2 to 4″ of snow expected tonight into Friday am
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
OCT 30 2014
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW IN IRON COUNTY TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING…
.A STRONG SURGE OF COLD AIR FROM CANADA LATE TODAY WILL MOVE OVER A RELATIVELY WARM LAKE SUPERIOR AND ALLOW ACCUMULATING SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW INTENSITY WILL PEAK AROUND MIDNIGHT AND LINGER INTO FRIDAY MORNING. PARTS OF IRON COUNTY CAN EXPECT SNOWFALL TOTALS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG THE HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE GOGEBIC RANGE. INCLUDING THE CITY OF…HURLEY
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CDT FRIDAY…
* LOCATION…IRON COUNTY.
* TIMING…THIS EVENING AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING. THE SNOWFALL INTENSITY WILL PEAK LATE THIS EVENING AND JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…2 TO 4 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS THE ELEVATED TERRAIN IN THE GOGEBIC RANGE.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…10 TO 20 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THERE COULD BE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW WHICH WOULD REDUCE VISIBILITY IN THE MORE INTENSE SNOW BANDS.
* IMPACTS…TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT…ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 2 AND STATE HIGHWAY 77.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY MEANS LAKE-EFFECT SNOW IS FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IN SOME AREAS. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP SEVERAL INCHES IN LOCALIZED AREAS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI …OCT 30 2014
…MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING….
KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-GOGEBIC-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COPPER HARBOR…ONTONAGON…HOUGHTON…
HANCOCK…IRONWOOD…KENTON…SIDNAW
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT /11 AM CDT/ FRIDAY…
HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE THIS EVENING…AND CONTINUE MODERATE AT TIMES TONIGHT…BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES LATE FRIDAY MORNING.
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 4 INCHES TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. LOOK FOR THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION OVER HIGHER TERRAIN FROM THE PORCUPINE MOUNTAINS THROUGH ROCKLAND TO HANCOCK AND MOHAWK. EXPECT THE LEAST ACCUMULATION ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORELINE.
IMPACTS…
* THE WET SNOW WILL RESULT IN SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON AREA ROADWAYS TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY.
* NORTH WINDS GUSTING OVER 30 MPH AT TIMES WILL ALSO PRODUCE SOME
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY.
URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE… NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI… OCT 30 2014
…SNOW AND WIND LIKELY TO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING…
.AN INTENSE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION WILL USHER A COLD AIR MASS INTO THE AREA. THE COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE ON GUSTY NORTH WINDS. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS GENERATED BY THE DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. EVEN THOUGH THE UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL PULL OUT OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT…COLD AIR FLOWING SOUTH ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF THE SNOW SHOWERS FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
INCLUDING THE CITY OF…EAGLE RIVER
…LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 11 AM CDT FRIDAY…
* TIMING…SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING. PERIODS OF SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY…THOUGH THEY SHOULD DIMINISH BY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE SNOWBELT TO AN INCH OR TWO ELSEWHERE.
* OTHER IMPACTS…GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL GENERATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=dlh&wwa=lake%20effect%20snow%20advisory
Thanks to Brian de Chantal for this link