OT: Blizzard Warning

Submitted by redwings8831 on

The blizzard warning has been posted for most of southern/central Michigan. The weather channel is projecting 18-24 inches for southeast michigan and surrounding areas.

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/48104:4?phenomena=BZ&…

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... BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* HEAVY SNOW... STRONG GUSTY WINDS... AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES OF ONE-QUARTER OF MILE OR LESS DUE TO INTENSE SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW.

* QUICKLY ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE ROADS VERY HARD TO CLEAR.

* UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY... SNOWPACKED... AND DANGEROUS.

* HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE POWER OUTAGES.

* WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND -5 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

* SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY.

* NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST TO 40 MPH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW... AND WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

* THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO COINCIDE BETWEEN 10 PM TONIGHT AND 10 AM WEDNESDAY.

* HEAVY STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 10 AND 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND CHILLS BETWEEN 0 AND -5 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

* A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS... MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED... STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

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... WINTER STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL LIFT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY... SPREADING HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. SNOW WILL BECOME INTENSE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY... AS SNOWFALL RATES REACH 1 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR. VERY STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH COMBINING WITH THE HEAVY SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FREELAND TO BAD AXE. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO BECOME LIKELY WITH THESE WINDS... HELPING TO CREATE AREAS OF NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. FURTHER NORTH... WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE SLIGHTLY LESS OVER MIDLAND AND BAY COUNTIES... WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH CREATING LESS WIDESPREAD ISSUES WITH BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES. SNOWFALL AND WIND GUSTS WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... WITH SNOW TAPERING OFF DURING THE EARLY EVENING. STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 8 AND 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY... WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-69 CORRIDOR. THOSE RESIDING IN OR PLANNING TRAVEL TO THIS REGION ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND CONDITIONS BEFORE ATTEMPTING NECESSARY TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... PREPARE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT TO TAKE WITH YOU.

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February 1st, 2011 at 3:13 PM ^

The College is closing for the rest of the day at 5pm which applies to me as I work 12-9 on Tuesdays.  Furthermore, I think this bodes well for a Wednesday closure.

AWWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHHHHHH