WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 444 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
* SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD
MIDNIGHT. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
* AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL EARLY WEDNESDAY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN
6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 444 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 AM EST
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
* EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH TONIGHT.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
* SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TOWARD
MIDNIGHT. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN
TOWARD DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY.
* AFTER A LULL IN THE SNOWFALL EARLY WEDNESDAY...LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40
MPH DURING THE EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF GREATER THAN
6 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...
SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE
PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND
USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
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