HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 502 AM EST FRI JAN 1 2010
Expiration: 515 AM EST SAT JAN 02 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT NEAR THE
LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY AT
TIMES AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS ALSO EXPECTED. UP TO A FOOT
OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER EXTREME SOUTHWEST VAN BUREN COUNTY BY
SATURDAY MORNING....WITH SIX TO TEN INDUCES OVER EXTREME EASTERN
ALLEGAN COUNTY SOUTH OF HOLLAND. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED
TOWARD THE LAKE SHORE...MOSTLY NEAR AND WEST OF US-31.
THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY TONIGHT AS A STRONG SHORTWAVE ROTATES THROUGH THE AREA. IT
WILL ENHANCING THE SNOWFALL RATES. IT WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE
QUESTION SO SEE SOME CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WITH THE STRONGEST
SNOW SHOWERS. SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR WOULD NOT
BE OUT OF THE QUESTION SOUTH OF SOUTH HAVEN EARLY THIS EVENING.
IN ALL AREAS WIND CHILLS WILL BETWEEN ZERO AND TEN ABOVE TODAY AND
NEAR ZERO TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. AREAS WEST OF ROUTE 131 SHOULD EXPECT THE SNOW SHOWERS
TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO MONDAY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
SHOULD ALSO BE EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. ELSEWHERE EXPECT SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS TIME WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION.
A GENERAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THURSDAY AS ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD
AIR AHEAD FOR THE SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN.
IN ALL AREAS WIND CHILLS WILL BE NEAR ZERO FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT PLEASE SEND SNOWFALL
REPORTS.
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