5 to 9 inches or more of heavy wet snow could bring down tree limbs and power lines
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI… APR 10 2015
Iron Bay, Michigan, 10 Apr 2015
HEAVY AND WET SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN… INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COPPER HARBOR… HOUGHTON… HANCOCK… L`ANSE… KENTON… SIDNAW
WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER…
* HEAVY WET SNOW…WITH SNOWFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR…WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK BEFORE DIMINISHING THROUGH MID MORNING. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL THEN CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON.
* AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF HEAVY WET SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MID MORNING…BRINGING STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL TO 5 TO 9 INCHES…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF BARAGA COUNTY.
* NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY DAYBREAK…WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR. THESE WINDS MAY PUT STRESS ON TREES COATED WITH HEAVY WET SNOW…CAUSING DOWNED LIMBS AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES.
* ROADS MAY REMAIN SNOW AND SLUSH COVERED THROUGH THIS MORNING…LEADING TO DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS.
* THE WET AND HEAVY SNOW WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL AND PLOW.
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