HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1147 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 700 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 Expires:200912111200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
1145 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
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1145 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER WESTERN SECTIONS BETWEEN
INTERSTATE 94 AND INTERSTATE 96 INTO TONIGHT. THE
COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON COMING OVER THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...THAT
WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT. WITH WINDS GUSTING
FREQUENTLY TO 35 MPH...VISIBILITIES WILL BE FREQUENTLY BELOW A
QUARTER MILE AND OCCASIONALLY NEAR ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN
BELOW ZERO THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON. THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL
PERSIST TONIGHT SO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE. STORM
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA
WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
AREAS NORTH OF MUSKEGON AND EAST OF US-131 WILL HAVE LESS IN THE
WAY OF HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS
WILL PERSIST AND THAT WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
.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: 1122 AM EST THU DEC 10 2009
Expiration: 600 AM EST FRI DEC 11 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* SCATTERED HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO
IMPACT THE REGION. ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. ROUTE 46 ACROSS MONTCALM COUNTY INTO
GRATIOT COUNTY WILL SEE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY
AFTERNOON.
* WEST WINDS TONIGHT OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED. GUSTS TO 35
MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BRIEFLY BE REDUCED TO
LESS THAN A HALF AT TIMES.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL
PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE IMPACTED THROUGH TONIGHT AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND
BITTER WIND CHILLS OCCUR.
* NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL SEE THE LOWEST
VISIBILITIES AND GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS DURING THIS STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION THROUGH TONIGHT.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
MJS
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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