LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1145 AM EST WED DEC 02 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AS
COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW TODAY AND 1 TO 2 INCHES THIS
EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF HOUGHTON.
AS WINDS TURN TO A MORE WESTERLY DIRECTION FRIDAY MORNING...A
DOMINANT BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ACROSS THE
KEWEENAW PENINSULA...AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT AS IT
GRADUALLY SHIFTS TO THE NORTH. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOWFALL
RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR FRIDAY. AS A RESULT...AN ADDITIONAL
6 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.
AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS THE
HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES TO HOUGHTON AND MOHAWK.
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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JLB
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