Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2008
Blizzard Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.1 | Ahmeek, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. SNOW DEPTH IS 11 INCHES. |
| Dec 15, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.7 | Mohawk, MI | 6.7 INCH 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. 3.5 INCHES IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH IS 12 INCHES. |
| Dec 15, 12:00 PM EST | BLIZZARD | 5 Ssw Calumet, MI | LESS 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 EST | BLIZZARD | Mohawk, MI | WHITEOUT 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.
- 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
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...JLAHazardous 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.