LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 418 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS
WILL TEND TO SHIFT TO NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MUNISING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AFTER
8 PM...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW MOST LIKELY EAST OF MUNISING.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING
AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF LATER WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN
ADDITION... THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...HIGHEST
WEST OF MELSTRAND.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE...MAINLY
IN OPEN AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF M-28 BETWEEN
HARVEY AND MUNISING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
$$
WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 418 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST
THIS EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 1 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS
IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING.
* EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DROP ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS
WILL TEND TO SHIFT TO NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF MUNISING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL TONIGHT AFTER
8 PM...WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW MOST LIKELY EAST OF MUNISING.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING
AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN
TO TAPER OFF LATER WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN
ADDITION... THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO RESULT IN HEAVY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...HIGHEST
WEST OF MELSTRAND.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE...MAINLY
IN OPEN AREAS. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF M-28 BETWEEN
HARVEY AND MUNISING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
$$
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