LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY
Issue Date: 954 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 1000 AM EST WED DEC 16 2009

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN THE WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS...
.EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OF MODERATE INTENSITY TODAY OVER
MUCH OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND EAST OF MUNISING AS A WEST TO
NORTHWEST FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS
OF LAKE SUPERIOR. THE ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR WILL DIMINISH THE SNOW
SHOWERS TONIGHT OVER THE WEST...BUT HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL
LINGER NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF PICTURED ROCKS INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY
954 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT
SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST WEDNESDAY.
* EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TODAY TO IMPACT AREAS EAST OF
  MUNISING. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE CONFINED TO NEAR
  LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF PICTURED ROCKS TONIGHT.
* LOOK FOR TOTAL DAYTIME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EAST
  OF MUNISING AND NORTH OF M-28. TOTAL SNOWFALL WEST OF MUNISING
  WILL BE AN INCH OR LESS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 6 INCHES WILL FALL
  TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE GREATER AMOUNTS NEAR
  LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.
* WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW
  IN OPEN AREAS.
* THE MAIN IMPACTS WILL BE SNOW COVERED...SLIPPERY ROADS AND
  LIMITED VISIBILITIES IN THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS. VISIBILITY
  WILL BE REDUCED AS LOW AS HALF A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS WHERE
  THERE IS BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST
THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE
INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 410 AM EST TUE DEC 15 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST WED DEC 16 2009

/305 AM CST TUE DEC 15 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT MODERATE ACCUMULATIONS OVER
PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY...WHICH MAY CONTINUE
ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE ALWAYS APPRECIATED.
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