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Post by MugRB on Dec 7, 2009 23:34:00 GMT -5
...HIGH WIND WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY...
.AN UNUSUALLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY...SUPPORTING A STRONG COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION. WINDS WILL SHIFT SW AND INCREASE DURING THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 70 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BREAK TREE BRANCHES AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PERSONS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
For the counties of: LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB- STARKE-PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN- WHITE-CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD- JAY-BERRIEN-CASS MI-ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS- FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH-
For the cities of: MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT... KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX... NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE... PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW... WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES... SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON... MONON...LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON... COLDWATER...BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE... BRYAN...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE... SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER... PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA... FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS...OHIO CITY...LIMA... SPENCERVILLE
...HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A HIGH WIND WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 70 MPH.
* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BREAK TREE BRANCHES AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PERSONS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
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Post by MugRB on Dec 7, 2009 23:35:45 GMT -5
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES.
* LOW PRESSURE THAT WAS STRENGTHENING NEAR LAS VEGAS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET AND RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ANY MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET WILL TRANSITION TO LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WITH LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW BURSTS. SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE EVENING.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE RANGE OF 0 TO 10 BELOW BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING.
IMPACTS...
* ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED BY EARLY TUESDAY EVENING POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE TAIL END OF THE COMMUTE HOME.
* SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE AS WET SNOW COMBINES WITH GUSTY WINDS TO BRING DOWN LIMBS TUESDAY EVENING AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY EVENING DUE TO HIGH WIND GUSTS.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TUESDAY EVENING OR FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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Post by MugRB on Dec 9, 2009 14:09:12 GMT -5
A HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EST /9 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING.
* TIMING: WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING...WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
* WINDS: SUSTAINED WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 MPH.
* IMPACTS: WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN BREAK TREE BRANCHES AS WELL AS CAUSE MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. PERSONS SHOULD SECURE LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.
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Post by MugRB on Dec 9, 2009 14:12:54 GMT -5
BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. A HEAVY BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FORM BETWEEN INTERSTATE 96 AND INTERSTATE 94. SNOWFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND LASTING INTO THURSDAY. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES THIS EVENING INTO THURSDAY.
* GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS BY LATE TONIGHT.
* EXPECT TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
IMPACTS...
* ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THIS AFTERNOON.
* TRAVEL WILL BE MOST SEVERELY IMPACTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS SNOW... BLOWING SNOW...AND RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES OCCUR NEAR THE TIME OF THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 131.
* POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING DUE TO THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
* A BLIZZARD WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OR FREQUENT GUSTS OF OVER 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH CONSIDERABLE FALLING AND/OR BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL BECOME POOR... WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THOSE VENTURING OUTDOORS MAY BECOME LOST OR DISORIENTED... SO PERSONS IN THE WARNING AREA ARE ADVISED TO STAY INDOORS.
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Post by MugRB on Dec 10, 2009 23:46:54 GMT -5
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST FRIDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THE WINDS AND SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. * STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE SEVERELY IMPACTED WITH SNOW... BLOWING SNOW... AND COLD WIND CHILLS. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES INTO TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND WEST OF U.S. HIGHWAY 131. * NORTH SOUTH ROADS IN RURAL AREAS WILL BE MOST INFLUENCED WITH LOW VISIBILITIES AND EXTREME DRIFTING DURING THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * IT WOULD BE BEST NOT TO TRAVEL THROUGH TONIGHT. * IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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Post by MugRB on Dec 23, 2009 21:43:30 GMT -5
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
* UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.
* THE FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON OVER THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES. THE PROGRESSION EASTWARD SHOULD BE VERY SLOW. AREAS NEAR U.S. 131 SHOULD BEGIN TO SEE THE WINTRY MIX THROUGH THE EVENING. THEN AREAS EAST OF U.S. 131 WILL FINALLY SEE THE PRECIPITATION MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT.
* AREAS NORTH OF A WHITEHALL TO ALMA LINE WILL SEE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FREEZING RAIN AND ICE ACCUMULATION. AREAS SOUTH OF THIS LINE WILL LIKELY SEE THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGE TO RAIN CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* EASTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO 30 MPH.
IMPACTS...
* HOLIDAY TRAVEL AFTER NIGHTFALL ON CHRISTMAS EVE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY COULD BECOME IMPACTED. ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS COULD BECOME ICE COVERED AND SLIPPERY.
* ICE COATED TREES AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 30 MPH COULD LEAD TO DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME... THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS... SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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Post by MugRB on Jan 2, 2010 22:37:29 GMT -5
Received on my phone from TWC (The Weather Channel) - 01/02/2010 @ 21:51
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST SUNDAY...
WEATHER HAZARDS...
* SNOW RATES AS HIGH AS 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE EXPECTED AT TIMES UNDER THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOWERS.
* AN ADDITIONAL 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL FALL WEST OF A HOLLAND TO PAW PAW LINE. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTALS TO ALMOST 2 FEET IN THIS AREA SINCE THE SNOW BEGAN THURSDAY NIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY LOW VISIBILITIES AND SNOWY ROADS THROUGH TONIGHT.
* WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE UNDER HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH THE WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED ON INTERSTATE 196 SOUTH OF HOLLAND AND INTERSTATE 94 WEST OF PAW PAW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF LAKE- EFFECT SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. LAKE-EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TYPICALLY ALIGN THEMSELVES IN BANDS AND WILL LIKELY BE INTENSE ENOUGH TO DROP 1 TO SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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Post by MugRB on Jan 4, 2010 23:07:19 GMT -5
Statement as of 10:00 PM EST on January 04, 2010[/u]
... Lake effect snow warning remains in effect until 7 am EST Tuesday...
Hazardous weather...
* a narrow 5 mile wide lake effect snow band will continue to affect the far western portions Allegan and Van Buren counties overnight.
* Radar continues to show a narrow band of lake effect snow from near Glenn south to South Haven and Covert. Conditions will remain favorable for this band to remain intact overnight.
* Snowfall rates of a half inch to an inch per hour will be possible along the Lake Shore especially south of Glenn to near Covert.
* Up to 3 inches of additional snowfall is possible through 1 am near and especially just west of a Glenn to Hartford line.
Impacts...
* whiteouts will be possible along I-196 tonight from Glenn to South Haven tonight.
* Roads will be snow covered and slick under this band. Road conditions will remain treacherous overnight.
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
* a lake effect snow warning means significant amounts of lake- effect snow are forecast that will make travel very hazardous or impossible. Lake-effect snow showers typically align themselves in bands and will likely be intense enough to drop 1 to several inches of snow per hour for several hours. Visibilities vary greatly and can drop to zero within minutes. Travel is strongly discouraged. Commerce could be severely impacted. If you must travel... keep an extra flashlight... food... and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency.
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Post by MugRB on Feb 7, 2010 15:55:53 GMT -5
Admirring at how much less mail is in the inbox on the cellphones. I have mine and Pappy's set to automatically delete sent & receive mail that is 30 days old. Then suddenly every one started to buzz (Vibe vs musical ringing) with activity.
My Cellphone: TWC (The Weather Channel) Alert SVR Winter Storm Watch has been ussued for Grand Junction, MI Rcvd: 02/07 @ 3:38 pm
Pappy's Boost Five new messages. And downloading more messages.
Winter Storm Watching in effect for Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Allegan and Van Buren Counties starting 02/10/2010 @ 13:00 EST.
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Post by MugRB on Mar 9, 2010 0:45:19 GMT -5
Dense Fog Advisory till 8 am Tuesday. Current visibilities range from a mile to less than 1/8 mile.
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