LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 451 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
FRIDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
FRIDAY.
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ONTONAGON COUNTY AND
ACROSS SOUTHERN HOUGHTON COUNTY.
* EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 7 INCHES TODAY AND ANOTHER 1
TO 8 INCHES TONIGHT...HIGHEST FROM ROCKLAND AND IN AREAS NORTH
OF HIGHWAY M-26 AND HIGHWAY M-38 IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE
TODAY.
* THE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...IN COMBINATION WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW...WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS
THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES TODAY.
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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