HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 340 PM EST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS SOUTH OF MUSKEGON AND WEST OF ROUTE 131 MAY RESULT IN
SNOW COVERED BACK ROADS AND SLIPPERY SPOTS TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE ON THE LIGHT SIDE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF
CANADIAN COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT. ONLY MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED FROM THIS SYSTEM.
A VERY STRONG STORM SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKES FROM CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AT THIS POINT THE
TRACK OF THE SURFACE LOW IS EXPECTED TO BE WEST OF CHICAGO. THAT IS
SO FAR WEST THAT IT WOULD SURGE WARM AIR NORTH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN
OVER THE COLDER AIR AT THE SURFACE BY CHRISTMAS EVE. A MIX OF SNOW
SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CHRISTMAS EVE COULD TURN TO ALL RAIN BY
CHRISTMAS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW SHOWERS CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON. A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS MORE
THAN POSSIBLE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF CHRISTMAS DAY. THE
SNOW SHOWERS WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. DUE TO THE ICING
POTENTIAL... THIS SYSTEM COULD RESULT IN SERIOUS TRAVEL HAZARDOUS
DURING THE CHRISTMAS TRAVEL TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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