WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 445 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 100 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

..STRONG WINTER STORM WITH SNOW AND WIND EXPECTED THIS WEEK...
.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
TUESDAY IS FORECAST TO BECOME QUITE STRONG AS IT TRACKS TO LAKE
HURON BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND TO QUEBEC ON THURSDAY. THE PROJECTED
TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD BRING STRONG WINDS AND A WIDESPREAD
SNOW...POTENTIALLY HEAVY...TO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF OF LAKE SUPERIOR WOULD CONTINUE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK IN AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHWEST AND WEST
WINDS.
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KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...
HANCOCK...L`ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...
NEWBERRY...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...
ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...KENTON...SIDNAW...SENEY
445 PM EST SUN DEC 6 2009 /345 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING AND INCREASE
IN INTENSITY OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER
WEDNESDAY. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS WILL STILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...THE STRONG NORTH
WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND
FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN
WHERE NORTH WINDS ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BOOST SNOW TOTALS.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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JLB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 439 PM EST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 430 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009

/330 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ALTHOUGH
THE EXACT TRACK IS STILL UNCERTAIN...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SYSTEM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN. SEE
THE LATEST WINTER STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
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