Alert archive / Michigan / Blizzard Warnings in 2014
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this blizzard warning at Jan 26, 2014, 5:18 AM EST for Alger County, Michigan. It took effect at Jan 26, 2014, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr. 6 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 26, 2014, 5:18 AM EST (10:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 26, 2014, 8:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Jan 27, 2014, 12:00 PM EST
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Alger County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:20 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 26, 11:27 PM EST | BLIZZARD | Munising, MI | WINDS GUSTING 35 TO 40MPH AT THE KP53 ASOS IN MUNISING SINCE 8PM EST. MULTIPLE PUBLIC REPORTS OF WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. M28 HIGHWAY HAS BEEN CLOSED FROM HARVEY TO MUNISING DUE TO POOR TRAVEL CONDITIONS. |
| Jan 27, 6:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 2 Sse Nawakwa Lake, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION GMSM4. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 27, 6:30 AM EST | SNOW 6 | Munising, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION MNSM4. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 27, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4 | 1 Se Chatham, MI | COOP OBSERVER STATION CEFM4. SNOW DURATION 24 HOURS. |
| Jan 27, 10:01 AM EST | SNOW 3 | Au Train, MI | EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND NOW. SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS. |
| Jan 27, 10:02 AM EST | SNOW 8.2 | 2 Ne Wetmore, MI | EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW OVERNIGHT AND NOW. SNOW DURATION 12 HOURS. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1232 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 94 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
399 WWUS43 KMQT 261018 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .BITTER COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND THEN LINGER INTO TUESDAY. AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERY COLD AIR...A COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR GRAND MARAIS THIS EVENING...BRINGING LAKE EFFECT SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO ALGER COUNTY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ014-261830- /O.CAN.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140126T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMQT.WC.A.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW 35 BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL THEN MODERATE TO 20 TO 30 BELOW MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BACK TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-011>013-261830- /O.CAN.KMQT.WC.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140126T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KMQT.WC.A.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /418 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FOR EARLY THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL THEN MODERATE TO 25 TO 35 BELOW MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ006-261830- /O.UPG.KMQT.BZ.A.0001.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH INLAND AND TO AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN DEERTON AND MUNISING...BUT WILL SPREAD TOWARD GRAND MARAIS MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH SOME MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SHORE OVER EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-261830- /O.UPG.KMQT.WC.A.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ KEWEENAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COPPER HARBOR 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002>004-009-010-084-261830- /O.UPG.KMQT.WC.A.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-GOGEBIC-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... L'ANSE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /418 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-261830- /O.NEW.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 518 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEST OF SENEY TONIGHT AND WILL SHIFT TO AROUND SENEY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
5 follow-up statements
443 WWUS43 KMQT 261606 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .BITTER COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND THEN LINGER INTO TUESDAY. AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERY COLD AIR...A COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR GRAND MARAIS THIS EVENING...BRINGING LAKE EFFECT SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO ALGER COUNTY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ006-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH INLAND AND TO AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN DEERTON AND MUNISING...BUT WILL SPREAD TOWARD GRAND MARAIS MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH SOME MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SHORE OVER EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ KEWEENAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COPPER HARBOR 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-003-009-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... IRONWOOD 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /1006 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * AS THE CLIPPER SYSTEM PRODUCING THE LIGHT SNOW OVER THE AREA TODAY DEPARTS TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LEAD TO LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW 35 BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL THEN MODERATE TO 20 TO 30 BELOW MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING BACK TO AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OFF LAKE SUPERIOR LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE- HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS AROUND 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL THEN MODERATE TO 25 TO 35 BELOW MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND A CLIPPER SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER FAR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ON M-28 EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ON M-28 EAST OF MARQUETTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-010>013-084-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...KENTON...SIDNAW 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /1006 AM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-270015- /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 1106 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEST OF SENEY TONIGHT AND WILL SHIFT TO AROUND SENEY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ SRF
105 WWUS43 KMQT 262057 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... ...LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .BITTER COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND THEN LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. AT THE LEADING EDGE OF THE VERY COLD AIR...A COMPACT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONSHORE NEAR GRAND MARAIS THIS EVENING...BRINGING LAKE EFFECT SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO ALGER COUNTY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BUT GUSTS TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL FALL AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. MIZ006-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING...LIKELY AROUND 8 TO 9 PM. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH INLAND AND TO AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN DEERTON AND MUNISING...BUT THEN SPREAD TOWARD GRAND MARAIS MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH SOME MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SHORE OVER EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-003-009-270500- /O.EXA.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... IRONWOOD 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /257 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EST /11 AM CST/ MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AS THE CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT PRODUCED THE LIGHT SNOW OVER THE AREA TODAY DEPARTS TONIGHT...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND LEAD TO LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER THROUGH CALUMET. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ KEWEENAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COPPER HARBOR 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE THIS EVENING. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...EXPECT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION. * THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD AIR WILL DRIVE WIND CHILL READINGS DOWN TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-270500- /O.EXA.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY TONIGHT AND THEN SHIFT EAST TOWARDS M-77 MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS FROM STEUBEN TO GERMFASK. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010>012-084-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...KENTON...SIDNAW 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /257 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND A CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER FAR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ON M-28 EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ON M-28 EAST OF MARQUETTE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ013-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING BEHIND A CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN DELTA COUNTY. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TRENARY TO COOKS. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-270500- /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T0100Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 357 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A RAPID ONSET OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEST OF SENEY TONIGHT AND WILL SHIFT TO AROUND SENEY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ SRF/KC
845 WWUS43 KMQT 270258 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... ...LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .BITTER COLD AIR WILL SURGE INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND MONDAY AND THEN LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO ALGER COUNTY TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. ELSEWHERE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LEAD TO LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW BUT GUSTS TO 20 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNINGS OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS ON TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL FALL AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. MIZ006-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH INLAND AND TO AS HIGH AS 45 TO 50 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR...EXPECT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN DEERTON AND MUNISING...BUT THEN SPREAD TOWARD GRAND MARAIS MONDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH SOME MONDAY AFTERNOON...CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY IN OPEN AREAS...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SHORE OVER EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 7 INCHES. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001>003-009-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /858 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS BRINGING IN VERY COLD AIR IN THE WAKE OF A CLIPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL LEAD TO LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW. ALTHOUGH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE- HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WILL BRING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION...GREATEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM BESSEMER THROUGH CALUMET. * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS THROUGH EAST CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY TONIGHT AND THEN SHIFT EAST TOWARDS M-77 MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 5 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS FROM STEUBEN TO GERMFASK. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010>012-084-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...KENTON...SIDNAW 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 /858 PM CST SUN JAN 26 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ MONDAY TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE FALLING TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION TODAY WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER FAR EASTERN MARQUETTE COUNTY. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES EAST OF A LINE FROM MARQUETTE TO SKANDIA. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ON M-28 EAST OF MARQUETTE. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW HAS PROMPTED THE CLOSURE OF M-28 TONIGHT FROM EAST OF HARVEY TO MUNISING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ013-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T0600Z-140128T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM MONDAY TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND A CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION WILL LEAD TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...MAINLY OVER FAR NORTHEASTERN DELTA COUNTY. * EXPECT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO MONDAY OF 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM TRENARY TO COOKS. ALTHOUGH ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF THE SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND WINDS GUSTING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LEAD TO PERIODS OF VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-HALF MILE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-271100- /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 958 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL OCCUR OVERNIGHT. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR WEST OF SENEY TONIGHT AND WILL SHIFT TO AROUND SENEY MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MONDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 20 TO 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLB
465 WWUS43 KMQT 270943 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS MORNING FOR A SMALL PART OF NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN... ...LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .LAKE EFFECT SNOW...STRONG WINDS AND RESULTING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN ALGER COUNTY WILL SUBSIDE TODAY. ELSEWHERE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR... GENERALLY LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL TO AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ZERO THIS MORNING AND TO AS LOW AS 45 BELOW TUESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. MIZ006-271700- /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 40 MPH NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND TO AROUND 30 MPH INLAND THIS MORNING...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. AS WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW BEGIN TO DIMINISH DURING THE MID AND LATE MORNING... DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE. DURING THE AFTERNOON...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE IN OPEN AREAS. * THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL STREAM ONSHORE BETWEEN MUNISING AND GRAND MARAIS EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT WILL SHIFT EAST DURING THE MORNING AND BECOME FOCUSED NEAR GRAND MARAIS BY LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 1 INCH NEAR TRENARY TO 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN MUNISING AND GRAND MARAIS. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FREQUENT WHITEOUTS THIS MORNING. THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE RESULTED IN THE CLOSURE OF M-28 WEST OF MUNISING. SOME ROADS WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO SNOW DRIFTS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001>003-009-271800- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...IRONWOOD 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 /343 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST /11 AM CST/ TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BRIEF WHITEOUTS AT TIMES THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BY AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF WHITEOUTS AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-271800- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.140127T1200Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS INTO SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...AS WINDS SHIFT MORE TO THE WEST...THE SNOW BANDS WILL LIFT NORTHEAST OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW THIS MORNING WILL OCCUR NORTH AND EAST OF MANISTIQUE...ESPECIALLY ALONG M-77 WHERE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE IN SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTY WILL BE 1 INCH OR LESS THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010>012-084-271800- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...KENTON...SIDNAW 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 /343 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-271800- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TODAY...AND TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SCATTERED LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY EAST OF MARQUETTE. THE SNOW SHOWERS...GUSTY WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW MAY LEAD TO BRIEF WHITEOUTS IN OPEN AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUTS HAVE PROMPTED THE CLOSURE OF M-28 EAST OF HARVEY TO MUNISING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ013-271800- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO 30 TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-271800- /O.EXB.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140128T0500Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING BANDS OF MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS LUCE COUNTY TODAY. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME CONFINED CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY. * THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL DURING THE MORNING HOURS. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TODAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT NORTH OF NEWBERRY...MAINLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS TODAY. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-271700- /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 443 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * MODERATE SNOW SHOWERS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW SHOWERS SHIFT CLOSER TO LAKE SUPERIOR. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES THIS MORNING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
113 WWUS43 KMQT 271659 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR INTO EARLY TUESDAY... ...DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... .STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW INTO EARLY TUESDAY...FOR PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. OTHERWISE...EXPECT DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS MAY FALL AS LOW AS 45 BELOW LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...AND AS LOW AS 35 BELOW OVER EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 35 BELOW ZERO. MIZ006-280100- /O.EXB.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.140127T1700Z-140128T0400Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EST THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO BRING BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS EASTERN ALGER COUNTY INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME CONFINED CLOSE TO GRAND MARAIS TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NEAR GRAND MARAIS. * WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS OVER EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN ALGER COUNTY. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-280100- /O.EXT.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140128T0600Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ ONTONAGON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...ONTONAGON 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BLUSTERY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW INTO THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BRIEF WHITEOUTS AT TIMES INTO THIS EVENING. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES INTO THIS EVENING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF WHITEOUTS AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-280100- /O.EXT.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BACK WEST THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA INTO EARLY TUESDAY. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BRIEF WHITEOUTS AT TIMES INTO EARLY TUESDAY. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO EARLY TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF WHITEOUTS AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ009-280100- /O.EXT.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140128T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 1059 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * BLUSTERY WEST WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH AND VERY COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW THIS EARLY EVENING. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...THE COMBINATION OF SMALL SNOWFLAKES AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO BRIEF WHITEOUTS AT TIMES EARLY EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS. * EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH MAINLY OVER THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 30 TO 40 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO AS LOW AS 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL LEAD TO SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES INTO EARLY THIS EVENING FOR AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE COMBINATION OF BRIEF WHITEOUTS AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME LOCATIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ014-280100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MANISTIQUE 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE COLDEST CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS TO FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010>012-084-280100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ BARAGA-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN... MENOMINEE...KENTON...SIDNAW 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 /1059 AM CST MON JAN 27 2014/ ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 45 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 25 TO 35 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-280100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ013-280100- /O.CON.KMQT.WC.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140128T1800Z/ DELTA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO 30 TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO AS LOW AS 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 10 TO 20 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND WIND WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ085-280100- /O.NEW.KMQT.WC.Y.0009.140127T1700Z-140128T1800Z/ /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140127T1700Z/ NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SENEY 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST TUESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 25 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROSTBITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-280100- /O.CON.KMQT.LE.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-140128T0500Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 1159 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING BANDS OF MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACROSS LUCE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BECOME CONFINED CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT AS WINDS BECOME MORE WESTERLY. * EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES THIS AFTERNOON WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE TONIGHT NORTH OF NEWBERRY... MAINLY CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TO 25 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. EXPECT WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS DURING SNOW SHOWERS TODAY. * EXPOSED SKIN CAN FREEZE WITHIN 15 TO 25 MINUTES AT WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ VOSS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Jan 26, 12:07 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 12:07 AM EST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1207 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 340 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014
A DEPARTING CLIPPER SYSTEM HAS BROUGHT MUCH COLDER AIR TO UPPER
MICHIGAN TODAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AROUND 0 DEGREES AND
ABOUT 5-18 DEGREES COLDER THAN THIS TIME YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE
COLD TEMPERATURES ALOFT (RAP ANALYSIS OF 850MB TEMPS OF -27C) HAS
LED TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OFF LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE IT IS ICE
FREE. MODIS IMAGE FROM THURSDAY/TODAY AND A BRIEF BREAK IN THE
CLOUDS OVER THE WESTERN LAKE AROUND MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT SHOWS A
DECENT AMOUNT OF OPEN WATER ON WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...WITH THE ICE
MAINLY CONFINED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM THE APOSTLE ISLANDS TO THE TIP
OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR GENERALLY OPEN
OTHER THAN SOME ICE NEAR THE SHORELINES. SINCE MOST MODELS ARE
SHOWING THE WESTERN LAKE BEING COMPLETELY ICED OVER...IT IS WREAKING
HAVOC ON THE LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS AND LAKE EFFECT QPF OVER MUCH OF
THE CWA. OVER THE WEST...IT HAS COMPLETELY REMOVED LAKE EFFECT
PRECIPITATION WHICH ISN/T THE CASE BASED OFF WHAT OCCURRED LAST
NIGHT AND TODAY. THUS...NOT SURE ABOUT THE USABILITY OF MOST MODEL
DATA FOR LAKE EFFECT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. BACK TO THE CURRENT
CONDITIONS...HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OF 1013MB OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA IS
NOSING EAST AND ALLOWING FOR WEAKENING WINDS OVER THE WESTERN HALF
OF THE CWA. THESE WEAKENING WINDS AND DRIER AIR AND LOWER INVERSION
HEIGHTS (3-4KFT ON 12Z KINL SOUNDING) HAS PRODUCED WEAKENING BANDS
ON VISIBLE SATELLITE AND IMPROVING VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF
WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN ON WEBCAMS. OVER THE EAST...WINDS ARE STILL
GUSTING TO 20-35KTS AND WITH STRONGER MULTIBAND LES LOCATED FROM
MUNISING EASTWARD...SPOTTER/WEBCAMS INDICATE VISIBILITIES ARE STILL
POOR.
THE SURGE OF COLD AIR THAT MOVED INTO UPPER MICHIGAN TODAY WILL
QUICKLY SHIFT EAST TONIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH SHIFTS OUT OF THE
EASTERN GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR WEAK UPPER RIDGING AND WARM
AIR ADVECTION TO QUICKLY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
TONIGHT AHEAD OF THE NEXT CLIPPER SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TOMORROW. AT THE SURFACE...A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL QUICKLY
SLIDE EAST ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...WITH THE AXIS LOCATED
OVER FAR EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN BY 12Z SUNDAY. FIRST FOR THE
LINGERING LAKE EFFECT. THE INFLUENCE OF THE HIGH SHOULD LEAD TO
STEADY DIMINISHMENT OF THE LAKE EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH IT
BEING LAST TO WEAKEN OVER THE EAST. THIS STEADY DIMINISHMENT SHOULD
KEEP ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS ON THE LIGHT SIDE WITH THE MAIN CONCERN
BEING THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES FROM THE FINE FLAKES AND BLOWING
SNOW. THEREFORE...WITH THE WINDS STARTING TO COME DOWN OVER THE
WEST...WILL ALLOW THE LES ADVISORY TO EXPIRE AT 22Z AND HAVE THE
LES WARNING OVER THE EAST REMAIN UNTIL 6Z. WITH MODELS MISHANDLING
OF ICE OVER THE WESTERN LAKE...HAVE OPTED TO FOLLOW MORE CLIMATOLOGY
FOR THE LES THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT HOURS AND WINDS BACK.
NOW FOR THE CLIPPER SYSTEM LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. THE INITIAL
WAVE MOVES THROUGH WISCONSIN TONIGHT AND MAIN INFLUENCE WILL BE A
FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS NEAR THE WISCONSIN BORDER AND INCREASING HIGH
CLOUDS. THE STRONG/MAIN SHORTWAVE WILL THEN DIVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH
THE UPPER GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY...TAKING A 998MB LOW FROM NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA AT 12Z SUNDAY TO NEAR THE MACKINAC STRAITS AT 00Z MONDAY.
THIS WILL SPREAD LIGHT SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN DURING
THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH 850MB TEMPS WILL BE AROUND -20C
SUNDAY...DON/T THINK THERE WILL MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR LAKE
ENHANCEMENT FOR MOST LOCATIONS AS WINDS ARE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST
AHEAD OF THE 850MB TROUGH. THE BEST OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAKE
ENHANCEMENT WILL BE OFF LAKE MICHIGAN DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THE
INCREASING SOUTH-SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND THEN TOWARDS EVENING OVER
THE WEST AS WINDS TURN TO THE NORTHWEST. AT THIS POINT...IT LOOKS
LIKE THE FAVORABLE PERIOD OF LAKE ENHANCEMENT OVER THE EAST WILL BE
SHORT LIVED (3-6HRS) AND MAINLY AFFECT FAR SOUTHEST SCHOOLCRAFT AND
SOUTHERN LUCE COUNTIES. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA...MODELS ARE
CONSISTENT WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF 0.05-0.11IN AND HAVE FOLLOWED THAT
IDEA. WITH BUFKIT SOUNDINGS SHOWING THE CLOUD AND FORCING WELL
ABOVE THE DGZ (GENERALLY FROM -25 TO -30C) THINK THAT WE WILL
CONTINUE TO SEE THE FINER FLAKES AND LOWER SNOW RATIOS TOMORROW.
COBB OUTPUT FROM ALL OF THE MODELS HOVER AROUND 13-1 VALUES AND
THAT SEEMS REASONABLE. THEREFORE...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS END UP AROUND OR
JUST OVER AN INCH DURING THE DAY TOMORROW. WITH LIGHT
WINDS...THE MAIN IMPACT WILL BE THE REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE
FINE FLAKES.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 428 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014
MAIN FCST CONCERNS IN THE LONG TERM INVOLVE WIND CHILLS/LES/BLSN AND
NEED FOR HEADLINES THAT WL ACCOMPANY AN IMPENDING ARCTIC AIR
INVASION SUN NGT THRU TUE IN THE PERSISTENT NW FLOW ALF OVER THE
GREAT LKS BTWN A HI AMPLITUDE RDG OVER WRN NAMERICA AND DEEP TROF
CENTERED UNDER POLAR VORTEX NEAR JAMES BAY. THIS INCOMING AIRMASS WL
BE AS COLD IF NOT COLDER THAN THE ONE WHICH IMPACTED THE AREA IN
EARLY JAN.
SUN NGT...IN THE WAKE OF CLIPPER SHRTWV/SFC LO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
SUN POPS...A STRONG/SLOWLY BACKING N TO NW LLVL FLOW WL USHER THIS
NEXT BITTERLY COLD AIRMASS INTO GREAT LKS. H85 TEMPS ARE FCST TO
FALL AS LO AS -31C TO -34C OVER THE W BY 12Z MON...SIMILAR TO IF NOT
A FEW DEGREES LOWER THAN THE TEMPS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE COLD
OUTBREAK IN EARLY JAN. AS THE CYC NLY FLOW SHARPENS IN THE EVNG
UNDER LINGERING DEEP LYR QVECTOR CNVGC/DEEP MSTR...THERE WL LIKELY
BE A PERIOD OF MODERATE LK ENHANCED SN WITH LINGERING DYNAMIC
FORCING/DEEPER MSTR. BLSN WL ON THE INCRS THRU THE NGT AS H925 NNW
WINDS ARE FCST TO INCRS TO 30-35 KTS. THE HEAVIEST SN WL LIKELY
IMPACT THE SN BELTS E OF MQT...WHICH WL BE DOWNSTREAM OF MORE ICE
FREE WATER. IN FACT...SOME OF THE HIER RES MODELS SHOW A SFC LO PRES
DVLPG OVER THE OPEN WATERS OF SCENTRAL LK SUP ON SUN AFTN UNDER THE
DYNAMIC FORCING/STEEP LLVL LAPSE RATES BTWN THE WARMER WATER/
LOWERING H85 TEMPS AND COMING ONSHORE NEAR GRAND MARAIS ON SUN
EVNG...WITH EVEN STRONGER NNW H925 WINDS ON ITS WRN FLANK IMPACTING
ALGER COUNTY. WL CONTINUE BLIZZARD WATCH IN THIS AREA. ALTHOUGH
EXPANDING ICE COVER OVER WRN LK SUP WL LIMIT SN ACCUMS INTO THE W
ESPECIALLY LATER FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF THE DYNAMICS/DEEPER MSTR
THAT WL FAVOR PURE LES...THE EXPECTED ABSENCE OF THE DGZ THAT WL
FAVOR SMALL FLAKES AND THE SN COVERED ICE JUST OFFSHORE WL RESULT IN
QUITE A BIT OF BLSN IN THAT AREA. WIND CHILLS ARE ALSO LIKELY TO
FALL TO ADVY AND EVEN WRNG THRESHOLDS LATER AT NGT WITH THE ARRIVAL
OF THE COLDER H85 TEMPS. PLAN TO ISSUE A WIND CHILL WATCH FOR MOST
OF THE CWA FOR THE TIME BEGINNING ON SUN NGT.
MON THRU TUE...UPR MI WL BE DOMINATED BY A STRONG/SLOWLY BACKING NW
TO W FLOW OF ARCTIC AIR...WITH H925 WINDS UP TO 30 AND EVEN 40 KTS
UNDER THE SHARP PRES GRADIENT BTWN DEEP LO PRES OVER NRN QUEBEC AND
ARCTIC HI PRES SINKING THRU THE NRN PLAINS TOWARD THE MID MS RIVER
VALLEY ON TUE. ALTHOUGH H85 TEMPS ARE FCST TO MODERATE SLOWLY FM THE
-31 TO -34C READINGS ON MON MRNG TOWARD -18C ON TUE...THE MORE
BACKED FLOW OFF MAINLY ICE COVERED WRN LK SUP WL RESULT IN LESS LAKE
MODERATION ON TUE. EXPECT WIND CHILLS WL REMAIN AT AT LEAST
WRNG/ADVY THRESHOLDS OVER THE ENTIRE CWA AS SFC TEMPS REMAIN BLO
ZERO... AND PERHAPS WELL BLO ZERO...OVER AT LEAST THE W HALF MUCH OF
THIS TIME. THERE WL BE NEAR CONTINUOUS LES IN THE FAVORED SN
BELTS...ESPECIALLY E OF MQT WITH MORE OPEN WATER UPSTREAM. USED
CLIMATOLOGY FOR POPS IN THE FAVORED SN BELTS. ICE GROWTH ON LK
SUP/SHRINKING AREA OF OPEN WATER MAY INCRS THE CHC FOR THE GROWTH OF
A MORE DOMINANT SN BAND INTO THE ERN CWA SIMILAR TO WHAT HAPPENED
THE LAST TIME THERE WAS EXTENSIVE ICE COVER IN FEB 2009. AS H85
TEMPS MODERATE ON TUE AND THE DGZ HGT REBOUNDS INTO THE MIXED
LYR...HEAVIER LES MAY RESUME E OF MUNISING IN THE PRESENCE OF SOME
LAND BREEZE CNVGC. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS/SMALL FLAKES
ASSOCIATED WITH NEAR ABSENCE OF DGZ WITHIN VERY COLD AIRMASS/FALLING
AND BLSN WL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WINTER WX HEADLINES AT EXPOSED
LOCATIONS NEAR LK SUP. THE LO WIND CHILLS WL BE THE MAIN WX CONCERN
OVER THE SCENTRAL. WL CONTINUE THE WIND CHILL WATCH FOR MOST OF THE
CWA THRU 18Z TUE...WHEN TEMPS WL MODERATE ENUF TO LIFT WIND CHILLS
ABV THE ADVY THRESHOLD.
TUE NGT/WED...AS THE CORE OF THE ARCTIC AIR LIFTS NEWD INTO NRN
QUEBEC...H85 TEMPS ARE FCST TO MODERATE TOWARD -10 TO -15C BY WED IN
THE WSW LLVL FLOW BTWN SFC HI PRES SINKING INTO THE SE CONUS AND
NEXT CLIPPER DISTURBANCE MOVING INTO ONTARIO. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPS WL
NOT BE AS COLD ON TUE NGT AS THE PREVIOUS NGT WITH THE RETREAT OF
THE POLAR VORTEX...STEADY W WINDS WL STILL CAUSE WIND CHILLS TO BE
WITHIN ADVY THRESHOLDS OVER MOST OF THE CWA. LES SHOULD BE ON THE
WANE ON TUE NGT UNDER RISING H5 HGTS/LOWERING SUBSIDENCE INVRN. WITH
ARRIVAL OF DRIER AIR ON WED...EXPECT A MOSUNNY DAY WITH CONTINUED
MODERATION. BUT STEADY WIND UNDER THE SHARPENING PRES GRADIENT WL
STILL CAUSE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS.
EXTENDED...NOT SURPRISINGLY...THERE IS STILL SOME DISAGREEMENT AMONG
THE MODELS ON THE TRACK/INTENSITY OF THE NEXT CLIPPER SHRTWV FCST TO
IMPACT INTO THE GREAT LKS WED NGT/THU. OF THE RECENT MODEL
RUNS...THE 00Z/12Z CNDN MODELS ARE DEEPEST AND FARTHER S WITH THE
TRACK OF THIS DISTURBANCE...WITH A GREATER IMPACT FOR UPR MI. GIVEN
THE UNCERTAINTY SO FAR OUT...WL RELY ON MODEL CONSENSUS FOR THIS
FCST PACKAGE EVEN THOUGH THE GREAT MAJORITY OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE
MEMBERS SUPPORT A MORE NRN TRACK THRU ONTARIO. BEST CHC FOR MORE
SGNFT SN MAY BE OVER THE ERN CWA WITH SW FLOW AHEAD OF SFC
LO/ATTENDANT COLD FNT BRINGING POTENTIAL LK ENHANCEMENT OFF LK MI.
SOME OF THE LONGER RANGE MODELS SHOW SW H925 WINDS AS HI AS 50 KTS
IMPACTING THE E HALF OF THE CWA. THESE STRONG WINDS WOULD CAUSE
QUITE A BIT OF BLSN. MORE COLD AIR WL FOLLOW LATER ON THU INTO FRI
IN THE WAKE OF THU MRNG COLD FROPA...BUT PRELIM FCSTS INDICATE THIS
SHOT OF COLD AIR WL BE RELATIVELY MODERATE. IN FACT...THE 00Z ECMWF
SHOWS H85 TEMPS RECOVERING TO -10C NEXT SAT WITH THE UPR FLOW
TENDING MORE W-E.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 1207 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
AS A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE QUICKLY MOVES ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT
WITH WINDS BACKING SOUTHWEST...THE REMAINING LAKE CLOUDS AND LIGHT
SNOW WILL LIFT OUT OF THE AREA WITH VFR CONDITIONS PREVAILING BY
LATE TONIGHT AT CMX/SAW. THE NEXT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
UPPER MICHIGAN ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE LIGHT....EXPECT THE
FINE FLAKES TO AGAIN BE GOOD AT REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND HAVE
LOWERED VALUES TO IFR FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS.
AFTER THE LIGHT SNOW DIMINISHES...EXPECT MVFR CONDITIONS TO PREVAIL
THROUGHT SUNDAY EVENING.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 428 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014
LO PRES SPRAWLED FROM HUDSON BAY TO QUEBEC WILL LIFT SLOWLY NEWD
THRU MON. MEANWHILE...A WEAK HI PRES RIDGE WILL SHIFT OVER THE GREAT
LAKES REGION OVERNIGHT...DIMINISHING THE GALES AND HEAVY FREEZING
SPRAY AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. LO PRES OVER ALBERTA THIS EVENING WILL
DIVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...AND THEN CROSS NORTHERN
LOWER MI AS IT DEEPENS SUN EVENING. IN ITS WAKE...HI PRES OVER
SASKATCHEWAN WILL SINK TO THE SE CONUS BY WED. EXPECT NW GALES TO 35
TO 40 KTS AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY /WHERE OPEN WATER REMAINS/ FROM
SUN NIGHT THRU TUE UNDER THE SHARP PRES GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS HI AND
THE LO IN QUEBEC. THE GALES AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL SUBSIDE ON
WED WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A WEAK HI PRES RIDGE/FLATTER PRES GRADIENT.
LO PRES WILL MOVE FROM MANITOBA TO JAMES BAY ON THU...DRAGGING A LO
PRES TROF ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES. MORE HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY MAY
DEVELOP ON WED NIGHT AND THU UNDER THE SHARPER PRES GRADIENT
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TROF PASSAGE.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WIND CHILL WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
MIZ001>005-009>013-084.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR MIZ001>004-009-010-084.
LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR
MIZ006-007-085.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
MIZ006.
WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING FOR
MIZ005-011>014.
WIND CHILL WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MIZ014.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST WEDNESDAY FOR
LSZ265>267.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 1 AM EST EARLY THIS MORNING FOR LSZ249>251-
266-267.
GALE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT FOR
LSZ249-250-266.
GALE WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR LSZ245-
248-265.
GALE WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR
LSZ241>244-263-264.
HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WARNING UNTIL 7 AM EST THIS MORNING FOR
LSZ249>251.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
NONE.
&&
SHORT TERM...SRF
LONG TERM...KC
AVIATION...JLB
MARINE...KCHazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 4:43 PM EST, 12 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 443 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-261200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 443 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 /343 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL AFFECT AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY EAST OF MARQUETTE. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER EXTREMELY COLD AIR MASS WILL SURGE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AND LINGER INTO TUESDAY. EXPECT DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ALSO INCREASE AGAIN...ESPECIALLY EAST OF MARQUETTE...WHERE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW MAY OCCUR. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF SNOWFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. THE PUBLIC MAY ALSO SUBMIT SNOW REPORTS TO OUR OFFICE ON OUR WEBSITE...FACEBOOK PAGE...OR ON TWITTER. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-261200- 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- 443 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 /343 PM CST SAT JAN 25 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EXPECT NORTHWEST GALES AND HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY OVER MUCH OF THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH THIS EVENING. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECASTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY GALES ARE EXPECTED OVER MOST OF LAKE SUPERIOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE ICE FREE WATERS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-261200- 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- 443 PM EST SAT JAN 25 2014 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NORTHWEST GALE FORCE WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. KC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 4:20 AM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 3 days | |
| Jan 26, 4:38 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 4 days | |
| Jan 26, 5:18 AM EST | Lake Effect Snow Advisory | MQT | Alger, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Ontonagon and 1 more | 55 hr |
| Jan 26, 5:18 AM EST | Wind Chill Warning | MQT | Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron and 5 more | 56 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:32 PM EST | Heavy Freezing Spray Warning | MQT | 11 hr |
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