Lake Effect Snow Warning

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Lake Effect Snow Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
343 PM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.NORTHWEST FLOW BEHIND A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST NORTH OF LAKE
SUPERIOR WILL CONTINUE TO GENERATE SNOW SHOWERS OVER WESTERN
PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THIS EVENING. AS THE LOW LIFTS
NORTH TOWARD JAMES BAY TONIGHT...DRIER AIR ARRIVING FROM THE
NORTHWEST WILL DIMINISH THE SNOW SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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BARAGA-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...L'ANSE...KENTON...SIDNAW
343 PM EDT FRI OCT 13 2006

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS CONTINUED THE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
TONIGHT.

OCCASIONALLY HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.
LOOK FOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES BEFORE THE
SNOW TAPERS OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION
CAN BE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN FROM NISULA THROUGH PELKIE TO
HERMAN. WIND GUSTS TO 25 MPH AT TIMES MAY PRODUCE LOCALIZED
BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

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 OR MORE
INCHES OF SNOW PER HOUR FOR SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES VARY
GREATLY AND CAN DROP TO ZERO WITHIN MINUTES.