HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 653 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 Expires:200912101115;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
608 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
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608 AM EST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY NEAR AND NORTH OF ROUTE 20. A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO MID MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL
RATES ARE EXPECTED UNDER ANY THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY EAST WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING PROBLEMS IN OPEN AREA. SOME
TREES OR LARGE BRANCHES MAY BE BLOWN DOWN.
SOUTH OF ROUTE 20... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE
OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. SLEET
AND SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN AT TIMES. WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE
ABOVE FREEZING MANY UNTREATED ROADS ARE LIKELY TO BE SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY FROM THE SNOW EARLIER THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE
MORNING.
ONCE THE OCCLUDED FRONT SWEEPS EAST OF THE AREA... COLDER AIR WILL
MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST ON VERY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS. SNOW SHOWERS
SHOULD DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF US-131 THEN SPREAD EAST
ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FREEZING UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE
WESTERN SECTIONS AND AROUND SUNSET OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN SECTIONS
BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST
TO NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES AND WITH THE SNOW FALLING RESULT IN
VISIBILITIES FREQUENTLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR
ZERO TOWARD MORNING. AREAS EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE NEAR AND WEST OF US-131 INTO LATE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. EAST OF THERE... SNOW SHOWERS AND VERY STRONG
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. SNOW
SHOWERS AND WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
PLEASE SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS AS FREQUENTLY AS POSSIBLE.
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 430 AM EST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 400 PM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...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 SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY MID AFTERNOON.
PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO TONIGHT.
* WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 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 NEAR ZERO 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 6 TO 10 INCHES THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* 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. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S.
HIGHWAY 131.
* 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 BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR
FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE
FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL
BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE
VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO
PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 347 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY TO 7 AM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM TUESDAY
TO 7 AM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
SNOW WILL BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALONG WITH LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SQUALLS...PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AND IN SOME CASES
IMPOSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT ALONG WITH
FOOD AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 307 PM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED...
SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF THIS AFTERNOON AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOW IS EXPECTED BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AS A BIG STORM ARRIVES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING CONDITIONS
MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
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