Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Jan 1, 2012, 9:10 PM EST for Alger County, Michigan. It was in force for 25 hr. 3 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
- Jan 1, 2012, 9:10 PM EST (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 2, 2012, 9:57 PM EST
- In force
- 25 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Alger County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 7:45 AM EST | SNOW 5.5 | 10 S Grand Marais, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. 0.47 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 2, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 1 Wsw Munising, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. 0.72 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 2, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 6.5 | Eben Junction, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. |
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, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 646 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
229 WWUS43 KMQT 020210 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH MONDAY... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST NORTH OF LAKE HURON WILL SLIDE NORTHEAST INTO QUEBEC TONIGHT AND MONDAY WHILE STRENGTHENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE LOW WILL PULL COLD AIR SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN LOCATIONS FAVORED BY A NORTHWEST WIND THROUGH MONDAY. WITH THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS... EXPECT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR...ESPECIALLY IN ALGER COUNTY...WHERE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH. MIZ006-021015- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.120102T0210Z-120103T0300Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * EXPECT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED INTO MONDAY EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED A FOOT OR MORE...ESPECIALLY FROM AU TRAIN EAST TO GRAND MARAIS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 /810 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF OVER A FOOT ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER THROUGH MASS CITY. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH AND EAST OF LAKE GOGEBIC. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY OVER MUCH OF BARAGA COUNTY AND HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS WEST AND NORTHWEST OF MARQUETTE. EXPECT LIGHTER SNOW SHOWERS TO FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY SOUTH OF GWINN. SOME STRONGER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS COULD MOVE INTO THE CITY OF MARQUETTE LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THROUGH MONDAY. LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * FOR AREAS NORTHWEST OF MARQUETTE AND ACROSS MOST OF BARAGA COUNTY...EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 14 INCHES THROUGH MONDAY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW POSSIBLE. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH MONDAY EVENING IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED A FOOT OR MORE...ESPECIALLY FROM SHINGLETON TO SENEY AND NORTHEAST TO PINE STUMP JUNCTION. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-084-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... KENTON...SIDNAW 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. * AN ADDITIONAL 7 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SPINE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS... * THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE OUTDOORS. * ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-021015- /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0400Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL OVER NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED 7 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST...WITH ONLY 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED NEAR ESCANABA. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON FOREST SERVICE HIGHWAY 13. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120102T1800Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 810 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING MONDAY AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON OVER NORTHERN IRON COUNTY. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTHEAST NEAR IRON RIVER AND CRYSTAL FALLS...WHERE ONLY A COUPLE OF INCHES ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO THE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-021015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 910 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH MONDAY WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL FROM STEUBEN TO GERMFASK... WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED 7 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH...WITH 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE NEAR MANISTIQUE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-77 NORTH OF BLANEY PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
4 follow-up statements
018 WWUS43 KMQT 020859 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TO CONTINUE TODAY...AND LINGER INTO THE EVENING HOURS EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO ESCANABA... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO RESIDE ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE MAIN LOW OVER QUEBEC. AT THE SAME TIME...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY BUILD IN FROM THE WEST. THE RESULT WILL BE PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...WITH WINDS OUT OF A NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY FROM THE TIP OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA EASTWARD NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR....WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS FROM WEST TO EAST...AND SNOW SHOWERS ENDING ALTOGETHER TUESDAY MORNING. MIZ006-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO EXCEED A FOOT OR MORE...ESPECIALLY FROM AU TRAIN EAST TO GRAND MARAIS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /259 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING...BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS...CREATING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER THROUGH MASS CITY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TODAY DUE TO HIGH WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AND NORTH OF M-41. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY. LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF M-41...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES FARTHER INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * POWER OUTAGES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE DUE TO THE HIGH WINDS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * EXPECT NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 45 MPH TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL EXCEEDING A FOOT OR MORE...ESPECIALLY FROM SHINGLETON TO SENEY...AND NORTHEAST TO PINE STUMP JUNCTION. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-084-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... KENTON...SIDNAW 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS MORNING...AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST FROM 40 TO 45 MPH. EXPECT THESE CONDITIONS TO LINGER INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ACROSS THE TIP OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SPINE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS... * THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE OUTDOORS. * ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * HIGH WINDS MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0400Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF DELTA COUNTY. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL OVER NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST...WITH ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED NEAR ESCANABA. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120102T1800Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 259 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS MORNING OVER NORTHERN IRON COUNTY. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTHEAST NEAR IRON RIVER AND CRYSTAL FALLS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 359 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL FROM STEUBEN TO GERMFASK...WITH ADDITIONAL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-77 NORTH OF BLANEY PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KF
596 WWUS43 KMQT 021649 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUING TODAY WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL... .A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TODAY...EXTENDING WESTWARD FROM THE MAIN LOW OVER QUEBEC. AT THE SAME TIME...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO SLOWLY BUILD IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE RESULT WILL BE PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...WITH WINDS OUT OF A NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE TODAY FROM THE TIP OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE TO GRAND MARAIS. THE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH SLOWLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS FROM WEST TO EAST...AND SNOW SHOWERS ENDING ALTOGETHER TUESDAY MORNING. MIZ006-030100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO BE FROM ONE TO TWO FEET WITH THE GREATEST TOTALS FROM AU TRAIN TO MUNISING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST TO 45 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-030000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /1049 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON...CREATING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE ELEVATED TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER THROUGH MASS CITY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES TODAY DUE TO THE MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-030000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ALONG AND NORTH OF US-41. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW TODAY. LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY ALONG AND NORTH OF US-41...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES FARTHER INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LOOK FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY DUE TO THE HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-030100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL EXCEEDING A FOOT OR MORE...ESPECIALLY FROM SHINGLETON TO SENEY...AND NORTHEAST TO PINE STUMP JUNCTION. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH MAY CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-084-030000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... KENTON...SIDNAW 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING NEAR 35 MPH MAY CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO LATE AFTERNOON OVER EXPOSED HIGHER TERRAIN AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG THE SPINE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS... * THE MODERATE SNOW...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR THOSE OUTDOORS. * ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH MAY CAUSE BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-030100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0400Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF DELTA COUNTY. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL OVER NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST...WITH ONLY AN INCH EXPECTED NEAR ESCANABA THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-021800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120102T1800Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 1049 AM CST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING IN THE AFTERNOON. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER NORTHERN IRON COUNTY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-030100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1149 AM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TODAY. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL FROM STEUBEN TO GERMFASK... WITH ADDITIONAL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. LESSER AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-77 NORTH OF BLANEY PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
279 WWUS43 KMQT 022122 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS DIMINISHED OVER WESTERN COUNTIES BUT WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING FOR THE EAST HALF... .NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO RESULT IN OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. DRY AIR MOVING IN FROM WEST AND NORTH OF THE LAKE...IN ASSOCIATION WITH ADVANCING HIGH PRESSURE...HAS ALREADY DIMINISHED LAKE EFFECT SNOW OVER WESTERN COUNTIES...AND WILL WORK TO DIMINISH LAKE BANDS OVER EASTERN COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. MIZ001>004-009-084-022230- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...L'ANSE...IRONWOOD...KENTON...SIDNAW 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 /322 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW HAS DIMINISHED TO SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS ROADS WILL LIKELY REMAIN SNOW-COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ006-030300- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSIBLE DUE TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-030000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0000Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS... MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW INTO EARLY EVENING. LOCALIZED WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA...WITH AMOUNTS GENERALLY AROUND AN INCH EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HAZARDOUS INTO EARLY EVENING DUE TO MODERATE SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-085-030530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SNOW-PACKED AND SLIPPERY DUE TO DRIFTING OF SNOW. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE OCCASIONAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-030530- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0600Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY AWAY FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL FROM STEUBEN TO COOKS...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW OF 2 TO 4 INCHES. LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-77 NORTH OF BLANEY PARK AND ALONG M-94. 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. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-030400- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0400Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 422 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF DELTA COUNTY. * NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. * EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL OVER NORTHERN AND FAR EASTERN DELTA COUNTY WHERE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER SOUTH AND WEST. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN AND EASTERN DELTA COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
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WSWMQT
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE DIMINISHING
OVERNIGHT...
.NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING ACCUMULATING LAKE
EFFECT SNOW OVERNIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. IN
ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS WILL
CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW. THE SNOW AND WIND WILL SLOWLY
DIMINISH DURING THE NIGHT.
MIZ006-031000-
/O.CAN.KMQT.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120103T0300Z/
/O.EXB.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T1000Z/
ALGER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO CONTINUE. ALTHOUGH
THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE NIGHT... EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1
TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN
AREAS. THE WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES OVERNIGHT DUE TO BRIEF PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* 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.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
&&
$$
MIZ013-030400-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T0400Z/
DELTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID
RIVER WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND ONE INCH.
IMPACTS...
* WHERE SNOW SHOWERS ARE PERSISTENT...ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED
AND SLIPPERY THROUGH THE NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
&&
$$
MIZ007-085-031000-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120103T1000Z/
LUCE-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWBERRY...SENEY
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW TO CONTINUE.
ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH DURING THE NIGHT...EXPECT AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION.
* NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS
AND BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.
IMPACTS
* TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES OVERNIGHT DUE TO BRIEF PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE DURING PERIODS OF HEAVIER
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* 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.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
&&
$$
MIZ014-031000-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-120103T1000Z/
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE
957 PM EST MON JAN 2 2012
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST TUESDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS FROM LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS...ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.
* EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW TO FALL FROM STEUBEN TO COOKS...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. LESSER SNOW
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE.
* IN OPEN AREAS...BRIEF PERIODS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL SHARPLY REDUCE
VISIBILITY AT TIMES.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL MAY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...AND BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY ON M-77 NORTH OF BLANEY PARK
AND ALONG M-94.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS
THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
&&
$$
ROLFSONWhat 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 Jan 1, 7:10 PM EST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 7:10 PM EST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
710 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012
UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND MONDAY/...
STRONG SECONDARY SHORTWAVE SEEN ON WV DIVING SE THROUGH WI AT THIS
TIME...PULLING DEEPER MOISTURE AND COLDER AIR /-13C OVER NRN MN ON
RUC ANALYSIS/ SOUTH INTO NRN MN...NW WI...AND WRN UPPER MI. FARTHER
SE...INITIAL SHORTWAVE TRAVELED A LITTLE FARTHER S THAN EXPECTED
YEST AND THUS LOW REMAIN MORE ELONGATED BEFORE FINALLY CLOSING OFF
OVER NRN LK HURON AT 992MB FROM MSAS ANALYSIS. THE STRONG PRESSURE
GRADIENT HAS LED TO GUSTY NW WINDS BEHIND THE LOW...WITH GUSTS TO
30KTS OVER MUCH OF UPPER MI AND HIGHER VALUES ALONG THE LK SUPERIOR
SHORELINE. RECENT 1950Z OB FROM GRANITE ISLAND HAD A 48KT GUST...BUT
THE REST OF THE AREAS ALONG LK SUPERIOR ARE AROUND 35-40KTS. WINDS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE STRONG AND GUSTY TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...WITH A
GRADUAL DIMINISHING TREND HEADING INTO THE AFTN. H925 WINDS ARE A
LITTLE LIGHTER THAN A DAY AGO...AROUND 40-45KTS...AND WITH SFC-H900
LAPSE RATES AROUND 9.5C/KM WITH THE COLD AIR RUSHING IN
TONIGHT...SHOULD SEE GUSTS TOWARDS THAT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR
SHORELINE EAST OF MARQUETTE AND FOR MUCH OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
MAIN WX CONCERN WILL BE THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH LES THAT WILL
DEVELOP HEADING INTO THE EVENING HOURS. CURRENTLY SEEING SOME -SHSN
OVER PORTIONS OF THE CWA...LK ENHANCED OVER THE ERN LK AND
ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECONDARY SHORTWAVE OVER THE W. AS H850 TEMPS
FALL FROM -11C AT PRESENT TIME TO -18C BY 12Z MON...EXPECT
CONDITIONS TO BECOME FAVORABLE FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY LES. H850 TEMPS
REMAIN NEAR THAT OVER THE WEST ON MON...BUT THE E GETS A LITTLE
COLDER H850 TEMPS BEING UNDER MORE OF THE UPPER TROUGH AND HAVE
VALUES NEAR -21C. THIS PRODUCES SOLID DELTA-T VALUES FALLING TO
20-25 BY MID DAY MON AND DEEPER MOISTURE SURGING S FROM CANADA WILL
HELP PROVIDE PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK. LES PARM ALSO SUPPORTS TO
POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWS...WITH VALUES WELL OVER 2 TONIGHT INTO
MONDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE CWA. WINDS WILL START OUT OF THE NW
THIS EVENING AND THEN GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NNW LATE TONIGHT AND
MON...SHIFTING THE HEAVIER SNOWS TO NNW FAVORED LOCATIONS. THE ONLY
DOWNSIDE TO THE HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE LIMITED RESIDENCE TIME OVER
THE LAKES DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS...WHICH WILL ALSO KEEP FLAKES FROM
GROWING TOO LARGE EVEN WITH BEST OMEGA NEAR THE DGZ.
THEREFORE...WILL KEEP SLR VALUES NEAR 20...BUT DID TREND THEM UPWARD
SOME OVER THE WEST WHERE THE DGZ/OMEGA LINE UP EARLIER AND IS
SUPPORTED BY BUFKIT AND COBB OUTPUT.
AS FOR SNOW AMNTS...DIDN/T TREND TOO FAR FROM WHAT WE HAD IN THE
FORECAST...WITH THE HIGHEST AMNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM
BESSEMER TO MASS CITY...NE THROUGH THE KEWEENAW. THE STRONGER WINDS
WILL ALSO HELP ENHANCE SNOWFALL AMNTS OVER THE HURON MTNS OF
BARAGA/MARQUETTE COUNTIES AND THE LONGER FETCH OVER THE E SUPPORTING
HEAVY SNOW FROM AUTRAIN EASTWARD. CURRENTLY HAVE 10-12 PLUS INCHES
FOR THOSE AREAS THROUGH MON AND WITH THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS LOOK TO BE IN GOOD SHAPE. WITH THE
STRONG WINDS...QUESTION IS HOW MUCH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
COMBINE WITH THE LES TO REDUCE VSBYS. WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW
BANDS...THINK THERE WILL BE LOCATIONS OF BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WHERE
THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE. THE DOWN SIDE FOR THE LOCATIONS E OF
MARQUETTE IS THE LIMITED ICE COVER NEAR THE LK SHORE...WHICH WILL
ALLOW FOR MORE BLOWING SNOW WITH THE HIGHEST GUSTS. IN
ADDITION...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS OCCURRING MAINLY DURING THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS AND LESS TRAVEL...WILL KEEP A STRONGLY WORDED WS.W
FOR THOSE AREAS.
WITH THE STRONG NW WINDS...HAVE TRENDED SNOW AMNTS UP FARTHER INLAND
THAN NORMALLY OCCURS. EARLIER THIS AFTN...DECIDED TO EXTEND SRN
SCHOOLCRAFT SINCE THEY SHOULD SEE ADVY SNOWFALLS FROM STEUBEN TO
GERMFASK. MAY NEED TO ADD DELTA COUNTY ON LATER SHIFTS AS WINDS
BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR ADVY LES OVER THE NRN PORTIONS OF THE
COUNTY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.
UPPER TROUGH WILL START TO MOVE E ON MON AS THE SFC LOW CONTINUES TO
TRACK NE INTO ERN QUEBEC. THIS WILL ALLOW A SFC HIGH TO PUSH
EASTWARD OVER THE UPPER MISS VALLEY ON MON. DRIER AIR WILL ROTATE
AROUND THE HIGH AND START TO PUSH OVER WRN LK SUPERIOR ON MON AFTN.
THAT DRY AIR AND H850-700 SUBSIDENCE WILL HELP LOWER INVERSION
HEIGHTS OVER THE W TO 4KFT AND LIMIT THE INTENSITY OF THE -SHSN.
HAVE SHOWED A DIMINISHING TREND IN THE POPS AND SNOW AMTS OVER THE
W...BUT THE E SHOULD STILL SEE MOD/HEAVY SNOW THROUGH THE AFTN.
.LONG TERM 00Z TUE ONWARD...
NAM SHOWS A 500 MB TROUGH OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES 00Z TUE WITH A
RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES AND A SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC NW
00Z TUE. THE UPPER PATTERN PUSHES FURTHER EAST 12Z TUE WITH THE
SHORTWAVE TROUGH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND THEN INTO THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES TUE NIGHT. NAM SHOWS SOME 850-500 MB Q-VECTOR
CONVERGENCE AND DEEPER MOISTURE MOVING THROUGH THE CWA TUE NIGHT AND
BOTH MOVE OUT ON WED. NAM BRINGS IN SOME ISENTROPIC LIFT AND
MOISTURE ON I280K-I295K SURFACES TUE NIGHT AND BOTH LEAVE ON WED.
GFS SHOWS ISENTROPIC LIFT ON I280K-I290K SURFACES WITH MOISTURE TUE
NIGHT AND DOES THE SAME THING AS THE NAM. GFS...ECMWF AND NAM ARE
SIMILAR WITH THE Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE AS WELL.
FOR THIS FORECAST...DID NOT CHANGE MUCH. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WINDS
WIND DOWN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE AND WORST CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE OVER ALGER...LUCE AND NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT
COUNTIES AND KEEPING WINTER STORM WARNING GOING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING LOOKS GOOD AS WINDS ARE STILL STRONG IN THE EVENING. CLIPPER
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH ON TUE NIGHT AND HIGH CHANCE POPS LOOK GOOD. IT
IS ALSO COLD ENOUGH FOR SOME LAKE ENHANCEMENT OFF OF LAKE MICHIGAN
THEN WITH 850 MB TEMPERATURES OF -10C AND GOING LIKELY POPS IN THE
EAST WITH A SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND LOOKS GOOD WITH LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKE ENHANCEMENT. DID NOT CHANGE TEMPERATURES MUCH EITHER AS THEY
LOOKED GOOD.
IN THE EXTENDED...GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A 500 MB TROUGH OVER THE GREAT
LAKES REGION 12Z WED WITH A RIDGE ACROSS THE WESTERN U.S. AND A
TROUGH OFF THE WEST COAST. THE RIDGE MOVES INTO THE ROCKIES 12Z THU.
A 500 MB SHORTWAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON FRI
THROUGH 12Z SUN. MODIFICATION OF TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS
PERIOD AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON THU WITH AN ALBERTA CLIPPER
SYSTEM FOR FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL DURING
THIS FORECAST PERIOD THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE COLDER AIR ARRIVES FOR
SUNDAY TO TAKE THE TEMPERATURES BACK DOWN TO NEAR NORMAL.
&&
.AVIATION /FOR THE 00Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
SHOULD SEE LES INTENSIFY TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES. BLSN WILL
ALSO BE A BIG ISSUE AT KCMX TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...AS GUSTY NW WINDS
APPROACH 40KTS AT TIMES. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL KEEP VSBYS
BELOW ALTERNATE LANDING MINIMUMS AND POSSIBLY APPROACHING AIRFIELD
LANDING MINS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AT KCMX. KIWD
WILL SEE CONDITIONS LOWER FROM MVFR TO IFR THIS EVENING AND POSSIBLY
APPROACHING ALTERNATE LANDING MINS THROUGH THE NIGHT. LESS FAVORABLE
NW FLOW AT KSAW FOR LES SHOULD MAINTAIN MVFR CONDITIONS THERE
THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.MARINE /FOR THE 4PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE/...
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LK HURON WILL CONTINUE TO THE ENE THROUGH
MONDAY...LEAVING LK SUPERIOR BETWEEN THE LOW AND A STRONG HIGH
BUILDING INTO THE UPPER MISS VALLEY. THIS WILL LEAD TO STRONG NW
WINDS TONIGHT INTO MON MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING THROUGH
MON NIGHT. AS PREVIOUS DISCUSSION MENTIONED...BORDERLINE STORM FORCE
WINDS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER ERN LK SUPERIOR. MODELS MAINLY SHOWING
40-45KT WINDS JUST ABOVE THE SFC...ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A FEW 48-50KT
ON SOME OF THE HIGHER RES MODEL RUNS AND RECENTLY SEEN AT GRANITE
ISLAND. THUS...WILL LEAVE STORMS UP AT THIS TIME AND MAINLY MENTION
FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50KTS THROUGH MON MORNING. WITH HIGH
PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS LK SUPERIOR ON MON NIGHT INTO TUES
MORNING...WINDS WILL DIMINISH BELOW 15KTS. LOW PRESSURE TROUGH
MOVING ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN ON TUES NIGHT WILL INCREASE WINDS OUT OF
THE SW AHEAD AND NW BEHIND ON WED...WITH WINDS BRIEFLY REACHING GALE
FORCE GUSTS TO 35KTS ON TUES NIGHT OVER ERN LK SUPERIOR. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE AREA WED NIGHT INTO THURS AND DIMINISH
WINDS BACK BELOW 20KTS.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ MONDAY FOR
MIZ001>005-009-084.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR MIZ006-007-085.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY FOR MIZ014.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY FOR MIZ010.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 7 AM EST
TUESDAY FOR LSZ245>251-265>267.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ248>251-264>267.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ TUESDAY FOR LSZ162-240>244-
263-264.
STORM WARNING UNTIL 4 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ243>245.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ MONDAY FOR LSZ162-241-242-
246-247.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ MONDAY FOR LSZ240.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 7 PM EST MONDAY FOR LSZ263.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR LMZ221-248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...SRF
LONG TERM...07
AVIATION...VOSS
MARINE...SRFHazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 3:56 PM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 356 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-021300- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 356 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 /256 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW...PARTICULARLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. NORTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH...AND EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW ARE LIKELY WITH BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ACROSS THE SNOW BELTS FAVORED BY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE GREAT LAKES SHORELINES..WITH NORTH TO NORTHWESTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE LOWEST READINGS ACROSS THE INTERIOR WESTERN HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-021300- 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- 356 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 /256 PM CST SUN JAN 1 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS ARE FORECAST OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL DEVELOP OVER THE WEST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING BEFORE WINDS DIMINISH WEST TO EAST MONDAY NIGHT. FREQUENT STORM FORCE GUSTS TO 50 KNOTS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR ON MONDAY. EXPECT HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-021300- 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- 356 PM EST SUN JAN 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE OR NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EXPECT NORTHWEST GALES TO 35 TO 40 KNOTS MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE OR NEARSHORE MARINE FORECAST FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. 07
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jan 1, 5:02 PM EST, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
502 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0400 PM SNOW LAURIUM 47.24N 88.44W
01/01/2012 M6.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
18 HOUR TOTAL.
&&
KLUBERLocal storm report, Jan 1, 5:49 PM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
549 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 PM SNOW NEWBERRY 46.35N 85.51W
01/01/2012 M3.0 INCH LUCE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
TOTAL SINCE 0700 EST.
&&
KLUBERLocal storm report, Jan 1, 7:09 PM EST, 2 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
709 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0708 PM SNOW 2 SW CHASSELL 47.01N 88.56W
01/01/2012 M5.5 INCH HOUGHTON MI TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL BETWEEN 0100 AND 1000 EST ON 1/01.
&&
KLUBERLocal storm report, Jan 1, 7:39 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
739 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 PM SNOW 6 ESE ONTONAGON 46.83N 89.21W
01/01/2012 M5.0 INCH ONTONAGON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR TOTAL. 0.45 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT.
&&
KLUBERLocal storm report, Jan 1, 8:58 PM EST, 12 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
858 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 PM SNOW 4 N PIKE LAKE 46.69N 85.42W
01/01/2012 M2.0 INCH LUCE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
12 HOUR REPORT.
&&
KLUBERLocal storm report, Jan 1, 9:01 PM EST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
901 PM EST SUN JAN 01 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM SNOW 3 SSW SOUTH RANGE 47.03N 88.67W
01/01/2012 M6.0 INCH HOUGHTON MI CO-OP OBSERVER
12 HOUR TOTAL. 0.60 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT.
&&
KLUBERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 9:10 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Delta | 25 hr |
| Jan 2, 11:35 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 70 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.