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
FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CONTINUED A LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
FRIDAY.
* HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT AREAS NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART AT TIMES THROUGH
TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE FEW IF ANY SNOW SHOWERS SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM PICTURED ROCKS TO PINE STUMP JUNCTION.
* EXPECT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT FROM GRAND
MARAIS TO TWO HEART. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL OCCUR AWAY FROM
THESE AREAS.
* NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH ARE
EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS...CAUSING
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW.
* THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES UNDER
THE HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO
HEART.
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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