HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 447 PM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 545 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009 Expires:200912091045;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
432 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
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432 PM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD ALL OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY EARLY THIS
EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THE NIGHT NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MUSKEGON TO MT. PLEASANT WHERE 5 TO LOCALLY 9 INCHES
OF SNOW IS LIKELY.
SOUTH OF THAT LINE...1 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH
HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR THE LINE. SLEET AND RAIN WILL MIX WITH THE SNOW
AFTER MIDNIGHT. NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 69...THE PRECIPITATION
WILL BECOME ALL RAIN TOWARD MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY NORTH OF A LINE
FROM MUSKEGON TO MT. PLEASANT. AS THE COLD AIR SPREADS IN BEHIND
THE STORM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ALL THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE
BACK TO SNOW.
VERY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH SNOW WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY BEFORE WINDS START TO
DECREASE DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND BUT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE LIMITED TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE COUNTIES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 444 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A MIXTURE OF SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY
EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN LATE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. A SMALL COATING OF ICE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* ANY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY THIS EVENING
POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 400 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
STATES TUESDAY AND THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO LOWER
MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF SNOW... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVECT MUCH COLDER AIR INTO OUR AREA. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND
PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
400 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY EVENING AND COULD BECOME MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE POTENTIALLY BECOMING MIXED WITH OR CHANGING
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS AND
BLOWING SNOW COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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LAURENS WDM
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