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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Marquette, MI

November 22, 20128 counties in Michigan

NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 22, 2012, 4:32 PM EST for 8 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 22, 2012, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr. 26 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
Nov 22, 2012, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 22, 2012, 10:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 24, 2012, 1:00 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Marquette, MI

Counties Alger County, MI, Baraga County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI, Schoolcraft County, MI

The radar

The Marquette radar (KMQT), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 23, 3:33 AM ESTSNOW 2Bessemer, MISINCE AROUND 9 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING. BLOWING SNOW WITH WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS.
Nov 23, 3:34 AM ESTSNOW 1Ontonagon, MISINCE AROUND 10 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING.
Nov 23, 3:35 AM ESTSNOW 2Houghton, MISINCE 11 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING. ROADS COVERED IN SLUSH AND SNOW LEADING TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.
Nov 23, 6:00 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 410 E Ontonagon, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTHEAVY SLEET 7Bessemer, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 216 Nw Marquette, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 2.9Herman, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 63 E Redridge, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 6.3Ironwood, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 7:00 AM ESTSNOW 7Bessemer, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 3Mohawk, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 7Twin Lakes, MI
Nov 23, 8:00 AM ESTHEAVY SNOW 8Merriweather, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 8:00 AM ESTSNOW 9.61 Se Bergland, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 8:30 AM ESTSNOW 2.5Paulding, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 10:44 AM ESTSNOW 8.4Tapiola, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 11:20 AM ESTSNOW 65 W Baraga, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 12:05 PM ESTSNOW 3L'Anse, MI15HR STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 12:16 PM ESTSNOW 3.1Eben Junction, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 1:00 PM ESTSNOW 7.43 Ne Negaunee, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 2:00 PM ESTSNOW 4Phoenix, MISTORM TOTAL. AROUND 15HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 2:00 PM ESTSNOW 4White Pine, MI12HR SNOWFALL
Nov 23, 2:00 PM ESTSNOW 5Mohawk, MISTORM TOTAL. AROUND 15 HR SNOWFALL.
Nov 23, 4:00 PM ESTSNOW 4.11 Nw Eben Junction, MIAPPROXIMATELY 12 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL. SNOW WAS DRIFTING.
Nov 23, 5:00 PM ESTSNOW 3.55 Ene Alberta, MISNOWFALL TOTAL SINCE 8AM. SNOW IS DRIFTING. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY.
Nov 23, 8:00 PM ESTSNOW 5.54 Ne Calumet, MIDELAYED REPORT. 24 HOUR SNOWFALL. 3.0 INCHES OVER 12 HOURS FROM THE EVENING OF 11/22 TO 0800 EST 11/23. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH NEARBY ASOS REPORTING OVER 40 MPH GUSTS.

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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Green Bay/Straub, WI at 12:00Z on 2012-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 151 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1574 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

976 
WWUS43 KMQT 222132
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...SNOWY AND WINDY TRAVEL EXPECTED IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELTS
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...DRAGGING A STRONG COLD
FRONT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...AND BRINGING
A RETURN TO WINTER WEATHER. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
BEHIND THE FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW TO
FALL CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...WITH SOME SPOTS
SEEING MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 50
MPH...HIGHEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND
ALLOW WIND CHILL VALUES TO DROP INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING.

MIZ001-003-004-084-230600-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WW.Y.0014.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 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 MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY
   AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY
   FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HIGHEST
   OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. BRIEF PERIODS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
   SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER
   OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. WIND CHILL VALUES
   WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TONIGHT INTO
   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

&&

$$

MIZ002-009-230600-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WW.Y.0014.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0300Z-121123T2300Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012 /332 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM 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 10 PM EST /9 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY.
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY 
   AT TIMES OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. 

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. BRIEF PERIODS
   OF 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
   MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL 
   CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL 
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS TONIGHT INTO 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

&&

$$

MIZ005-230600-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WW.Y.0014.121123T0900Z-121124T0500Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T0500Z/
MARQUETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT
EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
   FRIDAY EVENING. 

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED CLOSE TO LAKE
   SUPERIOR AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AS WELL AS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS
   IN NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
   WELL INLAND.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH...HIGHEST NEAR LAKE
   SUPERIOR...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SPORADIC POWER
   OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT
   INTO 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

&&

$$

MIZ006-085-230600-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T1200Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
   NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM
   FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY EVENING OVER MUCH OF ALGER AND
   NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HIGHEST OVER
   NORTHWESTERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN ALGER
   COUNTY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 50 MPH WILL CREATE
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT
   INTO 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

&&

$$

MIZ007-230600-
/O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T1000Z/
/O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T0300Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 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
10 AM TO 10 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
   NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM
   LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HIGHEST NEAR
   LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY
   POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY FRIDAY.

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

&&

$$

MIZ010-230600-
/O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
332 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO
5 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM CST FRIDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE BEFORE
   BEGINNING TO DIMINISH BY FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...HIGHEST OVER
   NORTHWEST IRON COUNTY AND LOWEST OVER SOUTHEAST IRON COUNTY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES
   WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT
   INTO FRIDAY.

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

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-230600-
/O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T1200Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
432 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM
EST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10
AM FRIDAY TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE WELL INTO
   FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE FRIDAY
   AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH
   THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND STEUBEN. LITTLE SNOW IS EXPECTED FOR
   THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF DELTA COUNTY...INCLUDING ESCANABA AND
   VICINITY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES
   WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY LATE TONIGHT
   INTO FRIDAY.

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

&&

$$

TITUS/KLUBER
5 follow-up statements
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WWUS43 KMQT 230328
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...SNOWY AND WINDY IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELTS OVERNIGHT INTO
FRIDAY...

.AS LOW PRESSURE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR MOVES EAST...A STRONG COLD FRONT
WILL CROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A QUICK RETURN TO WINTER
WEATHER. INCREASING NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL
BRING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH 
FRIDAY...WITH SOME SPOTS SEEING MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS
GUSTING FROM 35 TO AS MUCH AS 50 MPH...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...
WILL ALSO CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO
THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING.

MIZ002-009-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012 /928 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM
CST/ FRIDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
   MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SNOWFALL RATES
   MAY BRIEFLY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT
   INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CREATE
   BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL VALUES
   WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES 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

&&

$$

MIZ001-003-004-084-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST FRIDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP AND BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES
   OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY FRIDAY
   EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST OVER
   THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BRIEFLY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES
   PER HOUR AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CREATE
   BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL AS POSSIBLE
   SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. WIND
   CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES 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

&&

$$

MIZ005-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T0500Z/
MARQUETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO
MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY NIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY
   EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED CLOSE TO 
   LAKE SUPERIOR AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AS WELL AS OVER THE HURON 
   MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF 
   SNOW IS POSSIBLE WELL INLAND. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH...HIGHEST
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SPORADIC
   POWER OUTAGES FRIDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE
   TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT 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

&&

$$

MIZ006-085-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.121123T0900Z-121124T1200Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO
7 AM EST SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
   SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY
   EVENING OVER MUCH OF ALGER AND NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST FROM
   AROUND SHINGLETON TO CHATHAM AND SUNDELL.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CREATE
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES FRIDAY. WIND
   CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. 

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

&&

$$

MIZ010-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T0500Z-121123T2300Z/
IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
928 PM CST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST
FRIDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN
   DIMINISH BY FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST NORTHWEST
   OF IRON RIVER. THE LIGHTEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND CRYSTAL
   FALLS.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES LATE TONIGHT AND
   FRIDAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T1200Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM FRIDAY TO
7 AM EST SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT
   SNOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR IS EXPECTED FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
   FRIDAY EVENING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID RIVER.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST
   OF RAPID RIVER WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND STEUBEN. SNOW
   ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF
   DELTA COUNTY...INCLUDING ESCANABA AND VICINITY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL 
   CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL 
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID
   RIVER FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

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

&&

$$

MIZ007-231130-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T0300Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
1028 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM
EST FRIDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT...SNOWFALL MAY BE
   MODERATE AT TIMES FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE
   HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE FRIDAY MORNING INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HIGHEST 
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW 
   AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP 
   INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

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

&&

$$

ROLFSON
745 
WWUS43 KMQT 230923
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELTS TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST...
DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH UPPER MICHIGAN. INCREASING
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY...WITH SOME LOCATIONS 
EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS GUSTING FROM 35 TO
AS MUCH AS 50 MPH... STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR... WILL CREATE
BLOWING SNOW AND DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN INTO THE TEENS BY
FRIDAY MORNING. 

MIZ002-009-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 /323 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM
CST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING BEFORE
   DIMINISHING BY THIS EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...WITH THE
   GREATEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOWFALL RATES
   WILL BRIEFLY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AT TIMES THIS MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL 
   CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND 
   CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLUSHY...SNOW COVERED
   AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES 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

&&

$$

MIZ001-003-004-084-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING BEFORE
   DIMINISHING BY THIS EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST OVER
   THE HIGHER TERRAIN. SNOWFALL RATES MAY BRIEFLY REACH 1 TO 2 INCHES
   PER HOUR AT TIMES THIS MORNING.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL 
   CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL 
   AS POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE 
   SUPERIOR. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLUSHY...SNOW COVERED AND
   SLIPPERY ROADS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES 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

&&

$$

MIZ005-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T0500Z/
MARQUETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED CLOSE TO 
   LAKE SUPERIOR AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AS WELL AS OVER THE HURON 
   MOUNTAINS IN NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. UP TO 2 INCHES OF 
   SNOW IS POSSIBLE WELL INLAND. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH... HIGHEST
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY SPORADIC
   POWER OUTAGES TODAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE
   TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLUSHY...SNOW COVERED AND
   SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS
   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

&&

$$

MIZ006-085-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T1200Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
   THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF ALGER AND
   NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST 
   FROM AROUND SHINGLETON TO CHATHAM AND SUNDELL. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CREATE
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES TODAY. WIND
   CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLUSHY
   ROADS ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

&&

$$

MIZ010-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
323 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW THIS MORNING TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST
   NORTHWEST OF IRON RIVER. THE LIGHTEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND
   CRYSTAL FALLS AND FAR SOUTHEAST IRON COUNTY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY. WIND CHILL
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY.

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

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T1200Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * WHILE SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTERNOON...HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT
   SNOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
   THROUGH THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID RIVER.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH AND 
   EAST OF RAPID RIVER WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND STEUBEN. 
   SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE 
   SOUTHWEST HALF OF DELTA COUNTY...INCLUDING ESCANABA AND 
   VICINITY. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL 
   CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL 
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID
   RIVER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

&&

$$

MIZ007-231730-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.121123T1500Z-121124T0300Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
423 AM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM EST THIS EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LIGHT SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT.
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE EVENING
   HOURS. 

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HIGHEST 
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW 
   AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP 
   INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING.

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

&&

$$

RJT
620 
WWUS43 KMQT 231700
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...SNOW AND WIND TO IMPACT THE LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELTS TODAY...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST...
DRAGGING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH UPPER MICHIGAN. INCREASING
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL BRING MODERATE TO
LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY...WITH SOME
LOCATIONS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS
GUSTING FROM 35 TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND DRIVE WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN
INTO THE TEENS BY FRIDAY MORNING.

MIZ002-009-232300-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
/O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 /1100 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/
THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THOUGH THE AFTERNOON.

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE....MAINLY IN THE
   HIGHER TERRAIN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL 
   CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY. WIND 
   CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY.


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

&&

$$

MIZ001-003-004-084-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EST THIS
AFTERNOON...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LIGHT SNOW OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND MODERATE SNOW OVER
   BARAGA COUNTY WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
   INTO THIS EVENING.

 * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
   AFTERNOON...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ACROSS THE KEWEENAW
   PENINSULA AND EASTERN BARAGA COUNTY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL 
   CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS WELL 
   AS POSSIBLE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES...ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO LAKE 
   SUPERIOR. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLUSHY...SNOW 
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS...ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT 
   TIMES 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

&&

$$

MIZ005-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T0500Z/
MARQUETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST
TONIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED CLOSE TO LAKE
   SUPERIOR AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AS WELL AS OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS
   IN NORTHERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL
   SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WELL INLAND.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING BETWEEN 35 AND 45 MPH... 
   HIGHEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND 
   POSSIBLY SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES TODAY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
   ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLUSHY...SNOW 
   COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES 
   THROUGH THIS 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

&&

$$

MIZ006-085-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T1200Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
   THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF ALGER AND NORTHERN
   SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES...WITH SNOWFALL RATE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
   HOUR POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN ALGER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST FROM
   DEERTON THROUGH CHATHAM TO EAST OF TRENARY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 55 MPH WILL CREATE
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES THROUGH THIS
   AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND 
   SLUSHY ROADS ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY 
   THROUGH TONIGHT. 

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

&&

$$

MIZ010-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER
1100 AM CST FRI NOV 23 2012

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

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * EXPECT SNOW THIS MORNING TO DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING.

 * AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...MAINLY
   ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
   WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND 
   SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY. 

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

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T1200Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
   THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF GLADSTONE.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH AND 
   EAST OF RAPID RIVER WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND STEUBEN. 
   SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH OVER THE 
   SOUTHWEST HALF OF DELTA COUNTY...INCLUDING ESCANABA AND 
   VICINITY. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL 
   CREATE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. WIND CHILL 
   VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND 
   SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO THE NORTH AND 
   EAST OF RAPID RIVER TODAY AND TONIGHT. 

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

&&

$$

MIZ007-232300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T0300Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
1200 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND BECOME MODERATE AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.
   THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HIGHEST 
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW 
   AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP 
   INTO THE TEENS. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND 
   SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH 
   THIS EVENING. 

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

&&

$$

KLUBER
388 
WWUS43 KMQT 232112
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...SNOW AND WIND WILL IMPACT THE EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SNOWBELT
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST ONTARIO WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST OUT OF
THE REGION. DRY AIR MOVING IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM WILL ERODE SNOW
SHOWERS FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING FROM 35 TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW
FOR THE EAST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE WINDS
WILL QUICKLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO
EXIT THE AREA.

MIZ001-003-004-084-232215-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
   EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. LESS THAN ONE
   INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

MIZ005-232215-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T0500Z/
MARQUETTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SOME LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
   EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * PATCHY BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. LESS THAN ONE
   INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

MIZ002-009-010-232215-
/O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121123T2300Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-IRON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012 /312 PM CST FRI NOV 23 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 

IMPACTS...

 * LESS THAN ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH
   THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT 
   FOR MORE INFORMATION. 

&&

$$

MIZ006-085-240515-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T0600Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES
   THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING OVER MUCH OF ALGER AND NORTHWEST
   SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES...WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 INCH PER HOUR
   POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN ALGER COUNTY.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GREATEST 
   FROM DEERTON THROUGH CHATHAM TO EAST OF TRENARY. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CREATE
   CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY POWER OUTAGES THROUGH EARLY
   EVENING BEFORE WIND BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLUSHY
   ROADS ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-240515-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T0600Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
   THIS EVENING TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID RIVER.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED NORTH AND EAST
   OF RAPID RIVER WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS AROUND ROUND LAKE AND
   STEUBEN. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED SOUTH AND
   WEST OF RAPID RIVER...INCLUDING ESCANABA AND VICINITY.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
   ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID
   RIVER TONIGHT.

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

&&

$$

MIZ007-240300-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T0300Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
412 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS
EVENING...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING.

 * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH...HIGHEST NEAR
   LAKE SUPERIOR...WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY
   POWER OUTAGES.

IMPACTS...

 * HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND 
   SLIPPERY ROADS AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TODAY THROUGH 
   THIS EVENING. 

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

&&

$$

KLUBER
641 
WWUS43 KMQT 240246
WSWMQT

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
946 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND WIND DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT...

.AS HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS MOVES CLOSER TO THE UPPER
GREAT LAKES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
SLOWLY DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. 

MIZ006-085-240600-
/O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0006.000000T0000Z-121124T0600Z/
ALGER-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...SENEY
946 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * THROUGH 1 AM EST...HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS WILL AFFECT AREAS
   GENERALLY WEST OF TRENARY AND SUNDELL...AND ALSO FROM VAN MEER AND
   MELSTRAND TO JUST EAST OF SHINGLETON. IN THOSE AREAS...ANOTHER 2
   TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE THROUGH 1 AM EST. ELSEWHERE...
   EXPECT LESS THAN 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION. LAKE EFFECT
   SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN BECOME LIGHTER AND LESS WIDESPREAD
   OVERNIGHT.

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH IN OPEN AREAS
   NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
   LATE EVENING. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLUSHY ROADS
   ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

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

&&

$$

MIZ007-240600-
/O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T0600Z/
LUCE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY
946 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW SHOWERS...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH LATE
   EVENING. 

 * EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 1 AM EST...
   WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW NORTH AND EAST OF NEWBERRY. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF
   BLOWING SNOW. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS
   AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS 
   THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF 
   FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. 

 * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT

&&

$$

MIZ013-014-240600-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-121124T0600Z/
DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE
946 PM EST FRI NOV 23 2012

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * POCKETS OF MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL
   CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS NORTH OF RAPID RIVER...AND ALSO AREAS
   FROM AROUND MANISTIQUE NORTHWARD THROUGH 1 AM EST. EXPECT AN
   ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH 1 AM EST IN THOSE AREAS.
   ELSEWHERE...LITTLE OR NO NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. 

 * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE
   SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS.

IMPACTS...

 * TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS
   AND POOR VISIBILITY AT TIMES TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF RAPID RIVER.

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

&&

$$

ROLFSON

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 Nov 22, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 22, 12:47 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1247 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 622 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012
ONE MORE UNSEASONABLY MILD DAY TODAY...BEFORE WINTER SETTLES INTO
THE AREA BY FRIDAY. SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE
NORTHERN PLAINS WILL ALLOW FOR 850MB TEMPS TO REMAIN +10C FOR MUCH
OF THE DAY. THE INCREASED SOUTHWEST BOUNDARY FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR
TEMPS TO BE SIMILAR TO IF NOT SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN WHAT OCCURRED ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH MOST SPOTS SEEING TEMPS WELL INTO THE 50S. IF IT
WERE NOT FOR THE MID CLOUDS...SOME DOWNSLOPE LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR WOULD SEE TEMPS IN THE LOWER 60S. STILL...50S ON
THANKSGIVING DAY IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO
WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT VERY LITTLE
MOISTURE OR UPPER SUPPORT TO WORK WITH AND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL
LIKELY BE DRY.

TRICKY FORECAST FOR TONIGHT. THE COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA
BY 06Z TONIGHT. THE FRONT ITSELF WILL NOT HAVE MUCH IF ANY
PRECIPITATION AS THE BEST UPPER DYNAMICS AND MOISTURE REMAINS LOCKED
IN THE DEFORMATION ZONE TO THE WEST OF THE UPPER TROUGH. THIS
MOISTURE AND ASSOCIATED LIFT MOVES INTO WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY
MIDNIGHT AND ACROSS CENTRAL UPPER MI BY 12Z. THE SYNOPTIC SUPPORT
FROM THE DEFORMATION ZONE COMBINED WITH INCREASING LAKE INDUCED
INSTABILITY DUE TO 850MB TEMPS DROPPING TO -14C BY FRI MORNING
SHOULD ALLOW FOR A PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOW TO DEVELOP AS THE
SECONDARY SFC TROUGH ASSOCIATED WITH THE UPPER TROUGH PASSES ACROSS
THE LAKE LATE TONIGHT. THERE ARE SOME MARKED DIFFERENCES IN THE
EVOLUTION OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW...WITH THE NAM PBL FLOW STAYING
BACKED LONGER DUE TO THE LOW PRESSURE REMAINING FURTHER NORTH
COMPARED TO THE GFS AND GEM. THIS MAY DELAY SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL
AND EAST DUE TO THE NAM SHOWING A MORE WESTERLY WIND...BUT THE NET
RESULT SHOULD BE THE SAME WITH MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW
DEVELOPING ACROSS THE WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE 00Z NAM IS FAIRLY
CONSERVATIVE WITH LIQUID EQUIVALENT VALUES ACROSS THE WESTERN
SNOWBELTS LESS THAN 0.50 INCH (ALTHOUGH 06Z NAM QPF HAS INCREASED).
HOWEVER...WITH THE STRONG LAKE INDUCED INSTABILITY...MODERATE
SYNOPTIC SUPPORT AND INVERSION HEIGHTS WELL ABOVE 7000 FT OVERNIGHT
INTO FRIDAY MORNING...EXPECT SNOW TO FALL LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES
LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING FROM IWD TO CMX WITH UP TO 4 INCHES
TONIGHT IN THESE AREAS. THIS SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH NORTH-NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING TO 35-45 MPH SHOULD ALLOW FOR SNOWY AND SLIPPERY
TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR HOLIDAY TRAVELERS TONIGHT AND AS SUCH HAVE
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTING AT MIDNIGHT FOR WESTERN
UPPER MI. ORIGINALLY THOUGHT ABOUT A WARNING...BUT THE EXPECTATION
IS THAT THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH FAIRLY RAPIDLY FRIDAY AFTN ACROSS THE
WEST AND MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO ACCUMULATE SIGNIFICANT AMTS OF
SNOW. AS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL U.P...SNOW MAY HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE
TONIGHT DUE TO THE BACKED WINDS AHEAD OF THE SECONDARY TROUGH.
HOWEVER...IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO THINK THAT THERE WILL BE A BRIEF
PERIOD OF MODERATE SNOWFALL ASSOCIATED WITH THE SECONDARY TROUGH
PASSAGE FOR MUCH OF THE N-CENTRAL U.P...THEN EASTERN MARQUETTE
COUNTY WILL SETTLE INTO THE STANDARD N-NW FLOW LAKE ENHANCED SNOW
INTO FRIDAY EVENING. FOR THOSE REASONS...HAVE ALSO INCLUDED
MARQUETTE COUNTY IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STARTING LATE
TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR THE EASTERN FORECAST
AREA...WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED FURTHER IN THE LONG TERM SECTION.

.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 622 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012

MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM MOVING
IN FM THE NRN PLAINS SO GENERALLY USED A MODEL BLEND FOR FCST
DETAILS. THIS STORM SHOULD PRODUCE OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW OVER
WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MI LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT...THUS WSW HEADLINES ARE NOW UP FOR ALL COUNTIES ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR.

FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE STRONG SHORTWAVE AND AMPLIFIED
5H TROF MOVING ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...A PERIOD OF
ENHANCEMENT TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SEEMS LIKELY FRIDAY MORNING AS DEEP
Q-VECT CONV SPREADS WEST TO EAST ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR. ENHANCEMENT
COINCIDES WITH PUSH OF -12C 8H TEMPS ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND THIS
SHOULD GIVE A BOOST TO SNOW TOTALS FRI MORNING FOR WEST AND NORTH
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CWA. INCREASED MIXING AND INSTABILITY FROM
THE COLDER AIR WILL ALLOW NORTHWEST WINDS TO GUST TO 30-35 KNOTS
WEST AND TO 40-45 KNOTS POSSIBLY ALONG THE EAST HALF LAKE SUPERIOR
SHORELINE. COMBINATION OF OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
FROM STRONG NW WINDS WILL CREATE MISERABLE CONDITIONS FOR HOLIDAY
TRAVELERS ON FRIDAY.

CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE OVER WESTERN COUNTIES LATE FRI AFTERNOON
INTO FRI NIGHT AS THE NW GRADIENT SLACKENS AND DRY AIR BEGINS TO
ADVECT IN FM NW OF THE LAKE...THUS WINTER WX ADVISORIES LOOK GOOD
THERE UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SHARPLY LOWERING INVERSION
HGTS AND INCREASINGLY ANTICYCLONIC FLOW FROM BUILDING SFC RDG OVER
NRN ONTARIO AND NRN PLAINS SHOULD ALLOW LES TO REALLY TAPER OFF TO
NEAR FLURRIES OVER WRN COUNTIES LATE FRI NIGHT. USING MODEL QPF AND
SNOW RATIOS NEAR 20/1...LOOK FOR TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8
INCHES OVER WRN COUNTIES. SNOW GROWTH DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE IDEAL
DURING THIS EVENT AS BEST MODEL OMEGA/LIFT WILL BE LOCATED BLO
DGZ.

LONGER FETCH OVER ERN LAKE SUPERIOR AND CYCLONIC/CONVERGENT NW FLOW
WILL MAINTAIN POSSIBLE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW LONGER FOR EAST HALF
COUNTIES WHERE WINTER STORM WATCH HEADLINE WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO
FRI NIGHT. MODELS HINT AT POTENTIAL FOR DOMINANT BAND OF HEAVY SNOW
TO SET UP OVER WRN/CENTRAL ALGER AND NW SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY FRI
AFTERNOON INTO FRI NIGHT WHERE LOW-LVL CONVERGENCE IS MAXIMIZED.
THIS DEVELOPING DOMINANT BAND MAY EVEN BRUSH ERN MQT COUNTY WITH
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...SO HAVE MQT COUNTY IN A WINTER WX ADVISORY
THROUGH FRI EVENING. LUCE COUNTY MAY BE HARD PRESSED TO GET FCST
SNOW AMTS AS NRLY WINDS AND POTENTIAL FOR LAND BREEZES OFF ONTARIO
MAY PUSH HEAVIER BANDS WEST. STILL WILL MAINTAIN GOING POTENTIAL FOR
6 TO NEAR 10 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW FOR ALL ERN COUNTIES IN THE WATCH
HEADLINE...WITH HEAVIEST TOTALS EXPECTED OVER WEST HALF OF ALGER AND
POSSIBLY NW SCHOOLCRAFT.

SATURDAY...STRONG SUBSIDENCE ASSOC WITH BUILDING SFC RDG FM NORTH OF
LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SHARPLY LOWER INVERSION HGTS TO BLO 4KFT SHORTLY
AFT 12Z SAT WHICH SHOULD QUICKLY DIMINISH ANY REMAINING LES TO
FLURRIES BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS BACKING SW WILL END LES
FLURRIES EAST IN THE AFTERNOON.

SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY...MODELS SHOW PAC SHORTWAVE MOVING ACROSS AREA
WHICH COULD BRING A BURST OF LIGHT SNOW TO MAINLY THE NRN TIER AND
ERN COUNTIES OF CWA. MODEL QPF WOULD SUGGEST NO MORE THAN AN INCH OR
TWO OF SNOW FROM THIS SHORTWAVE.

MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...MODELS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT SHOWING A SERIES
OF WEAKER NW FLOW CLIPPER SHORTWAVES MOVING ACROSS THE UPR GREAT
LAKES THROUGH MIDWEEK. THESE SHORTWAVES WILL BRING PERIODIC
REINFORCING SHOTS OF COLDER AIR TO MAINTAIN WNW FLOW LES...AFFECTING
MAINLY THE KEWEENAW AND FAR ERN SHORELINE AREAS OF THE CWA. NOT
EXPECTING ANY SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS FROM THESE FEATURES THOUGH.
&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1245 PM EST THU NOV 22 2012

IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY QUIET TODAY AHEAD OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
COLD FRONT. THE COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH IFR OR LIFR VSBYS/CIGS WILL
FOLLOW THE FRONT AT CMX/IWD OVERNIGHT. DUE TO THE STRONG WESTERLY
WINDS AND MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...CMX AND IWD COULD DROP BELOW
LANDING MINIMUMS TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING. HEAVIER SNOW WILL HAVE TO
WAIT AT SAW UNTIL AFTER 10Z WHEN THE WINDS TURN NW. EXPECT
OCCASIONAL IFR CONDITIONS AT ALL TERMINALS ON FRIDAY.
&&

.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 AM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 622 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012

SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 KNOTS IS EXPECTED TODAY AHEAD OF THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. WINDS WILL TURN N-NW TONIGHT BEHIND THE SYSTEM
AND RAPIDLY RISE TO STRONG GALES BY FRIDAY MORNING. SOME INDICATIONS
THAT THE EASTERN LAKE MAY SEE SOME GUSTS TO STORM FORCE ON FRIDAY AS
THE LOW DEEPENS AS IT MOVES OVER THE LAKE AND A SECONDARY TROUGH
HANGS BACK ALLOWING FOR A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT TO REMAIN OVER THE
LAKE. THE GALES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE
DIMINISHING AS HIGH PRES BUILDS ACROSS THE UPPER LAKES ON SATURDAY.
A CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST/NORTHERN
GREAT LAKES SAT NIGHT/SUNDAY ALLOWING WINDS TO BACK TO THE S-SW.
HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BELOW 25 KNOTS SATURDAY INTO
MONDAY.
&&

.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT EST /11 PM CST/ TONIGHT TO
     6 PM EST /5 PM CST/ FRIDAY FOR MIZ001>004-009-084.

  WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
     FOR MIZ006-007-085.

  WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST FRIDAY
     NIGHT FOR MIZ005.

LAKE SUPERIOR...
  GALE WARNING FROM 1 AM FRIDAY TO 1 AM EST SATURDAY FOR
     LSZ243>245-248>251-264>267.

  GALE WARNING FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST FRIDAY FOR
     LSZ263.

LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...MRD
LONG TERM...VOSS
AVIATION...TITUS
MARINE...MRD
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 22, 4:59 AM EST, 11 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
459 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012

MIZ001>007-009-084-085-231200-
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE-
GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
459 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012 /359 AM CST THU NOV 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EXPECT SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST
AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO
CAUSE BLOWING SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT FOR AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST
WILL ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

MIZ010>014-231200-
IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
459 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012 /359 AM CST THU NOV 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW ACCUMULATION OF A FEW INCHES IS POSSIBLE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. SOME BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO POSSIBLE FROM GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LSZ162-240>251-263>267-231200-
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-
459 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012 /359 AM CST THU NOV 22 2012/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WEST TO NORTHWEST GALES TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. SEE THE
LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND FORECAST FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NORTHWEST GALES TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT AND FORECAST FOR MORE
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

LMZ221-248-250-231200-
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-
459 AM EST THU NOV 22 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE
MICHIGAN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW SOUTH GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY FROM
ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO SEUL CHOIX POINT. NORTHWEST GALE FORCE GUSTS
TO 35 KNOTS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NORTHWEST GALE FORCE GUSTS TO 35 KNOTS WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

VOSS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 4:37 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMQTBaraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Marquette, Ontonagon12 hr
Nov 22, 4:32 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryMQTDelta, Gogebic, Iron, Luce, Ontonagon, Schoolcraft32 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.