LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 903 PM CST WED DEC 30 2009
...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW EXPECTED INTO EARLY SATURDAY...
.VERY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO INTO THE REGION
TONIGHT THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY... RESULTING IN PERSISTENT
NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ACROSS WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY. AS THE VERY COLD AIR MOVES ACROSS THE RELATIVELY WARMER
WATER OF LAKE SUPERIOR...IT WILL PICK UP ADDITIONAL MOISTURE...
RESULTING IN PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG THE
SOUTH SHORE... INCLUDING THE GOGEBIC RANGE OF ASHLAND AND IRON
COUNTIES. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE ACROSS
WISCONSIN HIGHWAYS 2...13 AND 77.
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ASHLAND-IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ASHLAND...HURLEY
903 PM CST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
SATURDAY.
* HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND
INTENSITY ONCE AGAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT... AND CONTINUE NEW
YEARS DAY AND INTO SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE
SUPERIOR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE
GOGEBIC RANGE... FROM ODANAH AND MELLEN TO HURLEY.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 1 TO 2 FEET BY THE
TIME SNOW DIMINISHES TO FLURRIES SOMETIME ON SATURDAY. IT
APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE HURLEY AREA WILL SEE 2 FEET OR MORE OF
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING THIS TIME... AS A FEW LOCATIONS
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED NEAR 10 INCHES AS OF THIS EVENING.
* VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE
AT TIMES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. THESE INTENSE SNOW BANDS
MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR
FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE-
EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATION ARE EXPECTED THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY
HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IT IS COMMON FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS AND SNOWFALL RATES TO VARY GREATLY OVER VERY SHORT
DISTANCES. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE ONE TO SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW PER HOUR FOR A PERIOD OF SEVERAL HOURS...AND STRONG WINDS
ARE LIKELY TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR ZERO
VISIBILITY MAY OCCUR IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT MAY
TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE.
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MILLER
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