HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 618 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 615 AM EST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
612 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
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612 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MUSKEGON TO ALMA. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED
BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE REST OF THE AREA MAY SEE SOME LIGHT SNOW OF FLURRIES AT TIMES THIS
MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
AN UNUSUALLY STRONG WINTER STORM IS STILL EXPECTED TO HEAD FOR THE
SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WEDNESDAY AND DEPART THROUGH NORTHERN LAKE
HURON EARLY THURSDAY. AS TYPICAL OF THESE TYPES OF STORMS...TRACK
WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT AS TO WHERE THE RAIN TO SNOW LINE DEVELOPS.
LOCATIONS NORTH OF THE STORMS TRACK MY WELL SEE NEAR A FOOT OF
SNOW BETWEEN TUESDAY NIGHT AND MID MORNING THURSDAY. CLOSE TO THE STORM
TRACK FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND WET SNOW ARE EXPECTED. CURRENTLY WE
EXPECT INTERSTATE 96 TO BE THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN ALL SNOW AND
MIXED PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING. COLD FOLLOWING THE STORM
WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE
AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.
ONCE THE STORM HEADS NORTHEAST THROUGH LAKE HURON WEDNESDAY
NIGHT... THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL RUSH IN BEHIND THE
STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY WELL DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING
AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY. WINDS COULD GUST TO
NEAR 50 MPH AT TIMES LATER WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 400 AM EST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009

...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
STATES TUESDAY AND THEN INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST INTO LOWER
MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MAINLY NEAR AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 96
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD PRODUCE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR A MIX OF SNOW... FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN
WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT WILL QUICKLY CHANGEOVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AS VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ADVECT MUCH COLDER AIR INTO OUR AREA. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW... BLOWING SNOW IN VERY WINDY CONDITIONS AND
PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL POTENTIALLY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...
GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...
CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO
400 AM EST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING.
SNOW IS ANTICIPATED TUESDAY EVENING AND COULD BECOME MODERATE TO
HEAVY AT TIMES BEFORE POTENTIALLY BECOMING MIXED WITH OR CHANGING
TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS AND
BLOWING SNOW COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT TRAVEL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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LAURENS WDM