WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 318 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...LOCALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TODAY WITH A STRONG WINTER
STORM WITH SNOW AND WIND IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK...
.LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DROP SEVERAL INCHES OF FLUFFY SNOW
TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF MAINLY WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. EXPECT
THESE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DIMINISH TOWARD DAWN ON TUESDAY.
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
ON TUESDAY IS FORECAST TO TRACK TO GEORGIAN BAY BY LATE WEDNESDAY
AND TO QUEBEC ON THURSDAY. THE PROJECTED TRACK OF THE LOW WOULD
BRING STRONG WINDS AND A WIDESPREAD SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...TO
UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS THE
AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PLAN ON HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGH THE
END OF THE WEEK FOR AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR FAVORED BY NORTHWEST
AND WEST WINDS.
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KEWEENAW-BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...L`ANSE...IRON RIVER...
IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...
KENTON...SIDNAW
418 PM EST MON DEC 7 2009 /318 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ TUESDAY TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TUESDAY EVENING
AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TUESDAY NIGHT. 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.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OR MORE ARE
EXPECTED...GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE...IN THE
OPEN AREAS...PARTICULARLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR DURING THE DAY
WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 258 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

/257 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A FEW LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS BETWEEN MARQUETTE
AND MUNISING THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT TO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY NIGHT. EXPECT
HEAVY SNOW TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING OF 10 TO 18 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE
GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL
UPPER MICHIGAN. IN ADDITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO
30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON WEDNESDAY. SEE THE LATEST WINTER
STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 345 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST 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.
$$
JLB