HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 352 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 700 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

/334 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT. FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS WINTER
STORM...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT AND
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY...WITH SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN MIXED IN FRIDAY MORNING. FOR FURTHER DETAILS
REGARDING THIS WINTER STORM...PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER STATEMENT AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL AND PRECIPITATION AND TYPE OF PRECIPITATION REPORTS
WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MESSY WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN CHRISTMAS EVE NIGHT
AND CHRISTMAS DAY...
.STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS WILL WEAKEN AS IT
MOVES INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES EARLY THIS WEEKEND. WET SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WITH THIS SYSTEM IS
EXPECTED TO OCCUR TO THE SOUTHWEST OF UPPER MICHIGAN OVER
WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA. SNOW THAT FALLS OVER UPPER MICHIGAN MAY
MIX WITH SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND RAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BARAGA TO IRON
RIVER.
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DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE
332 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND LIGHT ICING...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED BY EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL
INCREASE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SLEET...FREEZING
RAIN...OR RAIN MAY MIX WITH THE SNOW LATER THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY. EAST WINDS FLOWING OFF OF THE BAY OF GREEN BAY MAY
RESULT IN MOSTLY RAIN ALONG THE SHORE IN MENOMINEE COUNTY.
* TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS LATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY OF 3 TO 6 INCHES
WILL BE POSSIBLE. LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD ALSO OCCUR LATE
THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.
* THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW
AND ANY ICE COULD LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THURSDAY
NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN MEANS
THAT PERIODS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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