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Wind Chill Advisory 1, NWS Gaylord, MI
NWS Gaylord, MI issued this wind chill advisory at Feb 3, 2007, 4:46 PM EST for 19 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Feb 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 3, 2007, 4:46 PM EST (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2007, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 5, 2007, 12:11 PM EST
- In force
- 42 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Gaylord, MI
Counties Alcona County, MI, Alpena County, MI, Arenac County, MI, Benzie County, MI, Cheboygan County, MI, Crawford County, MI, Emmet County, MI, Gladwin County, MI, Grand Traverse County, MI, Iosco County, MI, Manistee County, MI, Missaukee County, MI, Montmorency County, MI, Ogemaw County, MI, Oscoda County, MI, Otsego County, MI, Presque Isle County, MI, Roscommon County, MI, Wexford County, MI
The radar
The NCL Michigan radar (KAPX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Alpena, MI (KAPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 623 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KAPX 032146 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...MORE SNOW...COLD AND WIND... .ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL NOT BE HEAVY...BUT SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AS WELL AS IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE POWDERY SNOW. AND FINALLY...WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH DANGEROUS LEVELS TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH READINGS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED. MIZ019>022-025-026-031-041000- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-MANISTEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...MANISTEE 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY MORNING. GREATEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR IN AREAS NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 72. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT PRODUCING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO LOWER INTO THE TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ016-017-041000- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.070203T2300Z-070204T1000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE TIP OF THE MITT COUNTIES TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 2 INCHES FOR MOST AREAS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER...AS WINDS INCREASE TONIGHT AND TEMPERATURES DECREASE...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LOWER TO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE TONIGHT AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ018-028-033-034-041000- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.070203T2300Z-070204T1000Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-CRAWFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...GRAYLING...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN INTO THE EVENING HOURS. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN UNDER 1 INCH FOR MOST AREAS. THEREFORE...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER AS WINDS INCREASE TONIGHT...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LOWER TO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ015-041000- /O.NEW.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.070203T2300Z-070204T1000Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS LOWERING TO AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ023-024-029-030-035-036-041-042-041000- /O.NEW.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.070203T2300Z-070204T1000Z/ MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO...HARRISVILLE... WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS LOWERING TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ027-032-041000- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ KALKASKA-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KALKASKA...CADILLAC 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY DURING THE EVENING HOURS...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED BY SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BECOME MORE PREVALENT. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ008-041000- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 446 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT PARTICULARLY NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 28 AROUND WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. TOTAL NIGHTTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...GREATEST AROUND WHITEFISH POINT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE TONIGHT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CONTINUE WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TONIGHT TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ ADAM
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KAPX 032328 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 628 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...MORE SNOW...COLD AND WIND... .ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SETTLE ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL NOT BE HEAVY...BUT SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY... MAINLY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AS WELL AS IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...FURTHER REDUCING VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE POWDERY SNOW. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE SOUTH OF LITTLE TRAVERSE BAY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. THE COMBINATION OF THESE STRONGER WINDS WITH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN BRIEF INTERVALS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL BE NEAR ZERO. FINALLY...WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH DANGEROUS LEVELS TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH READINGS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED. VENTURING OUT TONIGHT IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS DRIVERS WILL ENCOUNTER SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS AT TIMES. MIZ019>022-025>027-031-032-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...MANISTEE... CADILLAC 628 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS WITH FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN INTERVALS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY THROUGH MOST OF THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT WITH VISIBILITIES COMMONLY DOWN TO A HALF OF A MILE OR LESS. NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL TONIGHT...MUCH OF WHICH WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN AREAS NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 72. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL INTO THE TO 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. TRAVELING IS NOT RECOMMENDED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...IF TRAVELING IS NECESSARY...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES WHICH CAN POSSIBLY BE BLINDING AT TIMES. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ008-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 628 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 28 AROUND WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. TOTAL NIGHTTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...GREATEST AROUND WHITEFISH POINT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SOME OF THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRIEFLY BE HEAVY WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...AS WINDS INCREASE TONIGHT...BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BECOME MORE COMMON...WITH VISIBILITIES REDUCED AS LOW AS ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TONIGHT TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 628 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS LOWERING TO AROUND 25 BELOW ZERO AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ016>018-023-024-028>030-033>036-041-042-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 628 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...WIND CHILL READINGS WILL LOWER TO THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE WINDS WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PICK UP SOME OF THE FALLEN SNOW...AND RESULT IN POCKETS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL BRIEFLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KAPX 040409 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1109 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...MORE SNOW...COLD AND WIND... .ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE STATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL HELP SUSTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. THE SNOW WILL NOT BE HEAVY...BUT SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...MAINLY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN...AS WELL AS IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS AS GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL RESULT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. FINALLY...WIND CHILLS WILL APPROACH DANGEROUS LEVELS TONIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...WITH READINGS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED. THESE WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS WHEN WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GUSTY FOR MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY VERY WELL BE NEEDED FOR SOME AREAS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. MIZ019>022-025>027-031-032-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...MANISTEE... CADILLAC 1109 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN INTERVALS OF POOR VISIBILITY FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. VISIBILITIES OF LESS THAN A HALF OF A MILE WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA. NEW SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL FALL TONIGHT...MUCH OF WHICH WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL DRIFTING. THE GREATEST SNOW AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN AREAS NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 72. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT...AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES TONIGHT. IF TRAVELING...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ008-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 1109 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...PARTICULARLY NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 28 AROUND WHITEFISH POINT...PARADISE AND SAULT SAINT MARIE. TOTAL NIGHTTIME ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...GREATEST ALONG AND NORTH OF ROUTE 28 WHERE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL BE GUSTY OUT OF THE WEST AT TIMES. THIS WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH COULD ALLOW FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO A HALF OF A MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. ALSO...WIND CHILLS WILL LOWER TONIGHT TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THESE WINTRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY VERY WELL BE NEEDED. IF TRAVELING ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS AND RAPIDLY CHANGING VISIBILITIES. THIS IS PARTICULARLY TRUE FOR THOSE AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 28. ALSO...BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILL READINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 1109 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH WIND CHILL READINGS LOWERING TO 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THESE WIND CHILLS WILL REMAIN IN THIS RANGE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY...AND ADVISORIES MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ016>018-023-024-028>030-033>036-041-042-041000- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA- ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...ROGERS CITY... ATLANTA...ALPENA...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY... HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1109 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY. WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE 10 TO 20 BELOW RANGE AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY. THE EXPECTED CONTINUATION OF THE COLD WEATHER MAY VERY WELL RESULT IN THE NEED TO EXTEND THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY INTO AT LEAST TOMORROW. WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KAPX 040857 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...EVEN MORE COLD...WIND AND SNOW... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MICHIGAN INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SUSTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS...AS GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS RESULT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN DANGEROUS LEVELS TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING... REACHING 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. MIZ016-017-028-042300- /O.CAN.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...GRAYLING 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TODAY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO HALF A MILE OR LESS IN SPOTS...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ MIZ008-042300- /O.UPG.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0002.070204T0857Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF I-75...AND ESPECIALLY NEAR WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL RETURN TODAY...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL LAST THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND RETURN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ019>022-025>027-031-032-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...MANISTEE... CADILLAC 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TODAY. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY WELL BE COLDER TONIGHT. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. THE LOWEST WINDS CHILLS WILL OCCUR IN THE WESTERN PART OF MACKINAC COUNTY. SIMILAR WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 357 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY WELL BE COLDER TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ JZ
000 WWUS43 KAPX 041138 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...EVEN MORE COLD...WIND AND SNOW... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MICHIGAN INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SUSTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY IN NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS...AS GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS RESULT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. AND WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN DANGEROUS LEVELS TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING... REACHING 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. MIZ016-017-028-042300- /O.CAN.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CRAWFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...GRAYLING 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TODAY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN EMMET COUNTY...SOUTHERN CHEBOYGAN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO HALF A MILE OR LESS IN SPOTS...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...COMBINED WITH COLD TEMPERATURES...WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILL READINGS AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ MIZ008-042300- /O.UPG.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T1000Z/ /O.NEW.KAPX.WS.W.0002.070204T0857Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPACT WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...MAINLY NEAR AND WEST OF I-75...AND ESPECIALLY NEAR WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL RETURN TODAY...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT...WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL LAST THROUGH THIS MORNING...AND RETURN TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ019>022-025>027-031-032-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA- MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...MANISTEE... CADILLAC 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BRING 1 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION TODAY. BRISK WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY WELL BE COLDER TONIGHT. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. THE LOWEST WINDS CHILLS WILL OCCUR IN THE WESTERN PART OF MACKINAC COUNTY. SIMILAR WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070204T2300Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 637 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON TODAY... ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY WELL BE COLDER TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ JZ
000 WWUS43 KAPX 041658 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1158 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...EVEN MORE COLD...WIND AND SNOW... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MICHIGAN INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SUSTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE...HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE FOUND ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES...AS GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING REACHING 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AND ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY FOR MONDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. MIZ008-042300- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 1158 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS CHIPPEWA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON... MAINLY WEST OF I-75...AND ESPECIALLY NEAR WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES TODAY...2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...AND 1 TO 3 INCHES EARLY MONDAY. WEST WINDS WILL ALSO RETURN TODAY...WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. WINDS WILL TURN NORTHWEST AND BECOME STRONGER TONIGHT... WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ016-017-019>022-025>028-031-032-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...CHARLEVOIX... NORTHPORT...MANCELONA...GAYLORD...FRANKFORT...TRAVERSE CITY... KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1158 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...BRINGING NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES TODAY FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 1158 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-042300- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1158 AM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH ALONG WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ ADAM
000 WWUS43 KAPX 042147 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...EVEN MORE WIND...COLD AND SNOW... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MICHIGAN INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. THIS WILL SUSTAIN SNOW SHOWERS IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY. ELSEWHERE... HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED...BUT A FEW INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION BOTH TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL BE FOUND ACROSS NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. EVEN WITHOUT HEAVY SNOW...VISIBILITIES WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED TO BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME IN A FEW AREAS...AS GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING REACHING 20 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER. WINTRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY AND ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS ARE LIKELY FOR MONDAY ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. MIZ019>022-051100- /O.UPG.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ /O.EXA.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE... BRINGING NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES TONIGHT...AND ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES TOMORROW. IN ADDITION...BRISK WEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO A HALF MILE OR LESS IN THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...AND FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME...EVEN LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AGAIN...AND IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ008-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CHIPPEWA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES WEST OF I-75...WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF I-75. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TOMORROW. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A HALF MILE. FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME...EVEN LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AGAIN...AND IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ016-017-025>028-031-032-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...BRINGING NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...BRISK WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES. BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES...RESULTING IN POOR VISIBILITY FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PERSONS OUT DRIVING TONIGHT...WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH FOR LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 447 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS...WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PERSONS OUT DRIVING TONIGHT...WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH FOR LOCALIZED BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KAPX 050414 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...EVEN MORE WIND...COLD AND SNOW... .COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL REMAIN OVER MICHIGAN INTO THE EARLY WORK WEEK. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST IN THE SNOW BELT AREAS OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN THROUGH TOMORROW. HEAVIER SNOWS WILL OCCUR IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. GUSTY WINDS WILL PERSIST AS WELL...AND HELP TO BLOW AROUND THIS LIGHT SNOW WHICH WILL RESULT IN LOWERED VISIBILITIES. ALSO...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION...COMBINED WITH THE BRISK WINDS WILL RESULT IN THE CONTINUATION OF THE SHARPLY COLD WIND CHILLS. MIZ019>022-051700- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... GAYLORD 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT PERSISTENT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. ALSO...WINDS CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. TRAVELING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ008-051700- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST MONDAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CHIPPEWA COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES WEST OF I-75 AND NORTH OF ROUTE 28...WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES ELSEWHERE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A HALF MILE. FOR BRIEF PERIODS OF TIME...EVEN LOCALIZED NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ016-017-025>028-031-032-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE- WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...KALKASKA...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO TOMORROW. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES. HOWEVER...WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT PERSISTENT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. ALSO...WINDS CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. TRAVELING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST. IGNACE 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PERSONS OUT DRIVING TONIGHT...WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH FOR DRIFTING SNOW. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-051100- /O.CON.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH... TAWAS CITY...GLADWIN...STANDISH 1114 PM EST SUN FEB 4 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST MONDAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. PERSONS OUT DRIVING TONIGHT...WILL ALSO NEED TO WATCH FOR LOCALIZED DRIFTING SNOW. $$ SD
000 WWUS43 KAPX 050944 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTRY WEATHER MAINTAINS ITS GRIP ON NORTHERN MICHIGAN... .ARCTIC AIR REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...BRINGING SNOW SHOWERS TO SOME OF THE TYPICAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW BELTS THIS MORNING...ALONG WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS. PERSONS VENTURING OUT THIS MORNING NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY IN SOME AREAS DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW...AS WELL AS LOW WIND CHILLS WHICH COULD PRODUCE FROSTBITE IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. MIZ022-051700- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ OTSEGO- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GAYLORD 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE ZERO TO 5 ABOVE RANGE THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS FROM 10 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 25 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO WARM A FEW DEGREES TODAY...AND ALTHOUGH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ016-017-025-026-028-031-032-051700- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1100Z/ /O.EXB.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PELLSTON...CHEBOYGAN...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...GRAYLING...MANISTEE...CADILLAC 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 5 BELOW TO 5 ABOVE ZERO RANGE THIS MORNING COMBINED WITH WEST WINDS FROM 10 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS VALUES BETWEEN 15 BELOW AND 30 BELOW ZERO. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO WARM A FEW DEGREES TODAY...AND ALTHOUGH THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...WIND CHILL READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ008-051700- /O.CON.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE MARIE 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS CHIPPEWA COUNTY THROUGH THE DAY... ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR THIS MORNING...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES ANTICIPATED BY MID AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL FREQUENTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW A HALF MILE. IN ADDITION...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS MORNING. TRAVELING WILL BE DIFFICULT...AND IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND PERIODS OF POOR VISIBILITY. ALSO...DRIVERS CAN ALSO EXPECT HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ MIZ027-051700- /O.EXT.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KALKASKA 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED MAINLY THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH WILL RESULT PERSISTENT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. ALSO...WINDS CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. TRAVELING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ MIZ015-051700- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ MACKINAC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ST IGNACE 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ018-023-024-029-030-033>036-041-042-051700- /O.EXT.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ PRESQUE ISLE-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-OSCODA-ALCONA-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON- OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROGERS CITY...ATLANTA...ALPENA...MIO... HARRISVILLE...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...OSCODA... GLADWIN...STANDISH 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH COLDEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING...EXPECT WIND CHILL VALUES TO REMAIN BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE DAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND BRISK WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. $$ MIZ019>021-051700- /O.CON.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...LELAND...BELLAIRE 444 AM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY...WITH NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED MAINLY THIS MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT PERSISTENT AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. ALSO...WINDS CHILLS IN THE 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. TRAVELING WILL REMAIN DIFFICULT DUE TO PREVIOUS SNOWFALL AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ROADS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN AND GIVE YOURSELF PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FROST BITE AND HYPOTHERMIA. $$ JPB
000 WWUS43 KAPX 051711 WSWAPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1211 PM EST MON FEB 5 2007 MIZ008-051815- /O.CAN.KAPX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE. MARIE 1211 PM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY PRIMARILY NORTH OF MICHIGAN ROUTE 28. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE TODAY ESPECIALLY AROUND WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN ONE MILE PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ019>021-027-051815- /O.CAN.KAPX.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-KALKASKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLEVOIX...NORTHPORT...MANCELONA... KALKASKA 1211 PM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON...BUT WITH NEW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS. GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES PARTICULARLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ MIZ015>018-022>026-028>036-041-042-051815- /O.CAN.KAPX.WC.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070205T1700Z/ MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA- BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. IGNACE...PETOSKEY...CHEBOYGAN... ROGERS CITY...GAYLORD...ATLANTA...ALPENA...FRANKFORT... TRAVERSE CITY...GRAYLING...MIO...HARRISVILLE...MANISTEE... CADILLAC...LAKE CITY...HOUGHTON LAKE...WEST BRANCH...TAWAS CITY... GLADWIN...STANDISH 1211 PM EST MON FEB 5 2007 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GAYLORD HAS CANCELLED THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY. WIND CHILL READINGS HAVE INCREASED DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THEREFORE THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ ADAM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind chill advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill advisory went out at Feb 3, 4:05 PM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 4:05 PM EST, 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
405 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007
.DISCUSSION...LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM EASTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH A SHARP SFC
TROUGH EXTENDING AND MIGRATING THROUGH NRN LOWER MICHIGAN. ONE LAST
BIT OF SYNOPTIC SNOW SHOWERS PROGRESSING THROUGH NE LOWER MICHIGAN
LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THIS FEATURE. BEHIND THE TROUGH...FLOW HAS
VEERED TO ROUGHLY WNW WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER
MUCH OF NW LOWER MICHIGAN. BEST ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON
OCCURRED ACROSS LEELANAU/ANTRIM AND KALKASKA COUNTIES (UP TO 6
INCHES) ASSOCIATED WITH A HEAVIER BURST OF LAKE ENHANCED SNOW
SHOWERS WITH THE TROUGH. OTHER THAN THAT...WITH THE VERY COLD
TEMPERATURE PROFILE AND RESULTING SMALL FLAKE SIZES...SNOW SHOWERS
CONTINUE TO POSE MORE OF VSBY PROBLEM THAN A SNOW ACCUMULATION
PROBLEM.
MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM OF COURSE REVOLVES AROUND WHAT TO DO WITH
ONGOING HEADLINES.
TONIGHT...MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE AND ATTENDANT SFC TROUGH AXIS/FORCING
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON TO THE EAST...AND SHOULD RESULT IN A QUICK
DROP OFF OF SNOW SHOWER COVERAGE OVER THE E/SE PORTION OF THE CWA AS
WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING. WNW FLOW REGIME REMAINS FOR THE REST OF
THE NIGHT ACROSS NRN LOWER MICHIGAN...TARGETING NW LOWER MICHIGAN
PRIMARILY SOUTH OF M-68 AND NORTH OF M-72. UP NORTH...LAKE INDUCED
TROUGHING LINGERS ONCE AGAIN BACK ACROSS LAKE HURON AND INTO EASTERN
LAKE SUPERIOR. ENHANCED LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE WITH THIS FEATURE
ALONG WITH DRAINAGE FLOW OUT OF ONTARIO LATER TONIGHT MAY AGAIN
FOCUS BEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS INTO AREAS NORTH OF M-28...
SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHITEFISH POINT AND PARADISE. BUT DESPITE THE
FANTASTIC OVER WATER INSTABILITY (DELTA T/S IN THE MID TO HIGH 20S)
AND LITTLE OR NO INVERSIONS TO SPEAK OF...ACCUMULATIONS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE HINDERED BY SMALL FLAKE SIZES WITH PERHAPS UP TO 3
INCHES IN THE MOST FAVORED AREAS...NO LONGER JUSTIFIES CURRENT
WARNINGS. BLOWING SNOW/REDUCED VSBYS IN THE TALCUM POWDER SNOW/AND
WIND CHILL READINGS BORDERING ADVISORY CRITERIA WILL HOWEVER BE A
PROBLEM ACROSS THE SNOW BELT AREAS. THUS HAVE CANCELLED CURRENT
WARNINGS AND WILL GO WITH ADVISORIES FOR THE TONIGHT PERIOD.
FOR THE REST OF THE CWA...WINDS EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 10 TO
20 MPH RANGE THIS EVENING BEHIND THE LOW WHILE TEMPS HEAD DOWN
TOWARD 0F...PRODUCING WIND CHILL READINGS BORDERING ADVISORY
CRITERIA. COLDEST INLAND SPOTS (GOV/MIO/ANJ...ETC) MIGHT ACTUALLY
DECOUPLE LATER TONIGHT AS CLOUDS THIN OUT A BIT WITH WINDS
DECREASING TO LESS THAN 10 MPH...TECHNICALLY NOT AN ADVISORY. BUT
ITS COLD AND TOO CLOSE OF A CALL TO TRY AND PICK OUT SOME COUNTIES
TO LEAVE OUT OF A HEADLINE. SO WILL ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR
THE REST OF THE CWA THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE HEADLINES WILL PROBABLY
NEED EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY (PARTICULARLY THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY) BUT
WILL KEEP IT SIMPLE FOR UPCOMING SHIFTS AS HEADLINE LAYOUT WILL
LIKELY CHANGE.
ADAM
SUNDAY AND BEYOND...MAIN ISSUES WITH THE PERIOD SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT
SATURDAY CENTER AROUND THE HANDLING OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL
TEMPERATURES/BLOWING SNOW THROUGH EARLY IN THE WEEK.
SUNDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW BRINGS ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROF ACROSS THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY...ALONG WITH THE COLDEST CORE OF 850MB
TEMPERATURES. WITH 850MB TEMPERATURES BETWEEN THE UPPER -20S TO THE
LOWER -30S...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE INTO THE LOWER SINGLE
DIGITS IN MANY AREAS. SLIGHT TIGHTENING OF PRESSURE GRADIENT WITH
PASSAGE OF TROF WILL INCREASE W/NW WINDS TO 10-20 MPH...RESULTING IN
WIND CHILL READINGS OF -20 TO -30. BECAUSE OF THIS...WILL HAVE WIND
CHILL ADVISORIES FOR ALL AREAS.
FORECAST SOUNDINGS LOOK QUITE GOOD FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SUNDAY IN
W/NW FLOW AREAS WITH DELTA T/S OF 25-30 DEGDC AND 90% RH OF
850-700MB LAYER. BUT WITH SUCH COLD AIR AND TINY FLAKE
SIZE...ACCUM/S ONLY 1-2 INCHES.
SUNDAY NIGHT/MONDAY...ONLY SLIGHT MODERATION IN TEMPERATURES WITH
WARMER 850MB TEMPERATURES ADVECTING INTO THE AREA IN NORTHWEST
FLOW. MY MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS PERIOD IS WIND/WIND CHILL/BLOWING
SNOW. AS 1043MB SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS TOWARD THE UPPER
MIDWEST...GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL
LIKELY RESULT IN AT LEAST OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO 20 MPH. GIVEN
POWDERY NATURE OF SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...IT WILL NOT TAKE
MUCH TO CAUSE SOME BLOWING/DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS IN EXPOSED AREAS.
BECAUSE OF THIS...I WILL ADD AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW TO THE GRIDS.
THESE WINDS WILL ALSO CREATE WIND CHILL READINGS OF -20 TO -30.
THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR WIND CHILL/BLOWING SNOW HEADLINES SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW REGIME WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THIS PERIOD IN FAVORED NORTHWEST FLOW AREAS...BUT ONCE AGAIN...COLD
TEMPERATURES AND SMALL FLAKE SIZE WILL KEEP ACCUMULATIONS TO A FEW
INCHES IN MOST AREAS.
THE ARCTIC AIR ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND EASTERN UNITED STATES WILL
BE SLOW TO DEPART THIS WEEK...AND THE PATTERN CERTAINLY SEEMS TO BE
POINTING TO A VERY COLD WEEK FOR THE AREA WITH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES. SEVERAL CLIPPER SYSTEMS WILL DIVE ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES IN FAST NORTHWEST FLOW...WITH EACH ONE BRINGING ENHANCED
CHANCES OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND HELPING TO REINFORCE THE COLD AIR.
MOST AREAS WILL LIKELY REMAIN IN THE TEENS THIS WEEK WITH OVERNIGHT
LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS /ABOVE OR BELOW ZERO/.
JK
&&
.APX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TONIGHT...
MIZ008-019>022-025>027-031-032.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY TONIGHT...
MIZ015-016>018-023-024-028>030-033>036-041-042.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 12:27 PM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 1227 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 LHZ345>349-361-362-LMZ323-341-342-344-345-363-LSZ321-322-MIZ008- 015>036-041-042-041100- STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL- MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT- STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON- MICHIGAN WATERS OF CENTRAL LAKE HURON-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY- SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG- SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-MANISTEE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT- MICHIGAN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN-WHITEFISH BAY- ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE- CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE- GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD- MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-GLADWIN-ARENAC- 1227 PM EST SAT FEB 3 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF LAKE HURON...LAKE MICHIGAN...LAKE SUPERIOR...EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN...AND IN PARTS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED IN THESE SNOW SHOWERS...EVEN THOUGH HEAVY SNOW IS NOT EXPECTED. SEE ONGOING WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF NORTHERN LAKE HURON THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SEE THE LAKE HURON OPEN WATERS FORECAST FOR DETAILS. IT WILL BE BITTERLY COLD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE WELL BELOW ZERO IN MUCH OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY...AND MAY REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS OF 20 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY BITTERLY COLD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...THOUGH SOME SLIGHT RECOVERY WILL ARRIVE FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SUB ZERO READINGS WILL BE COMMON AT NIGHT. SUNDAY WILL BE THE COLDEST DAY DURING THIS STRETCH...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES FROM 5 ABOVE TO 2 BELOW ZERO. WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS SUNDAY MORNING...AS WELL AS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER AND EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...PLEASE PASS ON SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ADAM
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 3, 10:59 AM EST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
1059 AM EST SAT FEB 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1057 AM SNOW 3 WNW EAST JORDAN 45.17N 85.19W
02/03/2007 E3.9 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 9 AM. SNOWDEPTH 12 IN.
&&
MPCLocal storm report, Feb 3, 2:54 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
254 PM EST SAT FEB 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0253 PM SNOW WELLSTON 44.22N 85.95W
02/03/2007 E7.1 INCH MANISTEE MI TRAINED SPOTTER
24 HR TOTAL THRU 2 PM. SNOWDEPTH 22 IN.
&&
MPCLocal storm report, Feb 3, 3:21 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
321 PM EST SAT FEB 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0320 PM SNOW BELLAIRE 44.98N 85.21W
02/03/2007 E6.0 INCH ANTRIM MI NWS EMPLOYEE
12 HR TOTAL THRU 3 PM.
&&
MPCLocal storm report, Feb 3, 4:10 PM EST, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
410 PM EST SAT FEB 03 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0408 PM SNOW BOYNE CITY 45.18N 84.96W
02/03/2007 M3.0 INCH CHARLEVOIX MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HR TOTAL THRU 4 PM. SNOWDEPTH 15 IN.
0410 PM SNOW PARADISE 46.63N 85.03W
02/03/2007 M5.0 INCH CHIPPEWA MI TRAINED SPOTTER
12 HR TOTAL THRU 4 PM.
&&
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.