HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 141 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
135 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
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135 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. SOME
ICY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE WORST ICING MAY TAKE PLACE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TO LUDINGTON WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN FREEZING THE LONGEST.
EAST GALES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MARINERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE
AND COLDER AIR ARRIVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT WEATHER REPORTS WILL BE
MUCH APPRECIATED.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 345 AM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM EST
THIS MORNING.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING
ALONG THE LAKE SHORE. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN WITH THE FREEZING
RAIN.
* A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE IS EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.
* GENERALLY DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM MID MORNING THROUGH LATE
AFTERNOON TODAY. AT THAT TIME ANOTHER MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN OVER THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* A TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BE ICY EARLY THIS MORNING AS WELL AS
TONIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE SLOWER. AIR TRAFFIC MAY BE DELAYED.
* ICE COATED TREES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH COULD LEAD TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT AND EARLY
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAY CAUSE DRIVING TO BECOME EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 414 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH CHRISTMAS
MORNING AND CHANGE THE WINTRY MIX TO RAIN.
* THE CHANGE TO RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
96 BY MID CHRISTMAS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF M-20 COULD SEE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN TOWARD NOON. MEANWHILE...AREAS
NORTH OF M-20 COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 30 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL AFTER NIGHTFALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BECOME IMPACTED. SECONDARY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS COULD
BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* ICE COATED TREES AND WINDS TO 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE
LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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