HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1230 PM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

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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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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 452 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
 * RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. WINDS
   AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TOWARD
   EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO
   TONIGHT.
 * WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
   AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
   BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
   REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
 * GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
   PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT.
 * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES THROUGH
   THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
 * ALL TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
 * TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED THIS EVENING AS SNOW...
   BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCURS.
 * 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
   VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
   AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
   AREAS.
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