WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST
THIS MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING
RAIN.
* A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
* GENERALLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON TODAY. AT THAT TIME ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICY EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWER. AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE DELAYED.
* ICE COATED TREES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH COULD LEAD TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 345 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST
THIS MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING
RAIN.
* A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
* GENERALLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON TODAY. AT THAT TIME ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICY EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWER. AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE DELAYED.
* ICE COATED TREES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH COULD LEAD TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
$$
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