LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 837 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CONTINUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY.
* A BAND OF VERY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. EXPECT 4 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
TONIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN SOUTH
OF HOUGHTON TO TWIN LAKES. ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...EXPECT
THE HEAVY SNOW BAND TO SHIFT ACROSS THE REST OF THE KEWEENAW
WITH ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT LIKELY IN MANY AREAS.
* WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...RESULTING IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW.
* THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES
BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE
HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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