HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 625 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 515 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
620 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
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ST JOSEPH TO SOUTH HAVEN MI-SOUTH HAVEN TO HOLLAND MI-
HOLLAND TO GRAND HAVEN MI-GRAND HAVEN TO WHITEHALL MI-
WHITEHALL TO PENTWATER MI-PENTWATER TO MANISTEE MI-MASON-LAKE-
OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON-MONTCALM-
GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-
VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-
620 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED ALONG THE LAKESHORE FROM GRAND HAVEN
NORTHWARD TO MUSKEGON... PENTWATER AND LUDINGTON WHERE 6 TO 10
INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG
U.S.-131 INCLUDING THE GRAND RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO METRO AREAS.
WINDS AND WAVES WILL BE HAZARDOUS FOR SMALL CRAFT THROUGH THIS
EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE LAKESHORE. SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES
MAY OCCUR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 608 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST SUNDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM EST
SUNDAY.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING.
* SNOW HAS BEEN INCREASING IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND IS ALSO
INCREASING ACROSS SOUTHERN MICHIGAN.
* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL ON ROADS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW.
* VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES IMPACTING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION
WHILE DRIVING.
$$
LAURENS MEADE