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Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI

December 15, 2008Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Dec 15, 2008, 5:41 AM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It was in force for 13 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2008, 5:41 AM EST (10:41 UTC)
Expired
Dec 15, 2008, 7:00 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 15, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 3.1Ahmeek, MI24 HOUR SNOWFALL. SNOW DEPTH IS 11 INCHES.
Dec 15, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 6.7Mohawk, MI6.7 INCH 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. 3.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH IS 12 INCHES.
Dec 15, 12:00 PM ESTBLIZZARD5 Ssw Calumet, MILESS THAN 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY IN MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM 9AM TO 3PM. THERE WERE WITH FREQUENT GUSTS ABOVE 35MPH...WITH A PEAK WIND GUST OF 44MPH AT 1014AM.
Dec 15, 4:00 PM ESTBLIZZARDMohawk, MIWHITEOUT CONDITIONS WERE EXPERIENCED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. CONDITIONS IMPROVED AROUND 4-5PM.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 297 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2008-12-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 00:00Z on 2008-12-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
345 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KMQT 151041
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN
TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE USHERED VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH SHARPLY
FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BITTER COLD WIND
CHILLS OVER MUCH OF AREA TODAY INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE COLD
ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND
BLOWING SNOW FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY INTO THIS
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE KEWEENAW
PENINSULA TODAY. 

MIZ001-003-151845-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0006.081215T1041Z-081216T0000Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
COMBINE WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND EXTREME BLOWING SNOW TO
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TODAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5
INCHES TODAY AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15
TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING BUT THERE COULD STILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING
SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MIZ009-151845-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081215T1100Z-081216T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081215T1100Z/
GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD
441 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND SCATTERED EARLY
THIS MORNING AS NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH SHIFT WESTERLY.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR WITH THE STRONG WEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY. ALTHOUGH WINDS
WILL DIE OFF TO 10 TO 15 MPH THIS EVENING...CONTINUED FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO
TONIGHT.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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.

$$

MIZ004-084-151845-
/O.EXB.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
/O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN
ISSUED. THIS WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM EST TUESDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NISULA TO HERMAN.
NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
OF SNOW AND LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL
ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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.

$$

MIZ002-151845-
/O.EXB.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
ONTONAGON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ONTONAGON
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM
EST THIS EVENING. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION TODAY...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHITE PINE TO
MASS CITY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 35
MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW AND LOCALIZED
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS OVER EXPOSED AREAS ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL
ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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.

$$

MIZ006-007-151845-
/O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.081215T1200Z-081216T0600Z/
ALGER-LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNISING...NEWBERRY
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS MORNING IN A WEST
NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG THE
LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...MAINLY FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.
LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THESE LOCATIONS FROM 3 TO
LOCALLY 8 INCHES...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES ON MONDAY MAY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...ESPECIALLY
FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MIZ005-011>013-151845-
/O.EXB.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
MARQUETTE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...
ESCANABA...GLADSTONE
541 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /441 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. 

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE HEELS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO
TODAY. FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT
WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION.

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.

$$

MIZ010-151845-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081215T1100Z-081216T1700Z/
IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
441 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE HEELS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
TODAY. FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT
WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

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.

$$

VOSS
3 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KMQT 151756
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1256 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN
THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE USHERED VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH
SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BITTER COLD
WIND CHILLS OVER MUCH OF AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THE COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THIS AFTERNOON.

MIZ001-003-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
1256 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL
COMBINE WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND EXTREME BLOWING SNOW TO
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES THIS AFTERNOON AND ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT BEFORE
THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY TUESDAY MORNING. THE WEST WINDS WILL
DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING BUT THERE COULD STILL BE
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MIZ002-004-084-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...LANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
1256 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING
TO NOON TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM EST TUESDAY. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NISULA
TO HERMAN. NORTHWEST WIND 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING OF SNOW AND LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH
WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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.

$$

MIZ006-007-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0600Z/
ALGER-LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNISING...NEWBERRY
1256 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TONIGHT.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS
EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...MAINLY
FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART. LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OVER THESE LOCATIONS FROM 3 TO LOCALLY 8 INCHES...BEFORE THE SNOW
TAPERS OFF LATE TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT
TIMES ON THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...ESPECIALLY FROM
GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MIZ009-010-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
GOGEBIC-IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER
1156 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE AS NORTHWEST
WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH SHIFT WESTERLY.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR WITH THE STRONG WEST WINDS TO 30 MPH WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON.
ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL DIE OFF TO 10 TO 15 MPH THIS
EVENING...CONTINUED FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO
25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT.

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. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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.

$$

MIZ005-011>013-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
MARQUETTE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...
ESCANABA...GLADSTONE
1256 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /1156 AM CST MON DEC 15 2008/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST /11 AM CST/ TUESDAY. 

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE HEELS OF GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO
THIS AFTERNOON. FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15
MPH TONIGHT WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER
MUCH OF THE REGION.

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.

$$

DLG
000 
WWUS43 KMQT 152134
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
434 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE USHERED VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH
SHARPLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BITTER COLD
WIND CHILLS OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
THE COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS
EVENING. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE KEWEENAW
PENINSULA THIS EVENING.

MIZ001-003-160000-
/O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
434 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING.

STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL
COMBINE WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND EXTREME BLOWING SNOW TO
CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. LAKE EFFECT
SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
INCHES TONIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF BY TUESDAY MORNING.
THE WEST WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH THIS EVENING BUT
THERE COULD STILL BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES.
AS THE WINDS DIMINISH...CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ENOUGH TO END THE
BLIZZARD WARNING. HOWEVER...VISIBILITY AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL
WARRANT DOWNGRADING THE BLIZZARD TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
AFTER 7 PM THIS EVENING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

MIZ002-004-084-160545-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...LANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
434 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS
EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
TUESDAY. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ANOTHER INCH OF
ACCUMULATION THIS EVENING...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM NISULA TO
HERMAN. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING OF SNOW AND LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH
WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

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.

$$

MIZ006-007-160545-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0600Z/
ALGER-LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNISING...NEWBERRY
434 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR AREAS
ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...MAINLY FROM GRAND MARAIS TO
TWO HEART. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THESE LOCATIONS TONIGHT
WILL BE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE.
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING MAY
PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR...ESPECIALLY FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MIZ009-010-160545-
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
GOGEBIC-IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER
334 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST TUESDAY. 

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR WITH WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT COMBINED
WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 25 TO 35
BELOW ZERO 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.

$$

MIZ005-011>013-160545-
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.081216T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
MARQUETTE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...
ESCANABA...GLADSTONE
434 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /334 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM
CST/ TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM
CST/ TUESDAY. 

FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT WILL
LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.

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.

$$

DLG
000 
WWUS43 KMQT 160008
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
708 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS TO AFFECT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN
THIS EVENING INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS HAVE USHERED VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR
INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. THE STRONG WINDS ALONG WITH SHARPLY FALLING
TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS OVER
MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THE COLD ARCTIC AIR
WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING
SNOW FOR AREAS DOWNWIND OF LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING. 

MIZ001-003-160600-
/O.EXP.KMQT.BZ.W.0006.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0600Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
708 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

STRONG WEST WINDS UP TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW
SHOWERS AND EXTREME BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE LOWER VISIBILITIES THIS
EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEPOSIT ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF
BY TUESDAY MORNING. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MIZ002-004-084-160815-
/O.EXP.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0000Z/
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...LANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
708 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST
TUESDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST TUESDAY. 

BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR TONIGHT AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH
WILL ALSO RESULT IN WIND CHILLS IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY 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.

$$

MIZ006-007-160600-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-081216T0600Z/
ALGER-LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MUNISING...NEWBERRY
708 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
TUESDAY. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR AREAS
ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE...MAINLY FROM GRAND MARAIS TO
TWO HEART. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER THESE LOCATIONS TONIGHT
WILL BE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF LATE.
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS EVENING MAY
PRODUCE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR...ESPECIALLY FROM GRAND MARAIS TO TWO HEART.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MIZ005-009>013-160815-
/O.CON.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-081216T1700Z/
MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...
IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE
708 PM EST MON DEC 15 2008 /608 PM CST MON DEC 15 2008/

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM
CST/ TUESDAY...

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM EST /11 AM
CST/ TUESDAY. 

FALLING TEMPERATURES AND WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH TONIGHT WILL
LOWER WIND CHILLS TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVER MUCH OF THE REGION.

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.

$$

MICHELS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 15, 12:05 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 12:05 AM EST, 5 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1205 AM EST MON DEC 15 2008

.SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND MONDAY)...

COMPLEX WINTER WEATHER TODAY WITH MULTIPLE PTYPE AND VARYING
INTENSITIES OF THE PCPN. SFC LOW...AROUND 990MB...NOW INTO WCNTRL
WISCONSIN EPISODES OF PCPN HAVE AFFECTED THE AREA TODAY. PCPN MOSTLY
DRIVEN BY ISENTROPIC LIFT ON THE 280-290K SFCS DUE TO WARM AIR
ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE CYCLONE. MORNING SOUNDINGS INDICATED WARM
LAYER AT 875MB OVR WI...WHILE SRLY FLOW OFF LK MICHIGAN LED TO
WARMING OF LOWEST 50-100MB ABOVE ZERO OVR ERN CWA. FOR THOSE
AREAS... MAINLY RAIN WAS REPORTED THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THE
MORNING. INCREASING 850-750MB FRONTOGENESIS WIPED THE WARM LAYER OUT
DURING THE AFTN RESULTING IN A CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW WAS THE MAIN
PTYPE OVR THE CNTRL UNTIL THE LAST HOUR WHEN WARM LAYER HAS FINALLY
MOVED INTO THE AREA...RESULTING IN A CHANGE TO RAIN.

PCPN REMAINS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING BASED ON RADAR TRENDS IN
WISCONSIN. WARM LAYER WITH 950MB TEMPS ABOVE +2C LEADS TO RAIN FOR
MARQUETTE AND DICKINSON COUNTIES EWD. MEANWHILE...MID LEVEL FGEN
AFFECTING ECNTRL WISCONSIN INTO LK SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT
NORTH...SO THE HEAVIER SNOW POTENTIAL IN THE WEST WILL WANE THROUGH
THE EVENING. ANOTHER POTENTIAL BURST OF MODERATE PCPN...POSSIBLY IN
THE FORM OF FZDZ/SNOW COULD AFFECT FAR SW CWA THIS EVENING. ATTN
LATER THIS EVENING TURNS TO BITTER ARCTIC AIR PLOWING INTO MN.
ARCTIC FRONT AND COLD AIR ADVECTION SWEEPS ACROSS CWA LATE TONIGHT.
TWO MAIN IMPACTS FM THE FROPA. FIRST...LK EFFECT SHOULD RAMP UP
QUICKLY OVR THE WRN CWA AS THE COLD AIR ADVECTION...H85 TEMPS
FALLING TOWARD -20C BY 12Z...IS OFFSET BY LINGERING DEEPER MOISTURE
LIFTING ACROSS NW CWA. SETUP IS GOOD FOR LK ENHANCEMENT AND HAVE
SOME MODERATE SNOW ACCUMS IN THE GRIDS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MON
MORNING BEFORE THE DEEPER MOISTURE SHIFTS AWAY. OTHER ISSUE WITH THE
FROPA IS STRONG WRLY WINDS BOOSTED BY SIG PRESSURE RISE. WIND GUSTS
TO 45 MPH ARE QUITE POSSIBLE OVR KEWEENAW PENINSULA. CANNOT COUNT
OUT NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR A TIME ON MONDAY DUE TO THE STRONG
WINDS...SNOW SHOWERS...BLSN. HELD OFF FOR NOW THOUGH AS IS NOT QUITE
CLEAR WHERE THE HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS/CORE OF STRONGEST WINDS SET UP.
AWAY FM THE WEST AND THE KEWEENAW...THERE WILL BE SOME SNOW SHOWERS
OVR FAR NRN CWA CLOSE TO LK SUPERIOR. EVEN WITH STRONG WINDS...WEST
WIND DIRECTION PROHIBITS SNOW SHOWERS FM EXTENDING TOO FAR INTO SRN
UPR MI. GUSTY WINDS AND TEMPS FALLING INTO SINGLE NUMBERS RESULT IN
VERY COLD WIND CHILLS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER.

HEADLINES...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SNOW AND SOME MIXED PCPN
THIS EVENING...AS WELL AS THE STRONG WINDS THAT DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT
DECIDED TO KEEP THE WINTER STORM WARNING UP FOR GOGEBIC. KEPT THE
ADVY GOING FOR REST OF WRN TIER AS WELL...BUT KEWEENAW MAY NEED AN
UPGRADE TO WINTER STORM FOR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

.LONG TERM (MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)...

.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTN...BY THIS TIME PERIOD THE WX FOR
UPPER MICHIGAN REMAINS DOMINATED BY THE LOW WHICH BROUGHT
APPRECIABLE SNOW TO THE FA TODAY. BY MON NIGHT IT HAS STRENGTHENED
TO AROUND 985 MB AND IS LOCATED EAST OF JAMES BAY ON ITS WAY TO THE
CANADIAN MARITIMES. THE RESULTING NORTHWEST FLOW...COMBINED WITH
850MB TEMPS LESS THAN -20C WILL ALLOW LES PROCESSES TO LINGER IN
SOME AREAS. LES WILL BE FIGHTING INCREASINGLY CYCLONIC FLOW BUILDING
INTO THE WEST AND BORDER COUNTIES NOTED BY 8-10 DM HEIGHT RISES
ACROSS MN AND NORTHERN WI MON NIGHT. THESE HEIGHT RISES ALONG WITH
DRY AIR WILL KEEP THE LES CONFINED MAINLY TO THE KEWEENAW AND AREAS
FROM MARQUETTE EAST TO WHITEFISH POINT. AWAY FROM LES EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO PLUMMET AS SKIES MAY TEMPORARILY CLEAR OUT AS HIGH
PRESSURE PASSES TO OUR SOUTH. IN ADDITION PWATS WILL FALL BELOW 0.1
WHICH IS AROUND HALF OF NORMAL. KEPT COLD FCST FOR MONDAY NIGHT
GOING AND ACTUALLY DROPPED LOWS A BIT MORE ACROSS TYPICAL COLD
SPOTS...EASTERN GOGEBIC INTO IRON COUNTY PER ADJUSTED ENS
FCST/LOWEST PWAT VALUES. EXPECT THAT THE ENTIRE CWA COULD GET TO
ZERO OR COLDER...EXCEPT AREAS WHERE WESTERLY ONSHORE FLOW WILL HELP
TO MODERATE TEMPERATURES. DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO BACK MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND WEAKEN...CONFINING STRONGEST
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND HIGHEST LES POPS TO THE EASTERN CANADIAN
SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...LINGERED SCATTERED POPS THOUGH ACROSS THE
TIP OF THE KEWEENAW AND AREAS EAST OF CRISP POINT THROUGH THE
MORNING ON TUESDAY.

.TUESDAY AFTN THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...THE OVERALL WEATHER REGIME
OVER THE CWA WILL SWITCH FROM LES TO SYNOPTIC AS WINDS TURN
OFFSHORE DURING THE EVENING ON TUESDAY. A MODEST AREA OF 285K
ISENTROPIC LIFT WORKS INTO THE CWA FROM THE SOUTHWEST LATE TUES AFTN
AHEAD OF A COUPLE S/WS THAT ROTATE THROUGH THE FA TUES NIGHT INTO
WED. ON TUES NIGHT...BEST ISENTROPIC LIFT WITH THIS FEATURE IS SEEN
ON THE 285K SURFACE. THE BEST LIFT LOOKS TO BE OVER THE WESTERN
ZONES...WHILE THE BEST CPD/S AND SOMEWHAT WEAKER ISENTROPIC LIFT ARE
OVER THE EAST AND THE TIP OF THE KEWEENAW. THIS FEATURE ALSO HAS
SOME UPPER JET SUPPORT NOTED BY LEFT EXIT REGION OF 140KT JET NOSING
INTO CWA AFT 00Z WED AND RIGHT ENTRANCE REGION OF EXITING JET OVER
QUEBEC. BECAUSE OF THIS OPTED TO TAILOR POPS ACCORDINGLY WITH
HIGHEST POPS EAST OF A LINE FROM MUNISING TO MENOMINEE FROM 00Z TO
06Z WED. AFTER 06Z KEPT HIGH END CHANCE POPS AS LIFT/LOW
CPDS/MOISTURE QUICKLY EXIT INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO/WESTERN QUEBEC.
EXPECTING A GENERAL 1 TO 3 INCH SNOW ACROSS THE FA ON TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FOCUSED IN THE EAST.

.WEDNESDAY ONWARD...AS THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MID LEVEL S/WS KICK
THROUGH THE FA ON WEDNESDAY...WINDS VEER NORTHWESTERLY...ALLOWING
WEAK LES PROCESSES TO BEGIN AGAIN FOR AREAS FAVORED BY NORTHWEST
FLOW. TEMPERATURE ARE NOT OVERALL VERY COLD AND MOISTURES APPEARS
LIMITED ON THURS...SO NOT EXCITED ABOUT MUCH ACCUMULATION. AS WE
MOVE INTO THURSDAY AFTN/EVENING ATTENTION TURNS TO A PLAINS LOW
LIFTING OUT OF OKLAHOMA ON FRIDAY. LATEST/PREFERRED...12Z...ECMWF
SOLN KEEPS THIS SYSTEM SOUTH OF THE GREAT LAKES...ALTHOUGH
SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE STILL WORKS INTO THE FA ON THURS/THURS NIGHT AS
THE FA LIES IN THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE SYSTEM. FOR NOW HAVE
FOCUSED HIGHER POPS FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AS BEST
MOISTURE/LIFT(700-500MB DIV Q) LIFTS INTO OUR FA. AT THIS POINT NOT
CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL HEADLINES FOR THIS EVENT...THOUGH A SLIGHT
SHIFT IN THE LOW TRACK FURTHER NORTHWEST COULD CHANGE THAT QUICKLY.
OVERALL EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO REMAIN AT OR JUST BELOW NORMAL AS
FLOW REMAINS MORE/LESS ZONAL INTO SATURDAY. THEREAFTER THERE IS SOME
INDICATION OF ANOTHER ARCTIC INTRUSION UNDER A DEEPENING EASTERN
TROUGH ON SUNDAY.
&&

.AVIATION (FOR THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

AT CMX...LIFR CONDITIONS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS SNOW
AMD INCREASING BLOWING SNOW WITH VLIFR CONDITIONS CONTINUE
ESPECIALLY MONDAY MORNING. THE COLD AIR IS MOVING IN NOW...SO SNOW
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE FLUFFY AND LAKE EFFECT WILL TAKE OVER. DUE TO
THE POWDERY SNOW AND 35 KT WRLY WINDS AND BLSN...WENT WITH VLIFR
CONDITIONS ON MON AND MONDAY EVENING.

AT SAW...COLD AIR WILL MOVE IN BY TAF ISSUANCE AND THIS SHOULD BE
ACCOMPANIED BY MIXED RAIN/SNOW AGAIN. CIGS SHOULD TRY TO BOUNCE UP
LATE TONIGHT WITH ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR...BUT THEN ARRIVAL OF COLD
FRONT WILL BRING SNOW AND BLSN INTO THE PICTURE FOR MON.
VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN LOW IN BLSN IN THE 1-3 MILE IFR RANGE. BY
EVENING...THINGS WILL IMPROVE IN CIGS AND VIS WITH WINDS GRADUALLY
GOING TO WSW WHICH IS DOWNSLOPE AND THIS WILL ALLOW CLOUDS TO
SCATTER OUT WITH LAKE EFFECT SHUTTING OFF BY THEN.

&&

.MARINE (FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)...

DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING ACROSS CNTRL LK SUPERIOR TONIGHT
WILL RESULT IN HIGH END GALES OVER WESTERN LK SUPERIOR THIS EVENING.
GALES SPREAD INTO ERN LAKE SUPERIOR LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THE
LOW LIFTS TO THE NORTHEAST OF LK SUPERIOR. STRONG PRESSURE RISE
MOVING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE LAKE MONDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW
MAY RESULT IN STORM FORCE GUSTS OVR ERN LK SUPERIOR MUCH OF MONDAY.
STRONG WINDS...HIGH WAVES...AND TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS LEAD TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ACROSS THE
LAKE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. GALE WARNINGS AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY
WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

&&

.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR MIZ001>003.

  WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 5 AM CST MONDAY FOR MIZ009.

  WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 5 AM MONDAY TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY FOR
     MIZ009-010.

LAKE SUPERIOR...
  GALE WARNING FROM 4 AM MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR LSZ266-267.

  HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST
     TUESDAY FOR LSZ266.

  GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ265.

  HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY
     FOR LSZ162-263-264.

  GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ263-264.

  GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY FOR LSZ162.

  GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 5 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ248-249.

  GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM TO 11 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ244-245.

  GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ242-243.

  GALE WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 9 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ250-251.

LAKE MICHIGAN...
  GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ248-250.

  GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR LMZ221.

&&

SHORT TERM...JLA
AVIATION...GM
LONG TERM...PEARSON
MARINE...JLA
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 5:10 PM EST, 12 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
510 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

MIZ001>003-152215-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
510 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

EXPECT UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION
TO THE SNOW THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS
EVENING. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
PLEASE VIEW THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE...HEAVY AT TIMES...THROUGH MONDAY. AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS
IN OPEN AREAS. PLEASE VIEW THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOW REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH MONDAY.

MIZ009-152215-
GOGEBIC-
410 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

EXPECT UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION
TO THE SNOW THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS
EVENING. PLEASE VIEW THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO TO CREATE WIND CHILL
READINGS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PLEASE VIEW THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SNOW REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED THROUGH MONDAY.

MIZ010-152215-
IRON-
410 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER
UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY BY
LATE TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THESE COLD TEMPERATURES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING...BREEZY WEST WINDS
WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND ZERO TO CREATE WIND CHILL
READINGS 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. PLEASE VIEW THE LATEST WINTER
WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MIZ004>007-011>014-084-085-152215-
BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
510 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008 /410 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES WILL FALL RAPIDLY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OVER
UPPER MICHIGAN THIS EVENING. ROADWAYS MAY BECOME VERY SLIPPERY BY
LATE TONIGHT AS A RESULT OF THESE COLD TEMPERATURES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-152215-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-SAXON HARBOR WI TO BLACK RIVER MI-
BLACK RIVER TO ONTONAGON MI-
ONTONAGON TO UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
UPPER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO EAGLE RIVER MI-
EAGLE RIVER TO MANITOU ISLAND MI-
MANITOU ISLAND TO POINT ISABELLE MI-
POINT ISABELLE TO LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL MI-
LOWER ENTRANCE OF PORTAGE CANAL TO HURON ISLANDS MI INCLUDING
KEWEENAW AND HURON BAYS-HURON ISLANDS TO MARQUETTE MI-
MARQUETTE TO MUNISING MI-MUNISING TO GRAND MARAIS MI-
GRAND MARAIS TO WHITEFISH POINT MI-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE
CANAL MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER INCLUDING ISLE
ROYALE NATIONAL PARK-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM UPPER ENTRANCE TO PORTAGE CANAL TO MANITOU
ISLAND MI 5NM OFF SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR EAST OF A LINE FROM MANITOU ISLAND TO MARQUETTE MI
AND WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER
BEYOND 5NM FROM SHORE-
LAKE SUPERIOR FROM GRAND MARAIS MI TO WHITEFISH POINT MI 5NM OFF
SHORE TO THE US/CANADIAN BORDER-
510 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008 /410 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NORTHEAST GALES TO 40 KNOTS AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.

STORM FORCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY ACROSS
EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

LMZ221-248-250-152215-
GREEN BAY NORTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER MI TO ROCK ISLAND
PASSAGE-SEUL CHOIX POINT TO POINT DETOUR MI-
5NM EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRPORT MI TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE-
510 PM EST SUN DEC 14 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
LAKE MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WESTERLY GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED DURING THE DAY
ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS
TIME.

PEARSON

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.