BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1009 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY.
* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT HEAVY
SNOW WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
SNOW LATE IN THE NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...RESULTING IN
LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 24 INCHES THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO NEGAUNEE.
* SUSTAINED NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH BY
DAYBREAK...WITH FREQUENT GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS
ARE MOST LIKELY AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR FROM
KEWEENAW BAY EAST TO BIG BAY AND MARQUETTE. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL DIMINISH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* THE HEAVY SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW
WHIPPED UP BY THE GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY
TO FALL TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES LATE IN THE NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN THE
CLOSURE OF M-28 BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY. OTHER ROADS IN EXPOSED LOCATIONS MAY BECOME
IMPASSABLE AS WELL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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