HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 601 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST THU DEC 03 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SNOWBELTS FAVORED BY NORTH WINDS COULD
SEE MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOW WOULD THEN IMPACT AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHWEST WINDS THURSDAY
EVENING...AND WESTERLY WINDS ON FRIDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 516 AM EST WED DEC 2 2009
Expiration: 445 PM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW POSSIBLE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
LOW PRESSURE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SHIFT INTO
ONTARIO...AND MERGE WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE
OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM...WINDS WILL TURN
NORTH AND NORTHWEST...ALLOWING COLDER AIR TO DIVE ACROSS THE
RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR. AREAS FAVORED BY A
NORTHERLY WIND DIRECTION...SUCH AS INLAND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN...AND AREAS NEAR IRONWOOD WILL LIKELY SEE ACCUMULATING
SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AS THE WINDS TURN NORTHWESTERLY
AND WESTERLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ALL OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN FROM IRONWOOD THROUGH THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA COULD SEE
MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
WIDESPREAD LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS LAKE
EFFECT SNOW BELTS EAST OF MARQUETTE FAVORED BY A WEST TO NORTHWEST
WIND. THE WIND SHOULD QUICKLY SHIFT OUT OF THE WEST THURSDAY
NIGHT...PUSHING THE HEAVIER SNOW OVER LAKE SUPERIOR.
PLEASE MONITOR LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM AS
IT BRINGS THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW OF THE SEASON TO
MANY AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.
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