LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 1159 AM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ADVISORY WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS REPLACED THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING WITH A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE
EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST
SATURDAY.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS...BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES...THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY.
* ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES OVER NORTHERN AND
EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL EAST OF A
LINE FROM BIG BAY THROUGH NEGAUNEE TO SKANDIA. SOUTH OF A
MICHIGAMME TO GWINN LINE...TOTAL ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
LESS THAN 3 INCHES.
* VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE-HALF MILE AT TIMES
UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED
AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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