HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 653 AM 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
608 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO MID MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS IN OPEN AREA. SOME
TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN.
SOUTH OF ROUTE 20... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE
OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. SLEET
AND SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES. WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE
ABOVE FREEZING MANY UNTREATED ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY FROM THE SNOW EARLIER THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
MORNING.
ONCE THE OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF THE AREA... COLDER AIR WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF US-131 THEN SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE 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
TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES AND 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...
PLEASE SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
$$

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 STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
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 STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
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 WARNING
Issue Date: 444 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON 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 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES BY DAYBREAK
THURSDAY.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE
THIS AFTERNOON. 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
TOWARD MID DAY WEDNESDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL
INTENSIFY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS.
SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING
THE EVENING.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON...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 BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY
ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THIS EVENING OR FROM 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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...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