WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 413 AM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
* HAZARDS: HEAVY SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL SWEEP INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY
NIGHT BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...LEADING TO THE
DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATION: IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED
ACROSS EASTERN UPPER AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.
* IMPACTS: VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS WITHIN
THE HEAVY SNOW. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...
WHICH WILL FURTHER DETERIORATE TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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