SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 805 AM EDT SUN OCT 20 2013 MIZ001>005-009-010-084-202000- KEWEENAW-ONTONAGON-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-GOGEBIC- IRON-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...ONTONAGON...HOUGHTON... HANCOCK...L`ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER... KENTON...SIDNAW 805 AM EDT SUN OCT 20 2013 /705 AM CDT SUN OCT 20 2013/ ...FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW OF THE SEASON EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT WILL BRING THE FIRST MEASURABLE SNOW TO UPPER MICHIGAN. THE FIRST WAVE OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO UPPER MICHIGAN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL START AS RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. THOSE HIGHER TERRAIN LOCATIONS FROM IRONWOOD THROUGH ROCKLAND...TO TWIN LAKES...AND OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS OF BARAGA AND MARQUETTE COUNTIES...COULD SEE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST INTO CANADA ON MONDAY...ONLY LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER WEST WIND FAVORED LOCATIONS OF WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN. THEN...AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING...MODERATE SNOWFALL WILL DEVELOP. THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO A FEW INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY FOR LOCATIONS AWAY FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. MONITOR OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE UPCOMING SNOWFALL. $$ SRF/KF
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 13:48:11 +0000
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