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Lake Effect Snow Watch 2, NWS Gaylord, MI

January 27, 2012

NWS Gaylord, MI issued this lake effect snow watch at Jan 27, 2012, 3:55 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 28, 2012, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 27, 2012, 3:55 PM EST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 28, 2012, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 28, 2012, 3:38 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Gaylord, MI

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Gaylord, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this lake effect snow watch went out at Jan 27, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 12:48 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 27, 5:13 AM EST, 10 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI
513 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

LHZ345>349-LMZ323-341-342-344>346-LSZ321-322-MIZ008-015>036-041-042-
281315-
STRAITS OF MACKINAC-ST IGNACE TO FALSE DETOUR CHANNEL-
MACKINAC BRDG TO PRESQUE ISLE LT-PRESQUE ISLE LT TO STURGEON PT-
STURGEON PT TO ALABASTER-GRAND TRAVERSE BAY-
SEUL CHOIX PT TO MACKINAC BRDG-NORWOOD TO MACKINAC BRDG-
SLEEPING BEAR PT TO GRAND TRAVERSE LT-PT BETSIE TO SLEEPING BEAR PT-
MANISTEE TO PT BETSIE-WHITEFISH BAY-ST. MARYS RIVER-CHIPPEWA-
MACKINAC-EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-
OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BENZIE-GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-
OSCODA-ALCONA-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-ROSCOMMON-OGEMAW-IOSCO-
GLADWIN-ARENAC-
513 AM EST FRI JAN 27 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN...
EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND ADJACENT NEARSHORE WATERS OF LAKE
MICHIGAN...LAKE HURON AND LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FREEZING FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END THIS
MORNING.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND BRING SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
TO ALL OF NORTHERN LOWER BY DAYBREAK. THE HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL BE
ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 75....PARTICULARLY IN NORTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR SPECIFIC AMOUNTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN ALL OF NORTHERN MICHIGAN
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING. THERE IS MORE CONFIDENCE
IN LOW PRESSURE TRACKING THROUGH THE STRAITS REGION WITH MODERATE
ACCUMULATIONS FOR MOST COMMUNITIES BY AFTERNOON. EXPECTATIONS ARE
THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL OCCUR ACROSS EASTERN UPPER...AND
PARTS OF NORTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN WHERE SOME
LAKE MICHIGAN ENHANCEMENT MAY OCCUR. THAT SAID...ALL AREAS WILL
BE IN LINE TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...GUSTY WEST WINDS OVER 30 MPH WILL
DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF NEW SNOWFALL.

COLDER AIR THEN MOVES INTO NORTHERN MICHIGAN SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED
TO ACCUMULATE. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHWEST LOWER...AND IN EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY
CHIPPEWA COUNTY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

POTTERS ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE. TRY POSTING ON OUR NWS GAYLORD FACEBOOK PAGE.

SMD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Gaylord, MI issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 27, 4:07 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	APX		59 hr

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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.