WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 345 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE
IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN
WHERE NORTH WINDS ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BOOST SNOW TOTALS.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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JLB
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