Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI

000 
WWUS43 KMQT 270924
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE
TO HEAD EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BETWEEN THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
CANADA WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS 
MORNING...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MARQUETTE AND ALGER
COUNTIES THIS MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH
LESS BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW AS WINDS DECREASE.

MIZ002-009-271730-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090227T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009 /324 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A GUSTY NORTH
WIND UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THIS
MORNING AND SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS DOWN TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ004-271730-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090227T1200Z/
/O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
BARAGA-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LANSE
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A GUSTY NORTH
WIND UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THIS
MORNING AND SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS DOWN TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ007-013-014-085-271730-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T2200Z/
LUCE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...
MANISTIQUE...SENEY
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. A GUSTY NORTH WIND OF 30 TO 40 MPH
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND
SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ005-006-271730-
/O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...MUNISING
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS
MORNING. A FREQUENT GUSTY NORTH WIND OF 40 TO 45 MPH NEAR THE LAKE
SUPERIOR SHORE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. EXPECT THE COMBINATION
OF THE FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW BY THESE STRONG WINDS TO
CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR IN EASTERN MARQUETTE AND WESTERN
ALGER COUNTY. HIGHWAY M-28 BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS. FAR INLAND
MARQUETTE COUNTY AND INTERIOR ALGER COUNTY EAST OF MUNISING WILL
SEE LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY TO
BE UP TO 5 INCHES...GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM ISHPEMING
AND NEGAUNEE TO SKANDIA AND CHATHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ084-271730-
/O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENTON...SIDNAW
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

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

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. A GUSTY NORTH
WIND UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THIS
MORNING AND SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS DOWN TO NEAR
ZERO AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ001-003-271730-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK
424 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. A GUSTY NORTH WIND OF 30
TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THIS MORNING AND
SHARPLY REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS DOWN TO NEAR ZERO AT
TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

07

000 
WWUS43 KMQT 271545
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1045 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO
HEAD EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BETWEEN THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE THIS
MORNING...WITH OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED IN MARQUETTE
AND ALGER COUNTIES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY MID AFTERNOON AS WINDS TAPER OFF.

MIZ001>004-009-084-271645-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-
SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...
HANCOCK...LANSE...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW
1045 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009 /945 AM CST FRI FEB 27 2009/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME LOCAL
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR.

$$

MIZ005-006-271800-
/O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...MUNISING
1045 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES
INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A FREQUENT GUSTY NORTH WIND OF 30 TO 40
MPH NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON.
EXPECT THE COMBINATION OF THE FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO
CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY
IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR IN EASTERN MARQUETTE AND WESTERN
ALGER COUNTY. HIGHWAY M-28 BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING WILL BE
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS. INLAND
PORTIONS OF MARQUETTE AND ALGER COUNTIES WILL SEE LESS SEVERE
CONDITIONS. LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM LATE THIS MORNING
INTO THIS AFTERNOON OF UP TO 3 INCHES...GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER
TERRAIN FROM ISHPEMING AND NEGAUNEE TO SKANDIA AND CHATHAM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

MIZ007-013-014-085-272200-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T2200Z/
LUCE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...
MANISTIQUE...SENEY
1045 AM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES. A GUSTY NORTH WIND OF
25 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

JLB

000 
WWUS43 KMQT 271756
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1256 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER QUEBEC WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST AWAY FROM
THE AREA. GUSTY NORTH WINDS BETWEEN THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO
PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS
WINDS TAPER OFF.

MIZ005-006-272200-
/O.CAN.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090227T1800Z/
/O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T2200Z/
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARQUETTE...MUNISING
1256 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS REPLACES THE BLIZZARD WARNING
THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. A GUSTY NORTH WIND OF 20 TO
30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&


$$

MIZ007-271900-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T2200Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
1256 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAVE DIMINISHED. THEREFORE...THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS AFTERNOON...EXPECT ONLY
A FEW SNOW SHOWERS AND SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW.

$$

MIZ013-014-085-272200-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-090227T2200Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...
SENEY
1256 PM EST FRI FEB 27 2009

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH. A GUSTY NORTH WIND OF
15 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY
REDUCE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$

JLB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
700 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

.UPDATE...

RECEIVED NMRS REPORTS OF HVY SN WITH 3-6 INCHES SINCE EARLY TO MID
AFTN IN GOGEBIC/ONTONAGON COUNTIES. 19Z TAMDAR SDNG FM CMX SHOWED
FAIRLY DEEP MSTR...SO COMBINATION OF INTENSE UPR DVGC/MID LVL FGEN/
UVV/LLVL UPSLOPE NNE FLOW HAS BEEN LESS HAMPERED BY DEEPER DRY AIR
TO THE E. CONSIDERING LINGERING DYNAMICS INTO THE EARLY EVNG BEFORE
JET AXIS/DEEPER MSTR SHIFTS TO THE E...UPGRADED THE FAR W TO WINTER
STORM WRNG WITH SN TOTALS APRCHG THE WRNG THRESHOLD OF 6 INCHES/12
HRS. ALSO ADDED WINTER WX ADVY OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. LESS
FVRBL LLVL FLOW AND EARLIER ARRIVAL OF DRYING SHOULD LIMIT POTENTIAL
FOR WRNG AMTS THERE.

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
WV IMAGERY AND RUC ANALYSIS INDICATED A MAINLY ZONAL PATTERN ACROSS
THE CONUS WITH A POTENT UPSTREAM SHORTWAVE OVER SE SOUTH DAKOTA.
STRONG 700-500 MB DEFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORTWAVE AND AN
UPPER LEVEL DIV WITH FROM A 150 KT 300 MB JET STREAK OVER NRN
ONTARIO SUPPORTED LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM ERN MN
INTO NRN WI WITH VISIBILITIES AOB 1/4SM REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS
MOISTURE INFLOW(DEWPOINTS TO AROUND 50F INTO NW IL) AHEAD OF THE SFC
TROUGH FROM SERN IA INTO MO ALSO HELPED PRODUCE AREAS OF TSRA FROM
SRN WI INTO ERN IA.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TONIGHT AND FRIDAY)

THE 12Z/18Z NAM AND RUC AND SATELLITE TRENDS SUGGEST THAT THE BAND
OF STRONG MID LEVEL DEFORMATION/FGEN WILL SPREAD INTO SRN UPPER MI
BY 00Z AND INTO THE ERN PORTION OF THE CWA AROUND 03Z. LAYER OF
NEGATIVE EPV...PER NAM...SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR STREAKS OF ENHANCED
VERTICAL MOTION AND SNOWFALL RATES. EVEN THOUGH THE SNOW GROWTH
LAYER IS RELATIVELY HIGH...(AROUND 12K FT)...EXPECT SNOW/WATER
RATIOS DURING PERIOD OF THE HEAVIER SNOW INTO THE 15-20/1
RANGE...GIVEN STRONG UPWARD MOTION IN THE LAYER. MAIN LIMITING
FACTOR TO SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE THE RELATIVELY QUICK MOVEMENT OF
THE SYSTEM. OTHERWISE...SNOWFALL RATES TO AROUND 2 INCHES PER HOUR
AT TIMES...MOST LIKELY OVER THE SOUTH HALF INTO THE EAST...SHOULD
PUSH MANY LOCATIONS TO TOTALS AOA 6 INCHES.

IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS AND CAA WITH 850 TEMPS DROPPING
FROM NEAR -8C TO -16C WILL LEAD TO ADDITIONAL LAKE ENHANCED SNOW
OVER N CNTRL UPPER MI...DOWNWIND OF THE LARGER PORTION OF THE
REMAINING OPEN WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR EVEN AS THE STRONG SYNOPTIC
SUPPORT DEPARTS. AFTER THE DEEPER MOISTURE DEPARTS NEAR 12Z AND
INVERSION HEIGHTS FALL TO NEAR 3K FT WITH THE INFLUX OF SHALLOW
ARCTIC COLD...SNOWFALL RATES WILL DROP OFF QUICKLY.

STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO BE A SIGNIFICANT HAZARD...WITH LOW VSBY
IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. WINDS
AOA 30 MPH SHOULD PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS
SUCH AS THE M-28 STRETCH BTWN MARQUETTE AND MUNISING. THE WINDS WILL
GRADUALLY TAPER BY AFTERNOON WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS.

.LONG TERM (FRI NIGHT THRU THU)...

SFC HIGH PRES RIDGE WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE UPPER LAKES FRI NIGHT
WITH AXIS EXTENDING FROM SD ACROSS UPPER MI INTO ONTARIO BY 12Z SAT.
LINGERING LIGHT LES OVER THE NCNTRL SHOULD END AROUND MIDNIGHT AS
LAND BREEZES BECOME WELL DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT UNDER LIGHT WIND
REGIME. OTHERWISE...WITH RIDGE SETTLING OVER THE AREA...STAGE SHOULD
BE SET FOR A VERY COLD NIGHT AFTER A COLD DAY THU. FRESH SNOW COVER
AND DRY COLUMN WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER UNDER ONE-TENTH OF AN INCH
(35-40PCT OF NORMAL) WILL STRONGLY ENHANCE RADIATIONAL COOLING. IT
MAY TAKE A WHILE FOR LAKE EFFECT CLOUDS TO CLEAR OUT OF THE CNTRL
FCST AREA...SO MIN TEMP FCST IS MOST UNCERTAIN THERE. OTHERWISE...
WHERE SKIES CLEAR OUT EARLY WRN AND ERN FCST AREA...WILL GO AT OR
BLO THE LOWEST MOS GUIDANCE FOR MINS. MIN TEMPS OF -20F OR COLDER
SHOULD BE COMMON IN THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS. TOOK A MUCH MORE
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH TO MIN TEMPS ACROSS THE CNTRL WHERE CLOUD
COVER WILL BE UNCERTAIN OVERNIGHT.

MODELS YESTERDAY BEGAN TO TREND E AND A BIT WEAKER WITH TRACK OF
NEXT SHORTWAVE DIVING SSE INTO THE GREAT LAKES SAT/SUN. 12Z MODEL
RUNS KEEP TRACK OF VORT MAX OVER OR JUST E OF THE FCST AREA. ON THIS
TRACK...BEST FORCING WILL OCCUR JUST E OF HERE...SO IT NO LONGER
LOOKS LIKE A PROLONGED SIGNIFICANT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW EVENT WILL
OCCUR OVER NCNTRL UPPER MI WITH THIS SYSTEM SAT NIGHT/SUN. THAT
SAID...THERE WILL LIKELY STILL BE A PERIOD OF MDT TO HVY LAKE
ENHANCED SNOW OVER THE NCNTRL/NE FCST AREA IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLD
FRONT DROPPING ACROSS THE LAKE SAT EVENING. NAM THEN SHOWS A NICE
LOW-LEVEL CONVERGENT SIGNAL INTO ALGER COUNTY OVERNIGHT SAT NIGHT
BEHIND COLD FRONT...SOMETHING THE GFS/ECMWF HAD BEEN SHOWING IN
PREVIOUS RUNS. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE NAM HANDLES ICE COVER...IT
PROBABLY HAS WINDS BACKED TOO MUCH OVER SCNTRL LAKE SUPERIOR OFF
MARQUETTE COUNTY. SO...CONVERGENT AREA SHOULD SET UP FARTHER W
ACROSS ERN MARQUETTE/WRN ALGER COUNTY. THE MORE OVAL SHAPED ICE FREE
OPEN WATER AREA ON THE E HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR MAY END UP SUPPORTING
A SUBSTANTIAL SINGLE DOMINANT BAND...BUT LOWERING INVERSION/DRY
AIRMASS SHOULD PREVENT DEVELOPMENT OF A BAND SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT
BURIED WRN ALGER COUNTY IN HVY SNOW SUN. AT THIS TIME...LOOKS LIKE
AN ADVY TYPE EVENT SAT NIGHT/SUN MORNING FOR MARQUETTE/ALGER.
ELSEWHERE...WILL SPREAD CHC -SN ACROSS THE AREA LATE SAT
AFTN/EVENING AS SHORTWAVE/COLD FRONT PASS. WILL BE ANOTHER COLD DAY
SUN WITH ARCTIC AIR SETTLED OVER THE AREA. SHOULD BE SIMILAR...BUT
NOT QUITE AS COLD AS FRI.

MON THRU THU...CONFIDENCE STILL REMAINS MUCH LOWER THAN USUAL FOR
THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FCST DUE TO VERY POOR RUN-TO-RUN
CONSISTENCY OF THE MEDIUM RANGE MODELS (GLOBAL GEM/UKMET/ECMWF/GFS).
WHILE PREVIOUS RUNS OF THE ECWMF WERE INDICATING A LARGE MIDLEVEL
LOW IN THE VCNTY OF THE LWR LAKES/SE CANADA EARLY NEXT WEEK...THE
00Z RUN HAS ABANDONED THIS IDEA AND ACTUALLY LOOKS SOMEWHAT SIMILAR
TO ONE OF ITS RUNS SEVERAL DAYS AGO. THAT BEING A TREND TOWARD
RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDING INTO THE GREAT LAKES THRU THE FIRST HALF
OF THE WEEK. 00Z GLOBAL GEM HAS FOLLOWED SUIT AND IS IN REASONABLE
AGREEMENT WITH THE ECMWF THRU THU. THE 00Z/06Z/12Z GFS MAINTAIN MORE
TROFFING OVER SE CANADA EARLY IN THE WEEK...BUT THERE IS AN OVERALL
TREND TOWARD LESS TROFFING. THE GFS HAS ALSO BACKED AWAY FROM THE
WED/WED NIGHT WINTER STORM THAT A NUMBER OF RUNS INDICATED...BUT IT
STILL HAS A SIGNIFICANT RAIN/SNOW EVENT TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.
GIVEN THE POOR RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY OF ALL THE MEDIUM RANGE
MODELS...THERE IS LITTLE CONFIDENCE IN THE DETAILS NEXT WEEK. ABOUT
THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BE SAID IS THAT OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS OF
MODEL RUNS THERE APPEARS TO BE A TREND TOWARD A POTENTIALLY MORE
ACTIVE PATTERN WITH PACIFIC SYSTEMS TRACKING ACROSS THE CONUS. THIS
SHOULD LEAD TO TEMPS CLOSE TO NORMAL OR PERHAPS A LITTLE ABOVE
NORMAL HERE. DUE TO LESS TROFFING OVER SE CANADA EARLY IN THE
WEEK...IT APPEARS ANY LES OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL HAVE ENDED BY MON
MORNING WITH HIGH PRES RIDGE OVER OR JUST E OF THE AREA. WILL
MAINTAIN PREVIOUS FCST OF CHC -SN TUE WITH HINTS OF A SHORTWAVE
TRACKING THRU THE UPPER LAKES. WILL SLIP IN A DRY DAY WED BEHIND
SHORTWAVE. THERE ARE THEN INDICATIONS OF A PACIFIC SHORTWAVE LEADING
TO LOW PRES ORGANIZING OVER THE PLAINS EARLY THU AND THEN MOVING NE.
12Z ECMWF NOW SUPPRESSES THIS SYSTEM S OF THE UPPER LAKES. IN ANY
CASE...OPTED TO INCLUDE CHC POPS FOR -SN THU FOR THIS POTENTIAL
SYSTEM...BUT CONFIDENCE IS OBVIOUSLY VERY LOW.

&&

.AVIATION (FOR THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE)...

CMX...EXPECT IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS THRU THIS EVNG TO GIVE WAY TO MVFR
CIGS DURING THE OVERNGT WITH ARRIVAL OF DRY AIR AFT 04Z. HOWEVER...
GUSTY N WINDS AOA 30 MPH WL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLSN/IFR VSBYS THRU
THE NGT EVEN AFT SN INTENSITY DIMINISHES. WITH WEAKENING PRES
GRADIENT ON FRI AND LLVL DRY AIR LIMITING LES INTENSITY...BLSN WL
SUBSIDE AND ALLOW VSBY TO IMPROVE TO VFR. BUT MVFR SC CIGS WL
PERSIST WITH MSTR TRAPPED UNDER SHAPR INVRN SHOWN ON GFS FCST SDNGS
THRU THE DAY.

SAW...EXPECT SN TO BECOME HVY AT TIMES THIS EVNG AS DRY AIR SHOWN ON
20Z TAMDAR SDNG FM SAW IS MOISTENED BY INTENSE MID LVL DYNAMICS.
SO...VSBYS/CIGS WL BECOME PREDOMINANTLY IFR/LIFR. ALTHOUGH THE SN
INTENSITY WL DIMINISH TOWARD MIDNGT WITH DRYING ALF...GUSTY UPSLOPE
N WINDS WL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLSN/PERSISTENT IFR CONDITIONS UNTIL NEAR
DAYBREAK ON FRI. THE INTENSITY OF THE BLSN WL GRDLY DIMINISH ON FRI
AFTN WITH WEAKENING PRES GRADIENT/WINDS WITH VSBY IMPROVING TO VFR
BY LATE AFTN. MVFR CIGS WL PERSIST WITH UPSLOPE N WIND/MSTR TRAPPED
BLO SHARP INVRN SHOWN ON GFS FCST SDNGS.

&&

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

MAIN HAZARDS OF HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY AND NRLY GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE
EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS LOW PRESSURE DEEPENS WHILE LIFTING
INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES AND COLD AIR POURS ACROSS ICE-FREE
WATERS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. OTHERWISE...WINDS GENERALLY REMAIN
LESS THAN 25 KNOTS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS SERIES OF HIGH PRESSURE
RIDGES CROSS UPPER LAKES. A CLIPPER SHORTWAVE AND LOW PRES SYSTEM
WILL BRING ANOTHER BRIEF PERIOD OF WINDS TO AROUND 30 KNOTS FOR EAST
CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

&&

.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

UPPER MICHIGAN...
  WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR MIZ005-006-013.

  WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY FOR MIZ002-
     009-012.

  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 3 AM EST FRIDAY FOR MIZ001-003.

  WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR MIZ010-011.

  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY FOR MIZ004-084.

  WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR MIZ007-014-085.

LAKE SUPERIOR...
  GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
     LSZ266-267.

  HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT FOR
     LSZ266.

  GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST FRIDAY FOR
     LSZ265.

&&

UPDATE...KC
SYNOPSIS/SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...ROLFSON
AVIATION...KC
MARINE...JLB

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

MIZ001-003-271300-
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

EXPECT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MIZ002-004-009-084-271300-
ONTONAGON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009 /406 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO OCCUR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS ALONG
WITH ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

MIZ005-006-271300-
MARQUETTE-ALGER-
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL ALSO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SEE THE LATEST
WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE FRIDAY
MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW...ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCUR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS ALONG
WITH ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

MIZ010>012-271300-
IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-
406 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL ALSO OCCUR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS ALONG
WITH ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

MIZ007-013-014-085-271300-
LUCE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WILL ALSO OCCUR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

LOOK FOR SNOW...ALONG WITH SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...TO
CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SEND IN SNOWFALL REPORTS ALONG
WITH ANY OBSERVATIONS OF SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE
TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

LSZ162-263>267-271300-
LAKE SUPERIOR WEST OF A LINE FROM SAXON HARBOR WI TO GRAND
PORTAGE MN BEYOND 5NM-
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-
506 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009 /406 PM CST THU FEB 26 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NORTH GALES TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE
SUPERIOR. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVER ICE FREE
AREAS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER
MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE
SUPERIOR FRIDAY MORNING.

OVER ICE FREE AREAS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...PLAN ON HEAVY
FREEZING SPRAY FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING AND LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO SUNDAY.

SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST
FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
629 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0624 PM     SNOW             8 WSW ONTONAGON         46.82N 89.47W
02/26/2009  E5.5 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW SINCE 4 PM.
            NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

0627 PM     SNOW             ROCKLAND                46.74N 89.18W
02/26/2009  M5.6 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WET SNOW AMOUNT SINCE 3 PM. 1 BLOCK VISIBILITY.

&&

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
736 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0734 PM     SNOW             LANSE                  46.75N 88.45W
02/26/2009  M3.7 INCH        BARAGA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WET SNOW...STARTED AT 3 PM

&&

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
754 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0751 PM     SNOW             FREDA                   47.13N 88.82W
02/26/2009  E4.5 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES SINCE SNOW STARTED
            AROUND 3 PM. VERY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
            SNOW

&&

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
859 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0858 PM     SNOW             MENOMINEE               45.12N 87.62W
02/26/2009  M5.0 INCH        MENOMINEE          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AMOUNT OF WET SNOW SINCE 415 PM CST. VISIBILITY ABOUT 2
            BLOCKS

&&

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1008 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1008 PM     HEAVY SNOW       HARDWOOD                45.96N 87.70W
02/26/2009  M6.0 INCH        DICKINSON          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.

&&

AJ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1026 PM EST THU FEB 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0539 PM     SNOW             BESSEMER                46.48N 90.05W
02/26/2009  E4.0 INCH        GOGEBIC            MI   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WET SNOW STARTED AT 1 PM CST WITH ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES
            SO FAR...VERY LOW VISIBILITY. ISOLATED SPOTS NORTH OF
            US-2 HAVE SEEN A LITTLE MORE.

0551 PM     SNOW             3 NNW LAKE GOGEBIC STAT 46.50N 89.61W
02/26/2009  E4.0 INCH        GOGEBIC            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WET SNOW. ALSO ESTIMATED 5
            INCHES ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF LAKE GOGEBIC. VISIBILITY
            VERY LOW DUE TO HEAVY SNOW.

0559 PM     SNOW             IRONWOOD                46.45N 90.15W
02/26/2009  M5.0 INCH        GOGEBIC            MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            VISIBILITY ABOUT 1 BLOCK. SNOW STARTED AROUND 1 PM CST

0624 PM     SNOW             8 WSW ONTONAGON         46.82N 89.47W
02/26/2009  E5.5 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            ESTIMATED BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF WET SNOW SINCE 4 PM.
            NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

0627 PM     SNOW             ROCKLAND                46.74N 89.18W
02/26/2009  M5.6 INCH        ONTONAGON          MI   CO-OP OBSERVER

            WET SNOW AMOUNT SINCE 3 PM. 1 BLOCK VISIBILITY.

0734 PM     SNOW             LANSE                  46.75N 88.45W
02/26/2009  M3.7 INCH        BARAGA             MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WET SNOW...STARTED AT 3 PM

0751 PM     SNOW             FREDA                   47.13N 88.82W
02/26/2009  E4.5 INCH        HOUGHTON           MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES SINCE SNOW STARTED
            AROUND 3 PM. VERY POOR VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
            SNOW

0858 PM     SNOW             MENOMINEE               45.12N 87.62W
02/26/2009  M5.0 INCH        MENOMINEE          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            AMOUNT OF WET SNOW SINCE 415 PM CST. VISIBILITY ABOUT 2
            BLOCKS

1008 PM     HEAVY SNOW       HARDWOOD                45.96N 87.70W
02/26/2009  M6.0 INCH        DICKINSON          MI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR. STILL SNOWING.

&&

AJ