HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1230 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 Expires:200912101115;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1216 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
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1216 PM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST
WINDS THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS ARE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON
WEST OF US-131 THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY
EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING THIS
AFTERNOON OVER THE WESTERN SECTIONS AND AROUND SUNSET OVER THE
EASTERN SECTIONS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SECTIONS
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST
BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH AT TIMES WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS ALONG THE
LAKESHORE AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96. WITH THE SNOW FALLING RESULT IN
VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR
ZERO TOWARD MORNING. AREAS EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT BUT WILL STILL HAVE THE STRONG
WINDS AND THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND BRIEF
WHITE-OUTS. SOME TREES AND BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN TOO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND WEST OF US-131 INTO LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EAST OF THERE... SNOW SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. SNOW
SHOWERS AND WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 430 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM
EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON. A HEAVY BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM
BETWEEN INTERSTATE 96 AND INTERSTATE 94. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO
INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
* WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE TONIGHT.
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE
VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO
PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
$$
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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...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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