LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 403 PM EST THU DEC 31 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
HOWEVER...HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS SHOULD BECOME FOCUSED MAINLY EAST
OF MARQUETTE AND GWINN FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE EXPANDING BACK
TOWARD NEGAUNEE AND ISHPEMING FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL GENERALLY
RANGE FROM 12 TO 20 INCHES FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO
NEGAUNEE...MARQUETTE...MUNISING...AND MELSTRAND. THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS...APPROACHING 2 FEET...WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN THE AREA
BETWEEN DEERTON...CHATHAM AND SKANDIA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OVER
EASTERN ALGER COUNTY WILL BE AROUND 12 INCHES. PLAN ON LESSER
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS FAR INLAND MARQUETTE COUNTY AT
REPUBLIC...WITCH LAKE...AND ARNOLD.
* VISIBILITY WILL DROP AS LOW AS ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES UNDER
THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. OCCASIONAL BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO
FURTHER REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES
IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE COULD BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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