WWUS43 KMQT 230346 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1046 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINDY CONDITIONS AND BLOWING SNOW TO CONTINUE OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA INTO SUNDAY... .ALTHOUGH A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN...WEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 35 MPH INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO POOR VISIBILITY. MIZ001-003-231200- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-140223T2200Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK 1046 PM EST SAT FEB 22 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EST SUNDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS OVERNIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. IMPACTS... * BLOWING SNOW AND OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL RESULT IN SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. * MANY SECONDARY ROADS IN HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTIES CONTINUE TO BE SNOW COVERED AND IMPASSABLE. THE HOUGHTON AND KEWEENAW COUNTY ROAD COMMISSIONS ARE ADVISING THAT THESE SECONDARY ROAD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. THEY ARE ADVISING MOTORISTS TO AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL AND TO STAY OFF SECONDARY ROADS IF AT ALL POSSIBLE TO AVOID BECOMING STRANDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LAKE EFFECT 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 WWWW
Posted on: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 03:47:31 +0000
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