Alert archive / Michigan / Winter Storm Warnings in 2016
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS Marquette, MI
NWS Marquette, MI issued this winter storm warning at Nov 18, 2016, 5:46 AM EST for 7 counties in Michigan. It took effect at Nov 18, 2016, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr. 12 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 18, 2016, 5:46 AM EST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 18, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Nov 20, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Marquette, MI
Counties Alger County, MI, Gogebic County, MI, Houghton County, MI, Keweenaw County, MI, Luce County, MI, Marquette County, MI, Ontonagon County, MI
The radar
The Marquette radar (KMQT), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | Bessemer, MI | SNOW SINCE AROUND 8 PM ET FRIDAY EVENING AT THE COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICE IN BESSEMER. ROADS BEGINNING TO ICE UP. REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES. |
| Nov 19, 5:45 AM EST | SNOW 1 | Ontonagon, MI | LESS THAN AN INCH AT THE LK SUPERIOR SHORE IN ONTONAGON. VERY SNOWY WITH POOR VISIBILITY AND TERRIBLE ROAD CONDITIONS OVER SOUTHERN ONTONAGON COUNTY. |
| Nov 19, 7:00 AM EST | SNOW 1 | 11 Wsw Watersmeet, MI | SNOWFALL OVER THE LAST 10 HOURS. |
| Nov 19, 7:20 AM EST | SNOW 4 | Paulding, MI | SNOWFALL OVER THE LAST 10 HOURS. |
| Nov 19, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 2.8 | 8 N Mass City, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 19, 8:00 AM EST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Wnw Ironwood, MI | 12 HOUR SNOWFALL. |
| Nov 19, 8:30 AM EST | SNOW 4.3 | Ironwood, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 19, 8:53 AM EST | SNOW 3.7 | 4 Se Harvey, MI | SNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 9 HOURS. |
| Nov 19, 9:00 AM EST | SNOW 1.9 | 5 Sse Watersmeet, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 19, 10:00 AM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ese Houghton, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 19, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 2 | 2 E Redridge, MI | 15 HOUR TOTAL. |
| Nov 19, 12:00 PM EST | SNOW 3.5 | 2 Sse Harvey, MI | 12 HOUR TOTAL. |
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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 249 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
- 1272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
985 WWUS43 KMQT 181046 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS LATE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... MIZ002-009-181900- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0003.161118T2100Z-161119T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /446 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL ABRUPTLY TURN TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SATURDAY... WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND... WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0500Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LAT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0800Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AWAY FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 18 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0600Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /446 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GUSTY WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-181900- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 546 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GUSTY WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
7 follow-up statements
441 WWUS43 KMQT 181052 CCA WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS LATE TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... MIZ002-009-182300- /O.UPG.KMQT.WS.A.0003.161118T2100Z-161119T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /452 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS UPGRADED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL ABRUPTLY TURN TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SATURDAY... WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND... WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 35 TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-182300- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0500Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 55 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SATURDAY...THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL REACH 3 TO 5 INCHES. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LAT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-182300- /O.COR.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0800Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AWAY FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-182300- /O.NEW.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-182300- /O.COR.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...HEAVY SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-182300- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0600Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /452 AM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GUSTY WINDS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-182300- /O.NEW.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 552 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GUSTY WINDS...SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ KC
430 WWUS43 KMQT 182103 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... MIZ002-009-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /303 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL ABRUPTLY TURN TO SNOW AFTER 6 PM EVENING AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES IN. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND...WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0500Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 11 PM THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL REACH 3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0800Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND SHOT POINT SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AWAY FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LEAST SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR NEWBERRY. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0600Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /303 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-190530- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 403 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ TITUS
462 WWUS43 KMQT 190205 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... MIZ002-009-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /805 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND...WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0500Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH LATE THIS EVENING INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER 11 PM THIS EVENING...THEN DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL REACH 3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0800Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND SHOT POINT SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AWAY FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LEAST SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR NEWBERRY. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0600Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /805 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/ TO 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 905 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ 07
904 WWUS43 KMQT 190429 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... MIZ002-009-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /1029 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW ON SATURDAY...WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO EARLY SUNDAY. * STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND...WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0500Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH SATURDAY WILL REACH 3 TO 7 INCHES...HIGHEST OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T0800Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 10 PM EST SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 70 MPH BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND SHOT POINT SATURDAY MORNING. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 15 TO 20 FEET LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE AWAY FROM THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING... THEN DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. THE LEAST SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR NEWBERRY. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ON SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0600Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 /1029 PM CST FRI NOV 18 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ SATURDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE HURON MOUNTAINS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-191015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 1129 PM EST FRI NOV 18 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ON SATURDAY MORNING...THEN DIMINISH ON SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY AFTER SNOW BEGINS SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ 07
365 WWUS43 KMQT 190945 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TODAY... MIZ002-009-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /345 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL TRANSITION TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL FALL FROM AROUND IRONWOOD TO BERGLAND TO ROCKLAND...WITH THE LEAST SNOW EXPECTED RIGHT ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE AND FARTHER INLAND NEAR WATERSMEET. * STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 TO 50 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING...STRONGEST NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 14 TO 17 FEET INTO THIS MORNING. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 50 TO 60 MPH THROUGH THIS MORNING WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH CONTINUING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 18 FEET THIS MORNING. * SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES WILL LIKELY OCCUR. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND SHOT POINT. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 15 TO 20 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH BY THIS EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MICHIGAMME HIGHLANDS NORTH OF CHAMPION AND ISHPEMING...AND ALSO OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF MARQUETTE COUNTY INCLUDING SKANDIA AND CARLSHEND. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET INTO THIS EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.161119T1200Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * IN THE WAKE OF A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 60 MPH INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET ON SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LATE TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT. THE LEAST SNOW IS EXPECTED NEAR M-28 OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF LUCE COUNTY. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND TO CONTINUE THROUGH LATE TONIGHT AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-191745- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.161119T0945Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHEAST DELTA COUNTY THROUGH STEUBEN TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTHWEST OF ESCANABA. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL QUICKLY BECOME SLIPPERY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BE SLIPPERY THROUGH TONIGHT. EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-191745- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 445 AM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /345 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL DIMINISH TO LIGHTER LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES EARLY THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE MOST SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE MICHIGAMME HIGHLANDS OF BARAGA COUNTY...INCLUDING HERMAN AND THREE LAKES. THE LEAST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF IRON COUNTY INCLUDING AT CRYSTAL FALLS. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLA
567 WWUS43 KMQT 191703 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...VERY STRONG WINDS AND ACCUMULATING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON... MIZ002-009-192100- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /1103 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * OCCASIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE MORE PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS WELL INLAND ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY M-28. * ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM LATE MORNING TO LATE AFTERNOON WILL ONLY AMOUNT TO AN INCH OR TWO WITH THE LIGHTEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28. * NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH...BUT WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 10 TO 14 FEET THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. * THE STRONG WINDS WILL LEAD TO SOME BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...AND MAY ALSO CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SOME BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.. * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ001-003-200000- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AS HIGH AS 40 TO 60 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE SLOWLY DIMINISHING. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE NEAR THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE FROM EAGLE RIVER TO COPPER HARBOR. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 12 TO 18 FEET THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. * OCCASIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL ONLY PRODUCE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 INCH OR LESS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * SNOW COVERED AND ICY ROADS WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ005-200115- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0300Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 60 MPH INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR BETWEEN MARQUETTE AND SHOT POINT. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL RESULT IN WAVES OF 15 TO 20 FEET THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST WAVES WILL IMPACT THE BEACHES EAST OF MARQUETTE. * OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS EAST OF MARQUETTE AND GWINN. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF MARQUETTE AND GWINN. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AT TIMES AS SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ006-200115- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 55 TO 65 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL THEN CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO 17 TO 22 FEET INTO THIS EVENING. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO THE WEST OF MUNISING. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING ON NORTH AND NORTHWEST FACING BEACHES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ007-200115- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO 60 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...STRONGEST ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE. WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON SUNDAY. * THE STRONG WINDS OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BUILD WAVES TO AS HIGH AS 17 TO 22 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTHWEST OF NEWBERRY. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS WILL BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND MAY UPROOT SOME TREES. SOME POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. * THE HIGH WAVES ON LAKE SUPERIOR WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND BEACH FLOODING. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ004-010-084-192100- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /1103 AM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/ THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THE LIGHTEST ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE AROUND CRYSTAL FALLS AND L'ANSE. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 45 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS SOME ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-200115- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 1203 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 7 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT THE HEAVIEST SNOW FROM NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH AND WEST OF RAPID RIVER. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 50 MPH WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * WHERE SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOST PERSISTENT...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP AS ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
514 WWUS43 KMQT 192039 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...STRONG WINDS DIMINISHING TONIGHT WHILE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUE... MIZ005-200600- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ MARQUETTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GWINN...MARQUETTE 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ALTHOUGH LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH TONIGHT...SNOW SHOWERS MAY CONTINUE TO BE MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES EAST OF MARQUETTE AND GWINN. PLAN ON ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS WEST OF MARQUETTE AND GWINN TO AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND SKANDIA AND CARLSHEND. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 MPH TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING WILL ALSO CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ALONG THE LAKESHORE EAST OF HARVEY. IMPACTS... * WHERE SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOST PERSISTENT...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. * THE GUSTY WINDS MAY ALSO BREAK TREE BRANCHES AND CAUSE SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ002-009-192145- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /239 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ001-003-192145- /O.CAN.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0000Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL ONLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. * WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE AROUND COPPER HARBOR WILL STEADILY DIMINISH TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ004-010-084-192145- /O.CAN.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161119T2100Z/ BARAGA-IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...IRON RIVER...KENTON...SIDNAW 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 /239 PM CST SAT NOV 19 2016/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * DIMINISHING SNOW SHOWERS WILL ONLY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS TONIGHT. IMPACTS... * UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY FROM SNOW THAT HAS ALREADY FALLEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * SEND REPORTS TO NWS MARQUETTE OR VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT FOR MORE INFORMATION. && $$ MIZ006-007-200600- /O.CON.KMQT.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ ALGER-LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...NEWBERRY 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 50 MPH ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE EARLY THIS EVENING WILL STEADILY DIMINISH THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE...BUT WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR TO THE WEST OF MUNISING. IMPACTS... * THE HIGH WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR EARLY THIS EVENING MAY BREAK WEAKENED TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE SOME POWER OUTAGES. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND ICY. VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW...ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ MIZ013-014-085-200600- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0017.000000T0000Z-161120T0600Z/ DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESCANABA...GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE... SENEY 339 PM EST SAT NOV 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO STREAM WELL INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR THIS EVENING. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. EXPECT ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS FROM NORTHERN DELTA COUNTY TO SENEY. THE LEAST SNOW WILL FALL SOUTH AND WEST OF RAPID RIVER. * NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING WILL ALSO CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS. IMPACTS... * WHERE SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOST PERSISTENT...EXPECT HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS AS ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY...AND VISIBILITY WILL BE SHARPLY REDUCED AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ ROLFSON
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Marquette, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Nov 18, 5:11 AM EST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 18, 5:11 AM EST, 35 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Marquette MI
511 AM EST Fri Nov 18 2016
.SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight)
Issued at 509 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
WV imagery and RAP analysis indicated a vigorous negatively tilted
shortwave trough lifting northeast through ern Nebraska. At the
surface, low pressure was located over sw IA with a trough
extending to the northeast into wrn WI. An area of rain over nw WI
and wrn Lake Superior into ne MN was supported by 300k isentropic
lift and increasing moisture advection in the 850-700 mb frontal
zone ahead of the low. Otherwise, abundant low level moisture and
low clouds/fog prevailed over west/cntrl Upper Michigan to the
north of a warm front from cntrl WI into nrn lower MI.
Today, expect the rain to gradually expand over the west as the
shortwave and low pres lift to the northeast. The strongest 700-300
mb qvector conv ahead of the shrtwv will reach the area late today
with the rain area finally expanding into the cntrl areas by mid to
late afternoon. Despite the thick clouds, temps will remain well
above normal with highs in the mid to upper 50s cntrl and east.
Tonight, the low pressure center into west cntrl Upper Michigan
around 00z is only slowly expected to lift into Lake Superior by 06z
and to the se end of the lake by 12z. Expect a lull in the pcpn over
much of the cwa, as the dry slot takes over cntrl and east during
the evening. Then, winds will quickly increase as the strong
isallobaric component with 3 hr pres rise of 7mb develops with the
deepening low. So, expect a rapid temp drop and changeover to snow
from west to east btwn 03z- 09z. Even through the strongest dynamics
with the mid level trough will move off to the northeast, lake
enhanced snow will become heavy over the west and then the cntrl
late, especially in upslope flow locations, as 850 mb temps drop to
-12c and nrly 925 mb winds increase to 50-60 knots. So, winter storm
warning headlines for the combined hazards of highs winds and hazards
with sn/blsn and poor driving conditions were issued with winter wx
advisories beginning farther inland.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
Issued at 424 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
Main fcst concerns in the medium range period wl be on potent lo
pres fcst to impact the area on Sat with hi winds, hi waves near Lk
Sup, as well as some lk enhanced snow. Although the cold airmass
following the departing lo wl feature some marginally blo normal
temps, the contrast with the recent warmth wl make the change feel
more sgnft. Another lo pres passing thru the Lower Lks may bring
more mixed pcpn late on Tue thru Wed.
Sat...Deep sfc lo pres over ern Lk Sup at 12Z Sat wl tend to slide
slowly to the se and over nrn Lk Huron by 00Z Sun as a shrtwv moving
e thru the Lower Lks intensifies the upr trof stretching fm Upr MI
to near Detroit and also due to the impact of lk warming of the cold
airmass surging into the area that wl tend to support lowering mslp.
H925 nnw winds up to 50 kts under the sharp pres gradient on the wrn
flank of the sfc lo pres wl impact the e half of Upr MI most of the
day and draw h85 temps as lo as -15C over the wrn cwa by 00Z Sun.
The strong caa wl enhance mixing of the strong winds to the sfc, and
result in wind gusts at least aprch wrng thresholds near Lk Sup. The
best chc for the stronger winds wl be at exposed locations near Lk
Sup over the Keweenaw and e of about Marquette, where the pres
gradient/h925 winds are fcst to be the strongest and where a sharper
isallobaric wind component to the s of an intense 14mb/6 hr pres
rise center to the nnw of the sfc lo pres wl enhance the wind speeds.
These strong winds wl also whip up waves aoa 20 ft at exposed
locations along the shore...resulting in some shoreline flooding/
beach erosion. The combination of the sharp cyc flow and decreasing
stability over Lk Sup, where water temps are still arnd 8C, wl
result in some lk enhanced les, especially where the strong nnw flow
upslopes downwind of Lk Sup. The strong winds and local warming
along Lk Sup wl likely result in the heavier sn falling a bit
farther inland than is typical. Deep dgz shown on fcst sdngs within
the area of hier mstr would enhance snow accums further, but the
strong winds might tend to break up the resulting larger flakes and
thus limit this potential. This enhancement wl tend to diminish over
the w half thru the day as dnva/deep lyr qvector dvgc in the wake of
the slowly exiting upr trof axis overspreads the area and lowers the
invrn base toward 4k ft agl. Expect as much as 3 to 5 inches of sn
on Sat over the ncentral to less than an inch over the far scentral,
where the llvl flow wl downslope. Blowing snow wl also be an issue.
But as the dayshift pointed out, lingering dead vegetation/absence
of prior snow cover wl probably limit the intensity of the blowing
snow.
Sat ngt...As the upr trof axis shifts to the e, sharp dnva/deep lyr
qvector dvgc/subsidence wl overspread the e and cause the invrn
there to subside toward 3-4k ft agl, resulting in diminishing les
intensity in that area. But persistence of h85 temps as lo as -15C
and h85-lk water temp contrast in excess of 20C under llvl cyc nnw
flow wl cause lighter les to persist in the favored sn belts. The
slowly weakening cyc flow and passage of pres rise center to the se
as the sfc lo pres exits to sw Quebec wl result in diminishing winds
even over the e.
For headlines, opted to upgrade winter storm watch for Gogebic/
Ontonagon Counties and hi wind watches for the Keweenaw and
Marquette/Alger/Lue to winter storm warnings. While hi winds at
least aprchg wrng criteria wl be the main threat for
Marquette/Alger/ Luce, snow accums at aoa advy criteria in some of
these areas warrant a winter storm mention. Also included some
winter wx advys for inland areas to account for wind gusts near advy
criteria along with some snow/blowing snow. Went with a marginal
wind advy for Menominee/Dickinson Counties as well.
Sun/Sun ngt...The aprch of trailing sfc hi pres/more acyc llvl flow/
warming h85 temps as the invrn lowers further wl tend to end the les
w-e over at least the w half on Sun/Sun ngt. This pcpn wl be most
tenacious to the e of Marquette, where a steadier nnw flow wl
persist under h85 thermal trof near -12C. If there is some clrg of
the lo clds over the interior w as the sfc hi pres rdg moves nearly
ovhd, the light acyc flow/pwat aob 0.25 inch would allow temps to
fall well into the teens.
Mon/Mon ngt...Hi pres rdg under aprch shrtwv rdg axis wl bring a dry
period of wx even if some clds linger near Lk Sup in those areas
impacted by light upslope nne flow. More hi clds wl arrive fm the w
on Mon ngt as next shrtwv over the scentral Plains lifts to the ne
toward the wrn Great Lks.
Tue thru Fri...Some of the longer range models, especially the 00Z
GFS, have trended deeper with the next shrtwv lifting newd out of
the central Plains on Tue and into the Great Lks on Wed. The GFS
shows a more negatively tilted disturbance, with a deeper sfc lo
farther to the nw resulting in some mixed pcpn beginning late on
Tue. The 00Z ECMWF indicates a somewhat weaker disturbance passing
farther to the s, with mainly snow as ptype. After a period of dry
wx on Thanksgiving with trailing sfc hi pres passing thru the wrn
Great Lks, another disturbance may bring some light rain and snow to
the area on Fri.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night)
Issued at 1147 PM EST THU NOV 17 2016
Overall, expect conditions to remain low in the LIFR/VLIFR category
for most of this forecast period as moisture surges into the area
ahead of a strong low pressure system. Fog will continue into Fri
morning, and will be most extensive at KSAW where upslope forcing
will be strongest. Snow will fall at IWD late Fri afternoon and at
CMX by fri evening.
&&
.MARINE...(For the 4 AM Lake Superior forecast issuance)
Issued at 509 AM EST FRI NOV 18 2016
A strong storm system over IA this morning will move through Lake
Superior tonight and to the east of the area Saturday. Prolonged
storm/gale event are expected. NE gales will increase to storm today
over the west. Winds will become nnw this afternoon into tonight
with storm force winds spreading into the east half of the lake.
The most intense winds will be just behind the compact deepening low
as it moves through and out of the area. The high winds will also
quickly build waves into the 14 to 17 ft range over the western lake
today, then 14 to 22 ft late tonight into early Saturday with waves
gradually subsiding late Saturday into Saturday night. See marine
forecasts and hazards statements for more information.
&&
.MQT WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
Upper Michigan...
Winter Weather Advisory from 1 AM EST /midnight CST/ to 4 PM EST
/3 PM CST/ Saturday for MIZ004-010-084.
Winter Weather Advisory from 7 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday
for MIZ013-014-085.
Winter Storm Warning from midnight tonight to 7 PM EST Saturday
for MIZ001-003.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ this evening to 4
PM EST /3 PM CST/ Saturday for MIZ002-009.
Coastal Flood Warning from 7 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday for
MIZ006.
Winter Storm Warning from 5 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday for
MIZ006.
Coastal Flood Warning from 10 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday for
MIZ007.
Winter Storm Warning from 7 AM Saturday to 1 AM EST Sunday for
MIZ007.
Coastal Flood Warning from 4 AM to 7 PM EST Saturday for MIZ005.
Winter Storm Warning from 3 AM to 10 PM EST Saturday for MIZ005.
Wind Advisory from 6 AM to 3 PM CST Saturday for MIZ011-012.
Lake Superior...
Storm Warning from 7 AM to 4 PM EST Saturday for LSZ251-267.
Storm Warning from 1 AM to 4 PM EST Saturday for LSZ249-250-266.
Gale Warning until 7 PM EST this evening for LSZ243-244-264-266.
Storm Warning from 1 AM to 1 PM EST Saturday for LSZ245-248-265.
Gale Warning until 1 PM EST this afternoon for LSZ245-265.
Storm Warning from 10 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Saturday for
LSZ243-244-264.
Gale Warning until 1 AM EST Sunday for LSZ246-247.
Storm Warning until 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ Saturday for LSZ162-
240>242-263.
Gale Warning from 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ to 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/
Saturday for LSZ240>242-263.
Gale Warning from 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ to 4 PM EST /3 PM CST/
Saturday for LSZ162.
Lake Michigan...
Gale Warning from 1 PM this afternoon to 1 AM EST Sunday for
LMZ221-248-250.
&&
SHORT TERM...JLB
LONG TERM...KC
AVIATION...07
MARINE...JLBHazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 5:07 PM EST, 12 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 507 PM EST THU NOV 17 2016 MIZ001>007-009>014-084-085-181300- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-LUCE- GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-DELTA-SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- 507 PM EST THU NOV 17 2016 /407 PM CST THU NOV 17 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A POTENT LATE FALL STORM WILL IMPACT MUCH OF UPPER MICHIGAN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY...PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...SNOW AND ALSO BEACH EROSION AT MANY LAKE SUPERIOR BEACHES. SEE THE LATEST WEATHER MESSAGES...WINTER WEATHER MESSAGES AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR COMPLETE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LSZ162-240>251-263>267-181300- 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- 507 PM EST THU NOV 17 2016 /407 PM CST THU NOV 17 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN LAKE SUPERIOR...CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR AND WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NORTHEAST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WEST AND CENTRAL LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NORTHEAST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS WILL VEER TO THE NORTH FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 50 KNOTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE WEST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND FRIDAY NIGHT. STORM FORCE WINDS UP TO 55 KNOTS WILL OCCUR OVER THE EAST HALF OF LAKE SUPERIOR LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST SATURDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT WITH WINDS ACROSS ALL OF THE LAKE BELOW GALE FORCE BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST LAKE SUPERIOR FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. LMZ221-248-250-181300- 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- 507 PM EST THU NOV 17 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 SOUTH GALES TO 35 KNOTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON WILL SHIFT TO NORTHWEST GALES OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. SEE THE LATEST LAKE MICHIGAN NEARSHORE FORECAST AND MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE NEED FOR WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTS IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. ROLFSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Marquette, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 4:44 AM EST | Wind Advisory | MQT | Dickinson, Menominee | 35 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:45 AM EST | Coastal Flood Warning | MQT | Alger, Luce, Marquette | 43 hr |
| Nov 18, 5:52 AM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | MQT | Baraga, Delta, Houghton, Iron, Marquette, Schoolcraft | 43 hr |
| Nov 18, 1:45 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | MQT | Gogebic | 30 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.