Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Jan 11, 2012, 4:44 AM EST for 6 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Jan 11, 2012, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 45 hr. 60 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 11, 2012, 4:44 AM EST (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 11, 2012, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2012, 3:40 PM EST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Baraga County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 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 12, 1:02 AM EST | SNOW 2.1 | Rockland, MI | TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE 5 PM ET WEDNESDAY. SNOW LEAVING ICY COATING ON SURFACES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Jan 12, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Marenisco, MI | 2 TO 3 INCHES OVERNIGHT BETWEEN MARENISCO AND WAKEFIELD. SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Jan 12, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 9 W Ishpeming, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE MIDNIGHT. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.15 |
| Jan 12, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 2 Wnw Ironwood, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2PM WEDNESDAY. LIQUID EQUIVALEN 0.32 |
| Jan 12, 7:20 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | Houghton, MI | 2 TO 2.5 INCHES ACROSS HOUGHTON COUNTY SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOURCE IS COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Jan 12, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 2 Ene Sidnaw, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 5PM WEDNESDAY. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.16 |
| Jan 12, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ssw South Range, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.16 |
| Jan 12, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Delaware, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 INCHES IN CALUMET AND MOHAWK. SOURCE IS KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSION. |
| Jan 12, 7:35 AM EST | SNOW 2 | L'Anse, MI | RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AT 9 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Jan 12, 7:35 AM EST | SNOW 2.6 | 4 Ne Negaunee, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE SNOW BEGAN AROUND 8 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING. STILL SNOWING. |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 7 Nnw Ishpeming, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.21 |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 1 S Ontonagon, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2PM. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.21 |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 1 Nne Watersmeet, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.28 |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 3 E Redridge, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.25 |
| Jan 12, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5 | 2 E Winona, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.37 |
| Jan 12, 8:15 AM EST | SNOW 3 | 4 Se Big Bay, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Jan 12, 8:20 AM EST | SNOW 3.8 | 5 Ene Alberta, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 4PM WEDNESDAY. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.18 |
| Jan 12, 8:45 AM EST | SNOW 4.7 | 1 Ne Mohawk, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. 3.7 INCHES OF SNOW FELL IN THE LAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 12, 8:50 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ese Houghton, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 6 PM WEDNESDAY. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.19 |
| Jan 12, 10:40 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Nw Houghton, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 4PM WEDNESDAY. SNOW WAS ALSO DRIFTING. |
| Jan 12, 10:45 AM EST | SNOW 4 | White Pine, MI | SNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE APPROXIMATELY 2PM WEDNESDAY. |
| Jan 12, 4:15 PM EST | SNOW 11.7 | 1 Sw Calumet, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. SNOW STARTED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Jan 12, 5:00 PM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 Ene Sidnaw, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 0.15 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 12, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 6 Ese Ontonagon, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. 0.44 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 12, 6:00 PM EST | SNOW 8 | 1 E Ironwood, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 10 INCHES TOTAL IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 12, 6:05 PM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Sse Ontonagon, MI | 4 TO 5 INCHES IN PAST 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 12, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 6 | 5 Se Baraga, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. STILL LIGHTLY SNOWING. |
| Jan 12, 6:30 PM EST | SNOW 6.5 | 1 Se Covington, MI | 6 TO 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Jan 12, 6:40 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ese Three Lakes, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 1.3 INCHES FELL IN 12 HOURS PREVIOUS. |
| Jan 12, 6:40 PM EST | SNOW 7.1 | Rockland, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE 5PM YESTERDAY. |
| Jan 12, 7:00 PM EST | SNOW 2.7 | 3 Ne Negaunee, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 0.18 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. |
| Jan 12, 7:25 PM EST | SNOW 7.2 | Herman, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. 11 INCHES STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Jan 12, 8:00 PM EST | SNOW 7 | 7 Nne Ishpeming, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. 4.8 INCHES IN PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 12, 8:20 PM EST | SNOW 8.8 | 4 Ne Calumet, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT. 5.1 INCHES IN PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 12, 8:45 PM EST | SNOW 5 | 4 Se Big Bay, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. ALSO REPORTS THAT WINDS HAVE INCREASED AND THE SNOW IS GETTING HEAVIER. |
| Jan 12, 9:30 PM EST | SNOW 8 | Freda, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE LAST NIGHT. |
| Jan 12, 10:12 PM EST | SNOW 6 | Ewen, MI | STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. |
| Jan 13, 12:00 AM EST | SNOW 7 | 3 Ne Negaunee, MI | 24 HOUR REPORT - MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT. 3.2 INCHES IN PAST 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 13, 12:30 AM EST | SNOW 12 | Bessemer, MI | 12 HOUR REPORT. |
| Jan 13, 12:44 AM EST | SNOW 9 | 2 E Wakefield, MI | 16 HOUR REPORT. ROADS ARE SNOW COVERED. |
| Jan 13, 4:40 AM EST | SNOW 7 | Marenisco, MI | SNOWFALL SINCE 6 AM EST THURSDAY. STORM TOTAL IS 8 TO 11 INCHES SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING. CURRENTLY HAS STOPPED SNOWING. |
| Jan 13, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 Sw Thousand Island La, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.06 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.5 | 3 Ssw Skanee, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.35 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Ene Sidnaw, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. 1 INCH FELL IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.18 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.9 | 5 Ese Chassell, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.24 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nne Watersmeet, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.17 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8 | Hancock, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.2 | 3 Ne Negaunee, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.50 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 8.8 | 9 W Ishpeming, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.22 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | 2 Wnw Ironwood, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.41 |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | 3 E Mass City, MI | ESTIMATED BETWEEN 10-12 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 13, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 11 | Hancock, MI | 24 HOUR TOTAL.10 TO 12 INCHES ESTIMATED DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
| Jan 13, 7:30 AM EST | SNOW 8 | 3 Ssw South Range, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.25 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.2 | 1 E Pelkie, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.11 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 1 Wsw Marquette, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.37 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 Ese Houghton, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.14 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 5.1 | 2 Ese Three Lakes, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 7 | 10 E Ontonagon, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.26 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 7.8 | 4 Ne Calumet, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.40 |
| Jan 13, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 8 | 3 E Redridge, MI | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.25 |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
930 WWUS43 KMQT 110944 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 444 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO IMPACT WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY WHILE IT MERGES WITH A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF STATES. HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. MIZ001>003-009-111800- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0001.120112T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 444 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /344 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN AND SNOW LATE TODAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ010-084-111800- /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1200Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 444 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /344 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-012-111800- /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE 344 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-013-014-085-111800- /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1800Z/ ALGER-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 444 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-111800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1800Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 444 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLA
10 follow-up statements
243 WWUS43 KMQT 111629 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1129 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WHILE IT MERGES WITH A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF STATES. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. MIZ001>003-009-120030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.120112T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 1129 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /1029 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AN INITIAL MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-120030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1800Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1129 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE... ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-084-120030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1200Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 1129 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /1029 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH ON THURSDAY NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-012-120030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE 1029 AM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. LATEST TRENDS SHOW THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY OCCUR OVER FAR WESTERN DICKINSON AND SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-013-014-085-120030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1800Z/ ALGER-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 1129 AM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS OVER DELTA AND SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES. * WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ SRF
090 WWUS43 KMQT 112103 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... WHILE IT MERGES WITH A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF STATES. HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. MIZ013-014-112215- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1800Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH ONLY A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * THE FEW INCHES OF SNOW COULD STILL PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ012-112215- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1200Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 303 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING...WITH ONLY A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER FAR SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY. IMPACTS... * THE FEW INCHES OF SNOW COULD STILL PRODUCE SNOW COVERED ROADS AND SLIPPERY SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ004-005-120515- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WS.W.0001.120112T0600Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING OVER BARAGA COUNTY AND SPREAD INTO MARQUETTE COUNTY OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING THE HURON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY 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 && $$ MIZ001>003-009-120515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.120112T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /303 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AN INITIAL MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY THROUGH THE NIGHT AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES...SOUTHWEST TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND BESSEMER. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-084-120515- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T0600Z-120113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T0300Z-120113T1800Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /303 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE....WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR KENTON AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM IRON RIVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-120515- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120113T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 303 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF DICKINSON COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-085-120515- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY 403 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ SRF
638 WWUS43 KMQT 120244 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 944 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN THIS EVENING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...WHILE IT MERGES WITH A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM THE GULF STATES. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THURSDAY NIGHT ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR AS THE LOW IN LOWER MICHIGAN MOVES EAST INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA. MIZ001>003-009-121100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 944 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /844 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW THIS EVENING TO TRANSITION TO LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. THESE SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES...SOUTHWEST TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND BESSEMER. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND IN THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-121100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.120112T0600Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 944 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM THURSDAY TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT SNOW OVER BARAGA COUNTY AND THE NORTHWEST HALF OF MARQUETTE COUNTY THIS EVENING TO OVERSPREAD THE REST OF MARQUETTE COUNTY BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN INCLUDING THE HURON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY 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 && $$ MIZ010-084-121100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T0300Z-120113T1800Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 944 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 /844 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR KENTON AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM IRON RIVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-121100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T0900Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 844 PM CST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT SNOW TO BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...BEFORE DIMINISHING BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF DICKINSON COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW... CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-085-121100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY 944 PM EST WED JAN 11 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING OVER THE AREA THURSDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
731 WWUS43 KMQT 121014 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN OHIO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AND DEEPEN OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR AS THE LOW LIFTS INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA. MIZ085-121115- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120114T0000Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED... TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH FRIDAY. && $$ MIZ001>003-009-121815- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /414 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES...SOUTHWEST TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND BESSEMER. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-121815- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY 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 && $$ MIZ006-121815- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0001.120112T1200Z-120114T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T1700Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MUNISING WESTWARD. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-084-121815- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 514 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /414 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TODAY AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AROUND 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE NEAR KENTON AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM IRON RIVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-121815- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 414 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER NORTHWEST DICKINSON COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO THE SNOW... CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
485 WWUS43 KMQT 121617 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1117 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE IS EXPECTED TO MOVE NORTH AND DEEPEN OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY AND TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND ON FRIDAY CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR AS THE LOW LIFTS INTO SOUTHEAST CANADA. MIZ001>003-009-130030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 1117 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /1017 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES...SOUTHWEST TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND BESSEMER. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT TODAY AND TONIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-130030- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1117 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT LESSER AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD...WHERE 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ012-130030- /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MENOMINEE 1017 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL TIMES WILL LIKELY BE LONGER TODAY DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-084-130030- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 1117 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /1017 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TODAY AND MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FRIDAY MORNING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AROUND 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE NEAR KENTON AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM IRON RIVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-130030- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON MOUNTAIN 1017 AM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW DIMINISHES LATE TONIGHT. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL TIMES WILL LIKELY BE LONGER TODAY DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-130030- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.120112T1700Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1117 AM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PATCHY LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MORE STEADY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MUNISING WESTWARD. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TK
676 WWUS43 KMQT 122106 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 406 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN LAKE HURON IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN SLIGHTLY WHILE MOVING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO TONIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE WITH COLDER AIR ENTERING THE REGION. MIZ001>003-009-130515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 406 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /306 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...PRODUCING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM TWIN LAKES...SOUTHWEST TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND BESSEMER. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT TONIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-130515- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 406 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS...AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE IN COVERAGE. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN...PRODUCING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IN EXCESS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS. EXPECT ONLY AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER SOUTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY NEAR WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD. * WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ010-084-130515- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 406 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /306 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED NEAR KENTON AND NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY TONIGHT...PRODUCING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL GREATER THAN 8 INCHES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM IRON RIVER TO CRYSTAL FALLS...WITH AROUND 1 ADDITIONAL INCH TONIGHT. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ011-012-130515- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE 306 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW FALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY OVERNIGHT...AND ANOTHER INCH IN DICKINSON AND NORTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHERN MENOMINEE COUNTY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL TIMES WILL LIKELY BE LONGER THIS EVENING DUE TO SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-130515- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 406 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...AS LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 9 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM MUNISING WESTWARD. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TK
842 WWUS43 KMQT 130154 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .EXPECT LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEAST ONTARIO TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST OVERNIGHT. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BUT THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL TONIGHT. MIZ010>012-130300- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE 754 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT STEADY LIGHT SNOW TO DIMINISH TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AFTER 8 PM WILL BE NO MORE THAN AROUND AN INCH. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001>003-009-131000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 /754 PM CST THU JAN 12 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE 2 TO 8 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER TO BERGLAND...ROCKLAND AND TWIN LAKES. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS... WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM CALUMET TO TWIN LAKES...THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS AND IRONWOOD. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-131000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW TO BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE AND SKANDIA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE 6 TO 12 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO REACH 12 TO 18 INCHES FROM HERMAN TO ISHPEMING AND NEGAUNEE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AFTER 9 PM OVER SOUTHERN BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM WATTON TO WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD WILL BE ONLY ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ084-131000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENTON...SIDNAW 854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW THIS EVENING TO BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AFTER 9 PM TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES... PUSHING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 6 TO 10 INCHES. * WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-131000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 854 PM EST THU JAN 12 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MUNISING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE 4 TO 8 INCHES...HEAVIEST WEST OF MUNISING. EXPECT STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. 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853 WWUS43 KMQT 130900 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 400 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY.... .EXPECT LOW PRESSURE OVER GEORGIAN BAY TO MOVE EAST INTO QUEBEC TODAY. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TODAY. MIZ001>003-009-131800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 400 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 /300 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THIS MORNING WILL BE 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER TO BERGLAND...ROCKLAND AND TWIN LAKES. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SHORE AND OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BE DIFFICULT THIS MORNING DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ004-005-131800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 400 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE AND SKANDIA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY WILL BE 3 TO 8 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OVER SOUTHERN BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES FROM WATTON TO WITCH LAKE AND ARNOLD WILL BE ONLY ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES TODAY. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TODAY. * BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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 && $$ MIZ084-131200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1200Z/ SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KENTON...SIDNAW 400 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO SNOW...CREATING SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-131800- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 400 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MUNISING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES...HEAVIEST WEST OF MUNISING. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES DUE TO MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ 07
478 WWUS43 KMQT 131537 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1037 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DIMINISH ACROSS WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.... .EXPECT LOW PRESSURE OVER GEORGIAN BAY TO MOVE EAST INTO QUEBEC THIS AFTERNOON. LAKES EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA. MIZ001>003-009-131800- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120113T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 1037 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 /937 AM CST FRI JAN 13 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS BUT WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 2 INCHES...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER TO BERGLAND...ROCKLAND AND TWIN LAKES. * GUSTY NORTH WINDS ALONG THE LAKESHORE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA WILL ALSO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-005-140000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1037 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE HURON MOUNTAINS TO ISHPEMING...NEGAUNEE AND SKANDIA. * THE SNOW BANDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH IN INTENSITY FROM WEST TO EAST BY LATE IN THE DAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WILL BE 1 TO 4 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE RESTRICTED FROM TIME TO TIME IN 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 && $$ MIZ006-140000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1037 AM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY WEST OF MUNISING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TODAY WILL BE 1 TO 4 INCHES...HEAVIEST WEST OF MUNISING. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR MAY CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED FROM TIME TO TIME IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
754 WWUS43 KMQT 132040 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 340 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN.... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ004-005-132145- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 340 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * ANY ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL REMAIN LESS THAN AN INCH. IMPACTS... * ROADS REMAIN SNOW COVERED FROM EARLIER SNOWFALL. USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ006-140000- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120114T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 340 PM EST FRI JAN 13 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS... ESPECIALLY WEST OF MUNISING. * AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED THROUGH INTO THE EVENING. * VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED FROM TIME TO TIME IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Jan 10, 10:41 PM EST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 10:41 PM EST, 6 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 06Z TAFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1041 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012
.SYNOPSIS...
WATER VAPOR IMAGERY/RUC ANALYSIS AND 12Z RAOBS SHOW A RIDGE BUILDING
INTO WRN CANADA WITH 12HR 500MB HEIGHT RISES UPWARDS OF 210M INTO
THE YUKON. THIS IS FORCING A SHORTWAVE SHARPLY SSE TOWARD THE NRN
ROCKIES. DOWNSTREAM...FLOW IS NEARLY ZONAL ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS AND
BECOMES NW ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES ON THE BACKSIDE OF ERN CANADA
TROF. A SRN STREAM IS EVIDENT WITH A WELL-DEFINED SHORTWAVE OVER ERN
TX. ONGOING WAA REGIME OVER THE UPPER LAKES (12Z 850MB TEMP AT KINL
WAS 2C WHILE CYPL WAS -9C) IS PRODUCING CLOUD COVER AND PCPN IN A
SWATH FROM CNTRL MANITOBA ACROSS ONTARIO AND MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
W EDGE OF THE SNOW HAS EXTENDED FROM ROUGHLY THUNDER BAY ONTARIO TO
JUST N OF WHITEFISH BAY. FARTHER W...MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ACROSS W AND
SCNTRL UPPER MI HAS ALLOWED TEMPS TO RISE WELL ABOVE NORMAL INTO THE
LOW/MID 40S ONCE AGAIN. OVER THE NEXT 48HRS...THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SHARPLY DIGGING NRN STREAM SHORTWAVE WHICH
WILL EVOLVE INTO A CLOSED MID LEVEL LOW IN THE AREA FROM THE MID
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO LOWER LAKES/UPPER OHIO VALLEY REGION. FARTHER
DOWN THE LINE...IT APPEARS THE PERSISTENT POSITIVE AND SOMETIMES
SIGNIFICANTLY POSITIVE AO OF THIS COLD SEASON WILL TREND TOWARD
NEGATIVE. SO...THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST A TEMPORARY TREND TOWARD
MORE TYPICAL WINTER CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT 2-3 WEEKS WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONGER INTRUSIONS OF ARCTIC AIR THAN WE HAVE SEEN SO
FAR THIS COLD SEASON.
&&
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT AND WED/...
QUIET WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE THRU THE FIRST PART OF THE SHORT TERM
AS MAIN WAA/ISENTROPIC ASCENT REGIME TO THE N AND E SHIFTS E...AND
DRY AIR EVIDENT UPSTREAM ON THIS MORNINGS 12Z SOUNDINGS DOMINATES
THE AREA. ONE CONCERN WOULD BE THE POSSIBILITY OF A LOW STRATUS DECK
DEVELOPING AS DWPTS UPSTREAM TO THE S AND W ARE RISING INTO THE 30S.
WILL BE SOMETHING TO MONITOR DURING THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE...MILD
AIRMASS AND PRECIPITABLE WATER RUNNING 150-220PCT OF NORMAL WILL
LIMIT TEMP DROP TONIGHT. MIN TEMPS IN MOST AREAS WILL BE HIGHER THAN
THE NORMAL HIGH TEMPS FOR EARLY/MID JAN.
WITH ENERGY AND COLD AIR DIVING SHARPLY S THRU THE PLAINS WED INTO
THU...LEANED TOWARD THE SOLUTIONS (ECWMF/GEM) SHOWING A SLOWER AND
MORE SOUTHERLY TRACK OF NRN SFC LOW THAT EVENTUALLY MERGES WITH
ANOTHER LOW LIFTING TOWARD THE CNTRL GREAT LAKES. AS A RESULT...
PUSHED BACK ONSET OF -SN ACROSS THE W AND N DURING THE DAY WED. BEST
SNOW POTENTIAL WILL BE OVER THE W LATE IN THE AFTN IN DEVELOPING
LOW-LEVEL CYCLONIC FLOW UNDERNEATH IMPROVING LOW-MIDLEVEL
FRONTOGENESIS. WITH 850MB TEMPS ONLY DROPPING TO -5C BY EVENING...
PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANY LAKE ENHANCEMENT THRU LATE AFTN. HAVE THUS
LIMITED SNOW ACCUMS TO AROUND 1 INCH WED. AT THE ONSET...MAY SEE
RAIN OR RAIN/SNOW MIX...BUT THAT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AS COLUMN
QUICKLY COOLS. GIVEN THE DELAYED ONSET OF MORE SIGNIFICANT PCPN...
OPTED TO PUSH BACK WINTER STORM WATCH START TIME TO 00Z THU.
.LONG TERM /WED NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY/...
A 500MB TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTHEASTWARD WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW CROSSES CENTRAL LAKE MICHIGAN
AND MERGES WITH A STRONGER LOW TRAVELING UP THE APPALACHIANS. THERE
HAS BEEN FAIRLY GOOD CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE NAM...GFS...AND ECWMF
THAT A BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS FOCUSED AROUND 700MB WILL PRODUCE LIGHT
TO MODERATE SNOW OVER WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE CURRENT THOUGHT IS THAT THE
MAIN SHIELD OF SNOW SHOULD TAKE HOLD NEAR IRONWOOD AROUND 00Z
THURSDAY...AND SPREAD EASTWARD OVERNIGHT.
QPF WITH THIS BAND WILL GENERALLY FALL WITHIN THE 0.15 TO 0.25 INCH
RANGE. NORTH WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR LAKE ENHANCEMENT IN THE
ELEVATED TERRAIN ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CWA. INITIAL DEW
POINT DEPRESSIONS AT 700MB AHEAD OF THE MAIN BAND OF SNOW SHOULD
POSE LITTLE ISSUE WITH QPF TOTALS ACROSS THE AFFECTED AREA.
HOWEVER...TEMPERATURES IN THE LAYER OF MAXIMUM ASCENT WILL BE LESS
THAN FAVORABLE FOR HIGHER SNOW TOTALS AS THE COLDEST LOW LEVEL AIR
LAGS THE HEAVIEST SNOW BY ABOUT 6 HOURS. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE -6
TO -9C RANGE AND MAXIMUM RISING MOTION LOCATED IN THE LOWEST 1
KM...SNOW RATIOS WILL BE AROUND 15:1. AS COLDER AIR ADVECTS INTO THE
AREA DURING THE EARLY MORNING...RATIOS SHOULD SLOWLY INCREASE TO
AROUND 20:1. 2 TO 4 INCHES SHOULD BE A REASONABLE TOTAL
OVERNIGHT AWAY FROM LAKE AND TERRAIN ENHANCEMENT. IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN IN THE WEST...4 TO 7 INCHES SHOULD FALL.
BY THURSDAY MORNING...THE NEWLY MERGED LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED
NEAR WESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE WESTERN COUNTIES SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE A
TRANSITION FROM SYSTEM TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW THROUGHOUT THE MORNING.
THE 12Z RUN OF THE GFS HAS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE
GENERALLY CONSISTENT ECWMF ON KEEPING THE BAND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MOST
AREAS AWAY FROM LAKE EFFECT SNOW BELTS FAVORED BY NORTHERLY WINDS
CAN EXPECT A STEADY ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 6 INCHES THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...LAKE ENHANCEMENT MAY ADD AN ADDITIONAL 2
TO 4 INCHES. ALSO...TERRAIN INFLUENCES IN BARAGA AND MARQUETTE
COUNTIES COULD ADD ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES. DECIDED TO GO WITH A
WINTER STORM WATCH STARTING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND RUNNING THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING AS HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE A DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY IN THE HIGH TERRAIN. WHILE PORTIONS OF ALGER AND LUCE
COUNTIES WILL SEE LAKE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SNOW...TEMPERATURES IN THE
SNOW GROWTH ZONE WILL BE BETWEEN -5 AND -10C.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES ON THURSDAY COULD
BE EARLY IN THE MORNING...ESPECIALLY FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
CWA...AS COLD AIR ADVECTION REMAINS PERSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
THURS NIGHT AND FRIDAY...
STILL A GOOD PORTION OF UNCERTAINTY DURING THIS PERIOD OF THE
FORECAST...AS MODELS CONTINUING TO HAVE ISSUES HANDLING THE UPPER
FEATURES AND THUS THE SFC FEATURES. 00Z ECMWF HAD FAIRLY STRONG
SUPPORT FROM IT/S ENS MEAN WITH THE TRACK/POSITION OF THE SFC LOW
AND UPPER LVL FEATURES...WHICH CONTINUES TO SUPPORTED BY LATER
ARRIVING 12Z ECMWF. 12Z GFS HAS TRENDED FARTHER SE WITH THE UPPER
LVL AND SFC FEATURES FOR THE THURS NIGHT PERIOD...THEN DIVERGES
HEADING INTO FRI WITH A FARTHER N AND WRAPPED UP UPPER LOW. HPC
PREFERENCE IS TOWARDS THE 00/12Z ECMWF AND HAVE FOLLOWED THAT SOLN
FOR THE THURS NIGHT INTO FRI PERIOD.
OVER THE SCNTRL AND E...SYNOPTIC PCPN CONTINUING INTO THURS NIGHT AS
THE SYSTEMS MERGE AND THE UPPER LOW STARTS TO PUSH NE BETWEEN THE
LOWER GREAT LKS AND OHIO VALLEY. BUMPED POPS UP TO DEFINITE
CATEGORY...AS MODELS HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS THAT WIDESPREAD SNOW
OCCURRING THERE. SNOWFALL AMNTS WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON EXACT TRACK
OF THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LVL TROWAL LIKE ISENTROPIC ASCENT
FROM 285-305K SFCS OVER THE SE HALF OF THE CWA...BUT NEAR ADVY LVL
SNOW LOOKS LIKELY.
FOLLOWING THE ECMWF/S NNE WINDS WOULD NOT BE A PREFERRED DIRECTION
FOR LK ENHANCEMENT OVER THE FAR E WITH THE LIMITED FETCH...BUT
DEFINITELY WOULD FAVOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NCNTRL UPPER MI. DURING
THIS SAME TIME...LLVL WARM AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF THE
UPPER LOW AND WEST OUT OF SE ONTARIO LEADS TO AN AREA OF ENHANCED
H925-800 WAA AND 270-280K ISENTROPIC ASCENT OVER WRN/CNTRL CWA THURS
EVENING. DEPENDING ON THE EXACT TIMING/POSITIONING...COULD SEE AN
AREA OF VERY HEAVY SNOWFALL WHERE THIS OCCURS. LATEST MODEL TRENDS
SHOW THIS OCCURRING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF BARAGA/MARQUETTE
COUNTIES...WHICH WILL BE AIDED BY THE UPSLOPE FLOW OFF LK SUPERIOR.
THIS ENHANCED SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH SNOW ON THURS WARRANTS ADDING
BARAGA/MARQUETTE TO THE WS.A.
FARTHER W...NNE CYCLONIC FLOW BEHIND THE SFC LOW LOCATED NEAR SRN LK
HURON AND H850 TEMPS AROUND -14C WILL LEAD ONGOING LES OVER THE WRN
CWA. DEPENDING ON HOW QUICK THE DEEPER MOISTURE DEPARTS ON THURS
NIGHT WILL DETERMINE THE HOW LONG THE HEAVY LES WILL CONTINUE. 00Z
ECMWF WAS ON THE FAST SIDE OF PULLING IT OUT OF THE AREA AND REALLY
DIMINISHING THE SHOWERS BY 12Z FRI WITH INVERSION HEIGHTS FALLING
BELOW 3KFT. THAT BEING SAID...DEEP MOISTURE AND STRONG OMEGA WITHIN
THE DGZ SUPPORTS SLR VALUES APPROACHING 25 TO 1...AND SOME COBB
OUTPUT EVEN HINTS AT 30-1. THIS SHOULD KEEP HEAVY SNOW GOING THROUGH
AT LEAST THE EVENING HRS...WITH ANOTHER 4-6IN POSS.
DRY AIR SHOULD START TO AFFECT THE REST OF THE CWA THROUGH THE DAY
ON FRI...BUT THE EXACT TIMING IS UP IN THE AIR AT THIS POINT. 12Z
GFS STILL HOLDS ON TO THE MOISTURE...WHERE THE 00Z ECMWF DRIES
THINGS UP QUICKLY WITH THE APPROACHING SFC RIDGE. PLAN TO PLAY THE
MIDDLE GROUND AT THIS POINT AND KEEP HIGHER CHANCE OVER THE WEST
NEAR LK SUPERIOR AND LIKELYS OVER THE E...THEN TREND DOWN SOME IN
THE AFTN.
DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 /FRI NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY/...
WITH UPPER TROUGH EXITING THE AREA AND SFC RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE
AREA ON FRI NIGHT...DECREASING TREND IN LES POPS EXPECTED OVER THE
CWA FRI NIGHT. LES LINGERING INTO SAT WILL DEPEND ON THE STRENGTH OF
THE DRY AIR AND TRENDED TOWARDS THE DRIER SIDE BASED OFF THE
PREFERENCE TOWARDS THE ECMWF.
MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON THE NEXT SHORTWAVE DROPPING THROUGH THE
NW FLOW ALOFT ON SAT INTO SAT NIGHT...BUT SHOULD DIVE SW OF THE AREA
AND THROUGH THE UPPER/CNTRL MISS VALLEY. THAT BEING SAID...THERE ARE
SOME HINTS OF NRN ENERGY DEVELOPING A WEAK SFC LOW THAT MOVES ALONG
THE US/CANADA BORDER SAT NIGHT. BEST PCPN CHANCES WOULD BE OVER LK
SUPERIOR IF THAT OCCURS AND WILL KEEP CHANCES THERE. ADDITIONAL
MOISTURE WITH THIS NRN WAVE COULD BE ENOUGH TO DEVELOP LIGHT LES
WITH THE WNW WINDS ON SUN...SO DID TREND POPS UP TO THE LOW CHANCE
CATEGORY FOR THOSE FAVORED LOCATIONS.
UPPER RIDGE STARTS TO BUILD OVER THE AREA ON SUN AFTN AND CONTINUE
INTO MON. AS THE HIGH PUSHES OFF TO THE E ON SUN AND LOW BEGINS TO
DEVELOP IN THE NRN ROCKIES...EXPECT WINDS TO SHIFT MORE OUT THE SW
AND LEAD TO WAA ALOFT FOR SUN NIGHT INTO MON. HAVE TRENDED TEMPS UP
ON MON...AS H850 TEMPS RISE TOWARDS -1C AND SHOULD LEAD TO ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS. BROAD SFC TROUGH WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA ON MON
NIGHT...WHICH IS MUCH SLOWER/WEAKER THAN YEST RUNS...AND LEAD TO
COOLING H850 TEMPS THROUGH THE DAY TUES. DIFFERENCES IN TIMING OF
ARRIVAL OF COLDER AIR ON TUES...LEADS TO ONLY CHANCE LES POPS NEAR
LK SUPERIOR...AS 12Z ECMWF WOULD PUT LES CHANCES ON TUES NIGHT INTO
WED.
&&
.AVIATION /FOR THE 06Z TAF ISSUANCE/...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL DOMINATE AT KIWD/KCMX/KSAW THROUGH WED MORNING.
LOW CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN WED AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES
IN. LIGHT SNOW WILL BREAK OUT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AT KCMX AND KIWD
AND IN THE EVENING AT KSAW AND THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE WHEN IFR/LIFR
CONDITIONS OCCUR.
&&
.MARINE /FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE/...
BRIEF PERIOD OF S TO SW WINDS TO 20-30KT THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH
TO UNDER 20KT AS PRES GRADIENT WEAKENS AND FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETTLES
OVER LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE LIGHTER WINDS WILL LINGER THRU MUCH OF WED
OVER SCNTRL/SE LAKE SUPERIOR AS LOW PRES REDEVELOPS INTO UPPER MI.
ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW...NE WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20-30KT
DURING THE DAY WED ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE
STRONGER WINDS WILL SPREAD S AND E ACROSS THE LAKE WED NIGHT/THU AS
THE LOW DRIFTS SE AND MERGES WITH ANOTHER LOW MOVING NE INTO THE
CNTRL GREAT LAKES. NORTHERLY GALES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF CNTRL LAKE SUPERIOR THU INTO EARLY FRI AS AIRMASS
GRADUALLY BECOMES COLDER/MORE UNSTABLE OVER THE LAKE AND PRES
GRADIENT REMAINS TIGHT ON BACKSIDE OF LOW PRES. MDT TO HVY FREEZING
SPRAY WILL ALSO OCCUR THU/FRI. WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO UNDER 20KT
FROM W TO E LATE FRI THRU SAT AS A HIGH PRES RIDGE ARRIVES.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MIZ004-005.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON FOR MIZ001>003-009.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
NONE.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...ROLFSON
SHORT TERM...ROLFSON
LONG TERM...TK/SRF
AVIATION...07
MARINE...ROLFSONHazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 4:53 PM EST, 11 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 453 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-111300- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 453 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 /353 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM MAY PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AMOUNTS WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN...ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL. LAKE EFFECT SNOW COULD REMAIN ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF HEAVY SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND ANY POOR VISIBILITIES TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-111300- 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- 453 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 /353 PM CST TUE JAN 10 2012/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NORTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY FOR NORTHERN AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. IN ADDITION...HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-111300- 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- 453 PM EST TUE JAN 10 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. TK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 5:05 AM EST | Gale Watch | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Jan 11, 5:05 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 71 hr | |
| Jan 11, 4:03 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Alger, Dickinson, Houghton, Iron, Menominee | 51 hr |
| Jan 11, 5:10 PM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 44 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.