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...
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WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL
THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN OVERNIGHT.
* ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH
DURING THE EVENING.
* 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 AFTERNOON POSSIBLY
IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY 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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