WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 755 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 700 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...MESSY WINTER STORM TO IMPACT UPPER MICHIGAN FOR THE CHRISTMAS
HOLIDAY...
.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE PLAINS ON THURSDAY WILL MOVE
INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND. WARM AIR FLOWING OUT
AHEAD OF THE STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING WET SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...
AND RAIN TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATER THURSDAY THROUGH
CHRISTMAS DAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION WILL FALL MAINLY IN THE
FORM OF SNOW OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN WHERE SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
AFTERNOON.
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ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
755 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009 /655 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON THURSDAY MORNING AND FALL HEAVY AT TIMES
  THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.
* TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN EXCESS OF 10
  INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
* THE SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW
  COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT LATER
  THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING
FOR THE UPCOMING HOLIDAY...OR HAVING PEOPLE TRAVEL TO YOUR
LOCATION...BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND
STATEMENTS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 450 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 23 2009

/338 PM CST TUE DEC 22 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF MISSOURI ON
THURSDAY...AND TRACK INTO CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY. THIS PROJECTED TRACK IS EXPECTED TO BRING WET HEAVY
SNOW TO MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER
SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN.
FOR FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM...PLEASE
REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.
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