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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Mar 16, 2016, 3:48 AM CDT for Gogebic County, Michigan. It took effect at Mar 16, 2016, 8:31 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2016, 3:48 AM CDT (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2016, 8:31 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
County Gogebic County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2:30 AM CDT | SNOW 4.5 | Bessemer, MI | GOGEBIC SHERIFF ESTIMATES 4-5 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE WED. STILL SNOWING. PLOWS ARE OUT TREATING ROADS. |
| Mar 17, 6:40 AM CDT | SNOW 7.5 | 2 Wnw Ironwood, MI | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION IRONWOOD WWTP /IRMM4/ |
| Mar 17, 7:00 AM CDT | SNOW 3.5 | 11 Wsw Watersmeet, MI | CO-OP OBSERVER STATION WATERSMEET 12WSW /WTRM4/ |
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 260 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
- 756 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 560 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
977 WWUS43 KMQT 160848 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 448 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY... MIZ009-161700- /O.UPG.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160317T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0002.160316T1600Z-160317T2100Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 348 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM CDT THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM THIS EVENING AND 2 AM THURSDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR AT IRONWOOD AND WAKEFIELD. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED BY THIS EVENING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001-161700- /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1600Z-160317T2100Z/ KEWEENAW- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...COPPER HARBOR 448 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EDT THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING DELAWARE. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-161700- /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T2100Z-160317T2100Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 448 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 5 PM EDT THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW TO DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE MICHIGAMME HIGHLANDS...INCLUDING ALBERTA...HERMAN...AND CHAMPION. THE MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS EVENING...BUT STAY MAINLY RAIN FROM MARQUETTE TO GWINN AND ARNOLD WELL INTO THE NIGHT...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE IN MARQUETTE COUNTY...AND ALSO SOUTH OF GWINN. PLAN ON 3 TO 6 INCHES AT BARAGA AND L'ANSE...CHAMPION...ISHPEMING AND NEGAUNEE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ010-161700- /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160317T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 348 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM CDT THURSDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON TO CHANGE TO SNOW TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 8 PM THIS EVENING AND 2 AM THURSDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN IRON COUNTY...INCLUDING IRON RIVER. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ002-003-084-161700- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1600Z-160317T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... KENTON...SIDNAW 448 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING AT WHITE PINE...MASS CITY...TWIN LAKES...NISULA AND PAINESDALE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS IN ONTONAGON COUNTY. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ JLA
5 follow-up statements
727 WWUS43 KMQT 161331 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 931 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THURSDAY... MIZ009-162145- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.160316T1331Z-160317T2100Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 831 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH 2 AM THURSDAY. * NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR AT IRONWOOD AND WAKEFIELD. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ002-084-162145- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1331Z-160317T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...KENTON...SIDNAW 931 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING AT WHITE PINE... MASS CITY...TWIN LAKES...NISULA AND PAINESDALE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS IN ONTONAGON COUNTY. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-162145- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1331Z-160317T2100Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 931 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 40 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE IN MARQUETTE COUNTY...AND ALSO SOUTH OF GWINN. PLAN ON 3 TO 6 INCHES AT BARAGA AND L'ANSE...CHAMPION...ISHPEMING AND NEGAUNEE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED INTO THURSDAY. TRAVEL MAY BE TREACHEROUS AT TIMES TODAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ010-162145- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1331Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 831 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL MIX WITH RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR BETWEEN THROUGH 2 AM THURSDAY. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN IRON COUNTY...INCLUDING IRON RIVER. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED INTO THURSDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL ALSO BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001-003-162145- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.160316T1600Z-160317T2100Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 931 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * EXPECT A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW LATER THIS MORNING TO CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY TONIGHT NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATE TODAY THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING AT WHITE PINE... MASS CITY...TWIN LAKES...NISULA AND PAINESDALE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS IN ONTONAGON COUNTY. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE EVENING COMMUTE TODAY AND THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ TITUS
660 WWUS43 KMQT 161947 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 347 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THURSDAY... MIZ009-170400- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 247 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING...FALLING MODERATELY AT TIMES...BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR AT IRONWOOD AND WAKEFIELD. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001>003-084-170400- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...KENTON...SIDNAW 347 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO DRIZZLE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...INCLUDING AT WHITE PINE... MASS CITY...TWIN LAKES...NISULA AND PAINESDALE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE TOWARD THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS IN ONTONAGON COUNTY. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITY DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-170400- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 347 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THURSDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. * WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY...MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN 4 INCHES ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE IN MARQUETTE COUNTY...AND ALSO SOUTH OF GWINN. PLAN ON 7 TO 10 INCHES AT BARAGA AND L'ANSE...CHAMPION...ISHPEMING AND NEGAUNEE. ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE OVER HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED LATE THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE ON THURSDAY. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ010-170400- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 247 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL OCCUR LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN IRON COUNTY...INCLUDING IRON RIVER. IMPACTS... * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AS ROADS BECOME SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ TITUS
846 WWUS43 KMQT 170214 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1014 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW FOR MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THURSDAY... MIZ009-171015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 914 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL FALL MODERATELY AT TIMES TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH THURSDAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND 1 TO 3 INCHES ON THURSDAY. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM AROUND IRONWOOD INTO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001>003-084-171015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...KENTON...SIDNAW 1014 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH THURSDAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 5 INCHES TONIGHT AND 1 TO 3 INCHES ON THURSDAY. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS TO WHITE PINE...MASS CITY...TWIN LAKES...NISULA AND PAINESDALE. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-171015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1014 PM EDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT. OTHERWISE...SNOW WILL FALL MODERATELY AT TIMES INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE DIMINISHING THROUGH THE DAY. * PLAN ON SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 TO THE WEST OF MARQUETTE. ELSEWHERE ACROSS MARQUETTE AND BARAGA COUNTIES...PLAN ON 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WITH THE LEAST ACCUMULATION ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. ON THURSDAY...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ010-171015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 914 PM CDT WED MAR 16 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THURSDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH THURSDAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES TONIGHT AND 1 TO 2 INCHES ON THURSDAY. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT. THE THURSDAY MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE AFFECTED. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ ROLFSON
483 WWUS43 KMQT 170834 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 434 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW DIMINISHES THIS AFTERNOON... MIZ009-171715- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 334 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE GREATEST SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM IRONWOOD TO THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL MORNING COMMUTE. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001>003-084-171715- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...KENTON...SIDNAW 434 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL MORNING COMMUTE. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-171715- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 434 AM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FROM HERMAN TO NEGAUNEE. THE LEAST SNOW WILL OCCUR TO THE SOUTH OF GWINN. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL MORNING COMMUTE. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ010-171715- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 334 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TODAY. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE SNOW WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. PLAN FOR A SLOWER THAN NORMAL MORNING COMMUTE. * BECAUSE THE SNOW WILL BE WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ JLA
121 WWUS43 KMQT 171626 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1226 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WET AND HEAVY SNOW GRADUALLY DIMINISHING... MIZ010-171730- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T2100Z/ IRON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRON RIVER 1126 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH INTO TONIGHT...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * ROADS WITH SNOW COVER WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ009-171800- /O.EXT.KMQT.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160317T1800Z/ GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IRONWOOD 1126 AM CDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT...BUT NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY * BECAUSE THE SNOW IS WET...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ006-180000- /O.EXB.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160318T0000Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1226 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW THAT HAS BEEN FALLING OVER MAINLY FAR WESTERN ALGER COUNTY WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING. SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES OVER FAR WESTERN ALGER COUNTY...FROM CHATHAM WEST...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT OVER FAR WESTERN ALGER COUNTY. * BECAUSE THE SNOW IS WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ001>003-084-171800- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160317T1800Z/ KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...KENTON...SIDNAW 1226 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW MAINLY NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH INTO TONIGHT. * PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES INTO THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. * BECAUSE THE SNOW IS WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ MIZ004-005-180000- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-160318T0000Z/ BARAGA-MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1226 PM EDT THU MAR 17 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN...FROM HERMAN TO NEGAUNEE TO SKANDIA. THE LEAST SNOW WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GWINN TO ISHPEMING TO CHAMPION. IMPACTS... * THE WET...SLUSHY SNOW ACCUMULATION ON ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL VERY DIFFICULT. * BECAUSE THE SNOW IS WET...THE SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT $$ TITUS
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 16, 12:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 12:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
138 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 427 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016
WV IMAGERY AND RAP ANALYSIS INDICATED A MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH FROM
ALBERTA/SASK INTO THE WRN PLAINS WITH WEAK DOWNSTREAM RIDGING OVER
THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN GREAT LAKES INTO NW ONTARIO. AT THE SFC...SE
FLOW WAS INCREASING OVER NRN WI BETWEEN A RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL AND
ERN LAKES AND A TROUGH FROM SRN MANITOBA THROUGH MN TO LOW PRES OVER
MO. A LINE SHRA EXTENDING FROM NW WI INTO SE WI/NE IL WERE SUPPORTED
BY STRONG LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INFLOW AND ISENTROPIC LIFT NOTED ON 290-
295K SFCS AHEAD OF THE TROUGH. THE INCREASING ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND
MID-LVL Q-VECT CONV AHEAD OF THE NEGATIVE-TILT TROUGH HAS RESULTED
IN CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE FCST AREA EXCEPT FOR FAR EAST
WHERE DRY EASTERLY FLOW AND PROXIMITY TO RIDGE HAS KEPT SKIES PARTLY
SUNNY. HIGH TEMPS TODAY HAVE RANGED FROM MID 50S FAR WEST AND EAST
TO THE LOWER 40S NEAR LAKE MI SHORE IN SE FLOW.
TONIGHT...AS THE NEG-TILT SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS
LIFTS TOWARD THE WRN GREAT LAKES THE SFC LOW IS EXPECTED TO DEEPEN
TO NEAR 987 MB OVER SRN WI BY 12Z WED. THE NAM AND GFS CONTINUE TO
TREND SLOWER WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE PCPN BAND MOVING THROUGH WI SO
HAVE BACKED OFF ON INCREASING POPS TO LIKELY/CATEGORICAL OVER WEST
UNTIL LATE EVENING AND OVER THE CENTRAL COUNTIES UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
WHEN COMBINATION OF INCREASED UPPER DIVERGENCE IN COUPLED UPPER JET
STRUCTURE AND STRONG DEEP LAYER Q-VECT CONVERGENCE AHEAD OF
SHORTWAVE BEGINS TO OVERCOME DRY EASTERLY FLOW. THERMAL PROFILES AND
FCST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST THAT WITH THE WAA SURGE...THE PCPN BAND
COMING IN INITIALLY WILL REMAIN MOSTLY RAIN TONIGHT. ERLY WINDS WILL
ALSO BECOME GUSTY LATE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE KEWEENAW AND
NEAR LAKE MI WHERE GUSTS OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. ALSO KEPT IN
SLIGHT CHC OF THUNDER OVER SCNTRL UPPER LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY WED
MORNING AS MODELS STILL SHOW NEG SHOWALTER INDICES AND MUCAPE OF A
FEW HUNDRED J/KG ON NOSE OF 85H THETA-E AND STRONG ISENTROPIC ASCENT.
WEDNESDAY...RAIN WILL BE FALLING HEAVILY IN THE MORNING SO PRECIP
LOADING COULD ALSO AID IN BRINGING STRONG/GUSTY WINDS TO SFC. AT THE
LEAST...DUE TO INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT TO NORTH OF DEEPENING
SFC LOW OVER WI DOWN TO LESS THAN 990MB BY 12Z WED...AREAS FAVORED
BY EAST WINDS SUCH AS LK MICHIGAN/BAY OF GREEN BAY AND ACROSS
KEWEENAW COULD SEE EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 30-40 MPH MUCH OF THE DAY.
AS DRY SLOT WITH SYSTEM AND Q-VECT DIV MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL AND ERN
AREAS EXPECT PRECIP TO DIMINISH THERE. EXCEPTION WILL BE OVER
WESTERN CWA WHERE DEEP LAYER Q-VECTOR CONVERGENCE EXPANDS ON NW SIDE
OF DEEPENING UPPER LOW AND STRONG SFC-H85 LOW MEANDERING OVER
NORTHERN LAKE MI AND DEFORMATION FORCING ALLOWS BAND TO SET UP OVER
THE WEST.
THE OTHER TRICKY PART OF THIS FCST WILL BE PTYPE AND POSSIBILITY OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW ON WED. MODEL SOUNDINGS...ESPECIALLY NAM...SUGGEST
POTENTIAL FOR DYNAMIC COOLING WITH HEAVIER PCPN BAND MOVING THROUGH
WED MORNING WITH A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW SHORTLY AFT 12Z. IF THIS
HAPPENS AS QUICKLY AS NAM INDICATES THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL OF
SEVERAL INCHES OF WET SNOW WED MORNING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS
OF THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MI AS THIS HEAVIER BAND MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. RIGHT NOW...SINCE THERE IS STILL SOME MODEL UNCERTAINTY WITH
THERMAL FIELDS/PROFILES HAVE ELECTED TO ONLY PUT IN A COUPLE INCHES
OF SNOW OVER MAINLY THE KEWEENAW AND WRN MQT/ERN BARAGA COUNTIES WED
MORNING BEFORE PCPN TAPERS OFF SOME WED AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE
BETTER CHANCE OF ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER THE FAR WEST LATE WED INTO
WED NIGHT WHEN DEFORMATION BAND W/SYSTEM SETS UP IN STRONGLY
CYCLONIC NNE FLOW.
.LONG TERM...(WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 549 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016
PATTERN OVER THE NEXT 1-2 WEEKS LOOKS QUITE CHANGEABLE WITH FLOW
TRANSITIONING BETWEEN PERIODS OF MORE PRONOUNCED SPLIT FLOW AND
PERIODS OF MORE CONSOLIDATED FLOW. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...PATTERN
WILL BECOME BLOCKY OVER NAMERICA WITH DYNAMIC SYSTEM DEVELOPING INTO
THE GREAT LAKES BENEATH A DEVELOPING CLOSED HIGH TO THE N. THIS
BLOCKY PATTERN WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS AMPLIFYING RIDGE ALONG THE W
COAST FORCES THE CLOSED HIGH TO DISSIPATE UNDER DEVELOPING ERN TROF
OVER THE WEEKEND. WRN RIDGE THEN WEAKENS WITH A MORE PRONOUNCED
SPLIT FLOW REDEVELOPING EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFTER THE MDT/HVY PCPN OVER
THE NEXT DAY OR TWO...A DRIER PATTERN WILL EVOLVE THRU EARLY NEXT
WEEK...THOUGH THERE WILL BE SOME -SHSN AND EVEN LES ASSOCIATED WITH
A SHORTWAVE AND COLDER AIR DIVING SE INTO THE ERN TROF LATER THIS
WEEKEND. FARTHER OUT...NAEFS 8-14 DAY OUTLOOK INDICATES BLO NORMAL
TEMPS BECOMING FAVORED W-E ACROSS MUCH OF CNTRL CANADA WHILE ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPS BECOME FAVORED ACROSS MUCH OF THE CONUS. THIS SUGGESTS
A POTENTIAL ACTIVE PATTERN WILL DEVELOP AS SHORTWAVES TRACK ALONG A
TIGHTENING THERMAL GRADIENT ACROSS THE NRN CONUS. SO...THE UPPER
LAKES MAY BE AFFECTED BY BOUTS OF PCPN EVERY 2-3 DAYS...BEGINNING
THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AND CONTINUING THRU THE END OF THE MONTH.
CERTAINLY NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR SOME SNOW EVENTS TO OCCUR.
BEGINNING WED NIGHT/THU...MIDLEVEL LOW AND SFC LOW CENTERED VCNTY OF
SCNTRL UPPER MI WED EVENING WILL MOVE VERY LITTLE DURING THE NIGHT
BEFORE QUICKLY UNRAVELING AND DRIFTING S AND E ON THU. AT THE LOW
LEVELS...STRONGLY CYCLONIC FLOW WILL DOMINATE THE FCST AREA.
TO THE N AND W OF THE LOW...UPSLOPE NE TO NORTHERLY FLOW WILL
ENHANCE PCPN...ESPECIALLY SO OVER FAR WRN UPPER MI WHERE LOW-LEVEL
CYCLONIC FLOW IS EVEN MORE PRONOUNCED. THE FAR W IS ALSO CENTERED
UNDER AN AREA OF LINGERING DEEP LAYER FORCING PER QVECTORS...AND
THAT FORCING IS QUITE STRONG THRU MUCH OF THE NIGHT. LOW-LEVEL TEMPS
AREN'T QUITE LOW ENOUGH FOR LAKE ENHANCEMENT...BUT IT WOULDN'T TAKE
MUCH COOLING TO RESULT IN CONSIDERABLY HIGHER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. WITH THE 12Z MODEL RUNS INCLUDING THE 09Z
SREF...THE NAM/REGIONAL CANADIAN ARE ON THE HIGHER END OF THE QPF
SPECTRUM...SHOWING AMOUNTS OVER 1 INCH WED NIGHT OVER FAR WRN UPPER
MI. USED A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WITH AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 1/3RD TO
2/3RDS OF AN INCH. WITH SNOW RATIOS PROBABLY NOT HIGHER THAN AROUND
10 TO 1...SNOWFALL SHOULD BE ON THE ORDER OF 3-6 INCHES WED NIGHT
OVER GOGEBIC/ONTONAGON COUNTIES AND 2-4 INTO HOUGHTON COUNTY. ADVY
HAS BEEN HOISTED FOR THOSE 3 COUNTIES. SNOWFALL SHOULD DIMINISH TO
SUBADVY LEVELS IN THE BORDERING COUNTIES...WITH EVEN LIGHTER AMOUNTS
DOWN TO LESS THAN 1 INCH FARTHER E.
LINGERING LIGHT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THU AS ENTIRE SYSTEM WEAKENS AND
DRIFTS AND E. MIGHT SEE ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION
OVER THE W IN THE MORNING.
PATCHY -SN WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THU NIGHT. FCST SOUNDINGS
SUGGEST SOME POTENTIAL FOR -FZDZ TO DEVELOP IN THE NNE WIND UPSLOPE
AREAS AS MOISTURE DEPTH SHRINKS TO THE LOW-LEVELS WHERE TEMPS IN THE
MOIST LAYER ARE AROUND -10C. WITH LOW CONFIDENCE...KEPT MENTION OUT
OF FCST FOR NOW.
CLOSED MID LEVEL HIGH THAT DEVELOPS OVER MANITOBA THU WEAKENS AND
DRIFTS SE ACROSS THE UPPER LAKES FRI/SAT...PROVIDING DRY WEATHER.
SKIES SHOULD BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR FRI/FRI NIGHT. WITH SFC HIGH PRES
OVER THE AREA FRI NIGHT...BEGAN TO TREND MIN TEMPS DOWN A BIT...
TOWARD THE LOWER TEENS IN THE TRADITIONAL COLD SPOTS.
SHORTWAVE DROPS SE THRU THE UPPER LAKES SAT NIGHT/SUN...BUT
TIMING/TRACK OF SHORTWAVE IS NOT WELL AGREED UPON WITH THE GFS MORE
AMPLIFIED/FARTHER S WITH SHORTWAVE TRACK THAN THE ECMWF/CANADIAN...
RESULTING IN A BETTER CHANCE OF -SHSN SUN ACROSS THE AREA AS DAYTIME
HEATING/MOISTURE OFF THE LAKE CONTRIBUTE TO A MORE TYPICAL
SPRINGTIME TYPE OF -SHSN REGIME. FOR NOW...LEANED FCST AWAY FROM THE
GFS. WITH 850MB TEMPS FALLING TO -15C OR SO BEHIND WAVE...EXPECT
SOME LIGHT LES TO DEVELOP OFF LAKE SUPERIOR SUN INTO MON.
THE FIRST IN WHAT COULD BE A SERIES OF LOW PRES SYSTEMS MOVING
ACROSS THE NRN CONUS MAY ARRIVE IN THE WRN GREAT LAKES LATE TUE OR
WED. WITH PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY IN TIMING/TRACK AND THERMAL FIELDS
BASED ON RECENT GFS/ECMWF RUNS...ONLY SLIGHT CHC POPS WERE UTILIZED
ON TUE.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT)
ISSUED AT 137 AM EDT WED MAR 16 2016
AS AREA OF RA AHEAD OF DEEPENING LO PRES MOVING INTO WI OVERSPREADS
UPR MI...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS AT THE TAF ONSET TO DETERIORATE TO
IFR/LIFR BY DAYBREAK. THEN IFR/LIFR CONDITIONS WL DOMINATE ON WED
THRU WED EVNG WITH CYC E-NE FLOW/RA MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SN ON
NW FLANK OF LO PRES MOVING INTO SCENTRAL UPR MI LATE TODAY. GUSTY E
WINDS WL BE STRONGEST AHEAD OF THIS LO AT THE MORE EXPOSED CMX
LOCATION.
&&
.MARINE...(FOR THE 4 PM LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST ISSUANCE)
ISSUED AT 427 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016
AS A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS INTO UPPER MICHIGAN STRONG EAST
WINDS WILL DEVELOP. THE STRONGEST WINDS FOR THIS FORECAST PERIOD ARE
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THU AFTERNOON WHERE E-NE GALES OF
35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND A GALE WARNING
IS IN EFFECT. OTHERWISE...WINDS AT OR BELOW 25 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED
FROM THU NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WEAKENS AND MOVES E AND HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
UPPER MICHIGAN...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO
5 PM EDT /4 PM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR MIZ002-003-009-084.
LAKE SUPERIOR...
GALE WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR LSZ267.
GALE WARNING UNTIL 4 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR LSZ265-266.
GALE WARNING UNTIL NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ THURSDAY FOR LSZ162-263-
264.
LAKE MICHIGAN...
GALE WARNING FROM 5 AM EARLY THIS MORNING TO 2 PM EDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR LMZ221-248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...VOSS
LONG TERM...ROLFSON
AVIATION...KC
MARINE...VOSSHazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:17 PM CDT, 10 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 MIZ002-003-009-161200- ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC- 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /517 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH ONGOING SNOW MELT WILL LEAD TO WATER LEVEL RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COOLER CONDITIONS ARRIVE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF LIVING NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR INCREASED WATER LEVELS AND FLOWS. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN DIMINISH THURSDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF WET...HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. EASTERLY WINDS MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGHER RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ALSO 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. MIZ001-004-005-010-084-161200- KEWEENAW-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /517 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH ONGOING SNOW MELT WILL LEAD TO RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COOLER CONDITIONS ARRIVE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF LIVING NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR INCREASED WATER LEVELS AND FLOWS. EASTERLY WINDS MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THERE MAY BE SOME MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH A FEW INCHES OF HEAVY...WET SNOW ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGHER RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE. WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ALSO 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. MIZ006-007-011>014-085-161200- ALGER-LUCE-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /517 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. EAST WINDS MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COMBINED WITH LINGERING SNOW COVER IN SOME AREAS WILL LEAD TO RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT BEFORE COOLER CONDITIONS ARRIVE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. IF LIVING NEAR A STREAM OR RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR INCREASED WATER LEVELS AND FLOWS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN. EAST WINDS MAY GUST OVER 40 MPH NEAR THE BAY OF GREEN BAY AND LAKE MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY MORNING. MINOR WET SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HIGHER RIVER AND STREAM LEVELS AND ANY OBSERVED FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEAR MARQUETTE. 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- 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 /517 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EASTERLY GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE AND LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY EAST TO NORTHEAST GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SEE THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS. .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- 617 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT EASTERLY GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY EASTERLY GALES OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ROLFSON
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 10:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1140 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 MIZ001-003-160445- KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1140 PM EDT TUE MAR 15 2016 ALTHOUGH THE WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG HAS DISSIPATED...PATCHY FOG WILL LINGER INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON WEDNESDAY...MAINLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. KC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2:11 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | MQT | Alger, Delta, Houghton, Keweenaw, Luce, Schoolcraft | 17 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Menominee | 63 min |
| Mar 16, 5:28 AM CDT | Small Craft Advisory | MQT | 36 hr | |
| Mar 16, 5:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Delta, Menominee | 63 min |
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Sources
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