LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 355 PM EST MON DEC 28 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM
EST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL GIVE WAY TO MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT AND THESE WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY
AFTERNOON. A NORTHWEST WIND OF 20 TO 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
MONDAY WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE.
* TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
* ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. WITH WINDS
INCREASING LATE TONIGHT...VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY FALL
BELOW ONE QUARTER OF A MILE ON MONDAY WITH SOME NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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