LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 943 PM EST WED DEC 30 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY EVENING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
* EXPECT SNOW SHOWERS TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT.
* FOR THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10
TO 14 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...GREATEST IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN AWAY
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. SMALLER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WITCH LAKE TO MCFARLAND.
* VISIBILITY TO AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES
UNDER THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE. ROADS WILL BECOME
SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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07/JLB
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