNTIES COULD SEE TOTALS OF 5
TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW FROM EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MUSKEGON TO ALMA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE REST OF THE AREA MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW OF FLURRIES AT TIMES
THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO HEAD FOR THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY AND DEPART THROUGH NORTHERN LAKE
HURON EARLY THURSDAY. AS TYPICAL OF THESE TYPES OF STORMS...TRACK
WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AS TO WHERE THE RAIN TO SNOW LINE DEVELOPS.
LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE STORMS TRACK MY WELL SEE NEAR A FOOT OF
SNOW BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND MID MORNING THURSDAY. CLOSE TO THE
STORM TRACK FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
CURRENTLY WE EXPECT INTERSTATE 96 TO BE THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN
ALL SNOW AND MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD FOLLOWING
THE STORM WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA
BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.
ONCE THE STORM HEADS NORTHEAST THROUGH LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT... THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE
STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY WELL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY. WINDS COULD GUST TO
NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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