HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 646 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
646 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
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646 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 96 THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE
COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON COMING OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWER...THAT
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING
FREQUENTLY TO 35 MPH VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AND OCCASIONALLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO
NEAR FIVE BELOW ZERO BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH
ONLY SLIGHTLY TONIGHT SO SNOW SHOWERS WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. NEW SNOW TOTALS COULD BE OVER
6 INCHES IN PLACES.
AREAS NORTH OF MUSKEGON AND EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT BUT WILL STILL HAVE
THE STRONG WINDS AND THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
BRIEF WHITE- OUTS. SOME TREES AND BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN TOO.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE SNOW SHOWERS AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING
BEFORE DIMINISHING SIGNIFICANTLY.
ANOTHER PERIOD OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY THEN AGAIN
TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING DOWN ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR
MASS SO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY AGAIN BE A PROBLEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
VERY MUCH APPRECIATED THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GRR/SPOTTER
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 430 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SLEET...WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY NOON. WINDS
AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID
AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO
TONIGHT.
* WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND LAST INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY TONIGHT.
* EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE DIFFICULT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR
NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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