NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
934 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009
…A STRONG WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND WIND IS EXPECTED
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY…
.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WILL TRACK TO GEORGIAN BAY BY LATE WEDNESDAY AND TO QUEBEC ON
THURSDAY. THE PROJECTED TRACK OF THE LOW WILL BRING STRONG WINDS
AND A WIDESPREAD SNOW…HEAVY AT TIMES…TO UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. EXPECT AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AS WELL.
AFTER THE SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT…HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WILL LAST THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK FOR AREAS NEAR
LAKE SUPERIOR FAVORED BY NORTHWEST AND WEST WINDS.
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KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-
IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COPPER HARBOR…ONTONAGON…HOUGHTON…
HANCOCK…L’ANSE…GWINN…MARQUETTE…IRONWOOD…IRON RIVER…
IRON MOUNTAIN…MENOMINEE…ESCANABA…GLADSTONE…MANISTIQUE…
KENTON…SIDNAW
934 AM EST TUE DEC 8 2009 /834 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009/
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM
CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CONTINUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING…WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ THURSDAY.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATE TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO
TAPER OFF LATE WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION…STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. THE STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DOWNWIND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 INCHES OR MORE ARE
POSSIBLE…GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR.
* THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND BLOWING SNOW
REDUCING VISIBILITY TO NEAR ONE QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS…
ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS MAY RESULT IN THE CLOSURE OF M-28
BETWEEN HARVEY AND MUNISING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW…ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING
SNOW…ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
