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Lake Effect Snow Advisory 13, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this lake effect snow advisory at Dec 15, 2016, 7:36 PM EST for Houghton County, Keweenaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Dec 15, 2016, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 15, 2016, 7:36 PM EST (00:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 15, 2016, 9:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2016, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Green Bay/Straub, WI (KGRB), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 297 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
- 1547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 88 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this lake effect snow advisory 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 lake effect snow advisory went out at Dec 15, 6:46 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 6:46 PM EST, 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 3:42 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 342 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-161200- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 342 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 /242 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN U.P. WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING AS WINDS BECOME WESTERLY. ROADS WILL REMAIN SNOW COVERED IN AREAS THAT SAW SIGNIFICANT SNOW OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN. THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER LAKE EFFECT OR LAKE ENHANCED SNOW WILL ALSO MOVE IN FOR NORTH TO NORTHEAST SNOW BELTS SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. EXPECT BITTERLY CLOUD AIR TO AFFECT THE AREA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES AS LOW AS 30 BELOW ZERO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND ANY KNOWN ROAD CONDITIONS TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE...OUR FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES...OR BY PHONE. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-161200- 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- 342 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 /242 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NORTHWESTERLY GALES TO 35 KNOTS OVER EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR WILL DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY HEAVY FREEZING SPRAY WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-161200- 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- 342 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. MZ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 15, 3:05 PM EST, 4 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
305 PM EST THU DEC 15 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW 2 S NEWBERRY 46.33N 85.50W
12/15/2016 M5.0 INCH LUCE MI CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR SNOWFALL...WITH MOST SNOW OVER THE
PAST 12 HOURS. 0.33 INCHES OF LIQUID
EQUIVALENT.
&&
NWS MARQUETTE MI
IRIS SYSTEMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 4:32 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton and 7 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 16, 3:53 PM EST | Winter Storm Warning | MQT | Alger, Baraga, Gogebic, Marquette, Ontonagon | 37 hr |
| Dec 16, 4:37 PM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 22 hr | |
| Dec 16, 4:37 PM EST | Gale Warning | MQT | 12 hr | |
| Dec 16, 4:37 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 4 days |
Nearby
Lake Effect Snow Advisories in Michigan, 2016Every lake effect snow advisory in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.