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January 31-February 2nd Winter Storm Part 2


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IWX going HAM:


 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-010430-
/O.EXT.KIWX.WS.W.0002.150201T0300Z-150202T1200Z/
HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...
BRYAN...MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...
DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...
LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...
PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS
327 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST MONDAY...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING
TO 7 AM EST MONDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * HEAVY SNOW...10 TO 15 INCHES STORM TOTAL. THE PERIOD OF
   HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON SUNDAY INTO
   SUNDAY EVENING.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO
   SUNDAY NIGHT.

IMPACTS...

 * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAKING
   TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE. SOME UNPLOWED ROADS WILL
   BECOME IMPASSIBLE.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.

 * VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND
   BLOWING SNOW.

TIMING...

 * SNOW WILL BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING AS IT SPREADS FROM WEST TO
   EAST. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...THEN TAPER LATE SUNDAY
   NIGHT FROM WEST TO EAST.

CONFIDENCE...

 * CONFIDENCE IS VERY HIGH THAT HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER
   THERE IS MEDIUM CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO AMOUNTS AND THE
   EXACT LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR
OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

 

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I think that's kind of nuts, especially for their southern tier of counties. Models are really coalescing around the I-94 corridor getting  slammed.

 

I can't help but find GRR very irritating. All the models now are showing much of their area getting 6 to 12 inches, and they JUST budge the southern counties in a warning.

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I can't help but find GRR very irritating. All the models now are showing much of their area getting 6 to 12 inches, and they JUST budge the southern counties in a warning.

At least they're touting possibility of 12"+ now...

 

 

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI

322 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

MIZ064>067-071>074-010430-

/O.UPG.KGRR.WW.Y.0006.150201T0000Z-150202T1100Z/

/O.NEW.KGRR.WS.W.0002.150201T0000Z-150202T1100Z/

ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON-INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...

LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON

322 PM EST SAT JAN 31 2015

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM

EST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER

STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7

PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM EST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS

NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY

   SUNDAY.

 * TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 12 INCHES EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING.

   HIGHEST AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR FROM SOUTH HAVEN TO JACKSON WHERE A

   FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE.

 * NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT CREATING BLOWING AND

   DRIFTING CONDITIONS.

IMPACTS...

 * VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS

 * EVENT DELAYS AND CLOSURES

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A FEW CAR

   LENGTHS AT TIMES...RESULTING IN SOME ACCIDENTS AND SLIDEOFFS

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

 * THE MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REMINDS MOTORISTS

   TO ADJUST SPEEDS BASED ON THE CONDITIONS... AND TO TAKE IT

   SLOW IN ICE AND SNOW.

 

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Foot line up to the Toronto lakeshore on the 18z NAM Kuchera augmented map. Don't believe it for a second but for eye candy sake. And god bless the DTW-TOL corridor.

CONUS1_MESO-NAM212_SFC_ACCUM-SNOWFALL-KU

Wow. DTW going to get smoked with this storm. Would be nice to get an over achiever like the Dec 11th storm.

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The ball's in your hands now, DTX:

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They're going WSW southern three tiers per latest AFD.

 

 

WATCH HEADLINES WILL BE UPGRADED TO A WARNING WITH THE AFTERNOON

FORECAST PACKAGE AND AN ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE I-69

CORRIDOR ALL BEGINNING 06Z TONIGHT AND ENDING 12Z MONDAY. THE

EXPIRATION IS EXTENDED OVER THE WATCH VALID TIME TO ENCOMPASS A

SLIGHTLY SLOWER SYSTEM DEPARTURE. THE ADDITION OF THE M-59 CORRIDOR

TO THE WARNING IS BASED ON THE EXPECTATION OF SNOWFALL TOTALS

REACHING OR EXCEEDING 6 INCHES IN THE 9 TO 12 HOUR PERIOD FROM ABOUT

21Z SUNDAY TO 09Z MONDAY MORNING...BUT ALSO WITH A HIGH LIKELIHOOD

THAT EVENT TOTALS WILL REACH 8 INCHES ALONG THE I-96/696 CORRIDOR.

TOTALS WILL EASILY EXCEED 8 INCHES FOR THE 24-30 HOUR EVENT FROM ANN

ARBOR TO DETROIT AND SOUTH TO THE OHIO BORDER. THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL

FOR DOUBLE DIGIT ACCUMULATION REMAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-94

CORRIDOR WHERE ONSET WILL BEGIN FIRST TONIGHT SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT

AND END CLOSER TO SUNRISE MONDAY.

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I know its easy to go 8-12" because 6-10/8-12 is the common range given for many a big snowstorm here, but I think its going to be depend how things start out tomorrow. Depending how much snow has fallen by the 1pm observation may dictate if they actual go all into those amounts. I mean, if we are at like 3-5" by lunchtime tomorrow and have another 20 hours of snow to go (with the heaviest to come Sunday evening), they will have no choice to bite on 12"+ amounts. Temps will be in the teens most of the storm and it wont be pixie dust, so I imagine some fluff to the snow ratios.

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