WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 1036 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 100 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT. SOME SNOW MAY MIX IN AT TIMES. UNDER A TENTH OF AN
INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION AND NO ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
* AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
THROUGH NOON ON CHRISTMAS.
* COLD EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 35 MPH.
* PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY IN THE MORNING AND AN ADDITIONAL
TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
IMPACTS...
* ICY ROADS... PARKING LOTS AND SIDEWALKS ARE LIKELY IN THE
ADVISORY AREA. APPROXIMATELY 50 CARS HAVE SLID OFF OF U.S. 127
BETWEEN CLARE AND SHEPHERD ACCORDING TO A MEDIA REPORT.
* TRAVEL SPEEDS WILL HAVE TO BE REDUCED DUE TO THE POOR ROAD
CONDITIONS.
* ICE COATED TREE LIMBS COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 35 MPH
COULD LEAD TO SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES LATE TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MEANS
DRIVING AND WALKING WILL BECOME DANGEROUS...SO BE PREPARED TO
USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 141 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
135 PM EST THU DEC 24 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE FOR SLIPPERY TRAVEL
CONDITIONS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS MORNING. SOME
ICY ROADS CAN BE EXPECTED.
THE WORST ICING MAY TAKE PLACE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING NORTH
OF A LINE FROM MOUNT PLEASANT TO LUDINGTON WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN FREEZING THE LONGEST.
EAST GALES ON LAKE MICHIGAN WILL POSE A HAZARD TO MARINERS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER THE WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE
AND COLDER AIR ARRIVE BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT WEATHER REPORTS WILL BE
MUCH APPRECIATED.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 414 PM EST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 500 PM EST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
* FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND CONTINUE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY. WARMER AIR IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD NORTH CHRISTMAS
MORNING AND CHANGE THE WINTRY MIX TO RAIN.
* THE CHANGE TO RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE
96 BY MID CHRISTMAS MORNING. AREAS SOUTH OF M-20 COULD SEE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGE TO RAIN TOWARD NOON. MEANWHILE...AREAS
NORTH OF M-20 COULD SEE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET PERSIST
THROUGH MUCH OF CHRISTMAS DAY.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 30 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL AFTER NIGHTFALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS
DAY COULD BECOME IMPACTED. SECONDARY ROADS AND SIDEWALKS COULD
BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* ICE COATED TREES AND WINDS TO 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE
LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING
AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS
IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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