SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 542 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

/442 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009/
...EXPECT ICY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THIS MORNING...
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY OFF LAKE MICHIGAN THIS
AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING...
SINCE TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN BELOW FREEZING THIS MORNING...
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THAT WERE WET AND SLUSHY YESTERDAY FOLLOWING
THE CHRISTMAS MIXED PRECIPITATION EVENT WILL LIKELY BE ICY THIS
MORNING.
A SOUTHEAST FLOW OF COLDER AIR OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF
LAKE MICHIGAN AND THE BAY OF GREEN BAY THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY
MORNING WILL CAUSE NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF
CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN BY LATE TODAY. BY SUNDAY MORNING...AS MUCH
AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL FALL IN AN AREA BETWEEN
MANISTIQUE...CHATHAM...NEGAUNEE AND IRON MOUNTAIN. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL FROM NORWAY TO
MENOMINEE...ESCANABA AND THE GARDEN PENINSULA.
PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SHOULD
EXPECT ROADS AND SIDEWALKS TO BE SLIPPERY THIS MORNING. IF YOU
MUST DRIVE...SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA BRAKING DISTANCE BETWEEN
YOUR CAR AND VEHICLES AHEAD OF YOU. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL CAUSE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS TO REMAIN
SLIPPERY.
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KC

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 515 AM EST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2009

/408 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW SHOWERS MOVING OFF LAKE MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
WILL DROP AS MUCH AS 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
UPPER MICHIGAN. THE HEAVIER SNOW IS MOST LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH
CENTRAL.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NORTH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ON MONDAY NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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