First storm of the year in the UP of Michigan

[RL3AO]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
422 PM EST SUN NOV 4 2007

...FIRST SNOWSTORM OF THE SEASON ARRIVING MONDAY AND REMAINING
THROUGH TUESDAY OVER WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN....

.TWO CANADIAN LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL MERGE OVER LAKE SUPERIOR
MONDAY MORNING AND MOVE OVER THE REST OF THE UPPER GREAT LAKES
MONDAY AND TUESDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM...HEAVY LAKE ENHANCED
SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY AND TUESDAY FOR AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF LAKE
SUPERIOR AS NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS BRING MUCH COLDER AIR ACROSS
THE REGION.

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ MONDAY
TO 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MARQUETTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/
MONDAY TO 11 AM EST /10 AM CST/ TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE HEAVY AT TIMES INTO
TUESDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF NEARLY A FOOT CAN BE EXPECTED OVER HIGHER
TERRAIN LOCATIONS FROM WAKEFIELD THROUGH ROCKLAND TO NISULA. NEAR
THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE...ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE 3 TO 6
INCHES.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN
EXCESS OF 35 MPH AT TIMES WILL LIKELY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY. THE STRONG WINDS MAY ALSO
BREAK TREE LIMBS AND CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS.


Anyone on here from the UP?

[luke42]

I am from the UP, and it's definitely as bad as advertised! I just drove home from work after midnight shift and the roads are terrible. Lots of cars going off the roads. Areas just inland from Lake Superior picked up close to a foot of wet, heavy snow. Near the lakeshore, totals are closer to 3-4 inches. So needless to say, it's pretty nasty out. Looks like wintertime! It appears it's going to melt though, looking ahead at the forecasts.