DO NOT DRIVE!!!
U.P. Breaking News Bulletin 10:42 a.m. ET Monday 12-26-16
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director – 1-906-273-2433
Some 1,200 UPPCO customers without power in Keweenaw – crews working fast and safely to restore power to many areas of the U.P.
Hundreds of trees down across the Upper Peninsula – plus powerlines
Mackinac Bridge has been closed due to falling ice – here are latest webcam photos:
http://www.mackinacbridge.org/fares-traffic/bridge-cam
Mackinac Bridge Closed – Falling Ice
Status: Mackinac Bridge Closed – Falling Ice
Monday, Dec 26 – 10:42 AM
Currently the Mackinac Bridge is closed to all traffic. We are experiencing falling ice from the cables and towers on the bridge.
Motorists are advised to reduce their speed to 20 miles per hour as they approach the bridge and be prepared to stop. Bridge personnel are stationed at both ends of the structure to provide instructions.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority is monitoring the conditions at various points along the structure. When conditions improve, the bridge will be reopened to traffic. If you are planning to travel to the Straits area, please tune to AM 530 or 1610.
Watch for black ICE
Update 7:25 a.m. CT/8:25 a.m. ET – URGENT IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN – AND WATERSMEET, MI US-2 CRASH
Officials are at the scene of a rollover accident on U.S. Highway 2 just – one mile west of Highway 45 – just outside of Watersmeet, MI.
One male (a big gentleman) and one female with a head injury were able to get out of the overturned vehicle.
The roads in Gogebic County and elsewhere “are terrible,” according to a dispatcher sending Watersmeet Rescue units
There is a big icy mess everywhere across the U.P. now – as trees fall and powerlines droop.
There is lots of police traffic about trees and powerlines down on Sunset Dr.
“There are lots of police, ambulance and fire trucks around, and they are sliding all over the place,” said a snowplow driver attempting to help at one of the aftermath locations in Gogebic County.
Flooding of low lying areas also said to be an issue.
The storm has moved to the eastern U.P. – However driving is still very dangerous – now occasional snow as storm moves east – and the clean up.
U.P. Breaking News Traffic Advisory – Bay Mills fire call is furnace related – 7:07a.m. ET Monday 12-26-16
also – Public Safety Advisory: ENTIRE U.P. – BEWARE ‘BIG’ FALLING TREES AND POWERLINES
Now, an advisory for our readers in the Bay Mills Indian Community in the eastern U.P.
If you see firetruck its because of smoke reported to be belching from a home furnace
The Superior Township Volunteer Fire Department and other emergency officials responded just before 7 a.m. to a home on West Lakeshore Drive in Bay Mills.
It is at or near 11156 W. Lakeshore Dr.
No injuries – minor – but definitely a cause for all concern – is your furnace ready for this six months of winter?
BEWARE BIG TREES COVERED WITH ICE AND COMING DOWN – POWERLINES DOWN
Mackinac Bridge Status: High Winds and Black Ice Warning on Monday, Dec. 26, 2016 – 7:31 AM ET
Currently we are experiencing winds of sufficient force in the Straits area to issue a warning to all motorists preparing to cross the Mackinac Bridge.
Examples of vehicles especially vulnerable to high winds are pickup trucks with campers, motor homes, vehicles pulling trailers and enclosed semi-truck trailers. Motorists must reduce their speed to a maximum of 20 miles per hour, turn on their four way flashers, and utilize the outside lane. Motorists are asked to exercise appropriate caution.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority is monitoring wind speeds at various points along the structure. Watch for black ICE
“I have seen half dozen really big spruce trees down,” said snowplow driver in Houghton County at 6:56 a.m. ET
“That’s what I have here – There’s number 13 and 14,” said another driver
Waves of pounding rain, freezing rain, sleet, and heavy snow – all reported in wintry bands that move swiftly through areas – then storm changes to something else.
From snow to ice to rain to ice – vicious circle – this is Gogebic County where the snowplows have been out all night working very hard to keep U.S.-2 Safe and Open:
“These roads are horrible,” said an officer in the eastern U.P. – Chippewa County at 6:43 a.m. ET and the dispatcher replied “sounds like it getting really bad out there.”
“Be advised central, the road conditions are horrible,” stated an Upper Peninsula police officer at 5:10 a.m. ET
Storm Breaking News Update on 12-26-16 at 5:15 a.m. ET – URGENT:
“I can’t go five miles per hour – you can’t see out here,” said a snowplow driver at 2:10 a.m. ET
U.P. Breaking News Bulletin with Some Weird but Scary Proof Not to Drive:
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director – 1-906-273-2433
Roads continue awful across the U.P. – but listen to this if you need to be convinced:
If ya needed wild, scary audio proof: Thank you to snowplow drivers operating in Gogebic County: The Sound of Ice Covering the Upper Peninsula of Michigan 12-26-16
The Sound of Frozen Rain-Making Courtesy Gogebic County, MI snowplows, Marquette County, MI police a short while ago this morning – 12-26-16:
Even the snowplow drivers cannot see now:
“I can’t go five miles per hour – you can’t see out here,” said a western Upper Peninsula snowplow driver at 1:10 a.m. CT (2:10 ET) “I am going to do the shoulders and call it – because I can not see.“
“FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN,” says National Weather Service
“It’s Like An Ice Rink,” declared one law enforcement officer who said highways are ice-covered
But its another deadly winter hazard elsewhere in U.P.:
“I can’t hardly keep up, it’s snowing and blowing – and she covers her right back up again,” said one snowplow driver to another this morning as reinforcements are needed
URGENT – A BIG MESS IS STARTING – Do Not Drive – Wrecks and slide-offs everywhere
“Be really careful – the roads are really icy,” said one U.P. police dispatcher – and the echo of that important lifesaving message could be heard across the U.P. from those who must be out in this weather
Ice and More Winter Weather and Gale Warnings Across Northern Michigan
Winter Weather Slams Upper Peninsula of Michigan – driving deadly
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director – 1-906-273-2433
(Upper Peninsula of Michigan) – After Christmas traffic accidents – and vehicles sliding into snowbanks – were being reported as a deadly wintry mix of ice, sleet and snow was slamming the highways and roads across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Plus – the storm behind this storm – and the one behind that – are on their way here. All are winter storms that will eventually reach the U.P.
Just as snowplow drivers were reporting heavy blowing snow – minutes later it was turning to rain – then ice.
Snowplows were reporting heavy snow in some areas – while in others it is sleeting a deadly ice/rain mix. Ice is covering trees, roads and everything in some areas. Delay all travel. Don’t drive.
But – law enforcement, snowplow drivers, EMTs, paramedics, firefighters and others have to drive to keep you safe – and incredibly a “transplant” team was reported leaving U.P. Health System – Marquette via a plane. So even doctors, nurses and all support staff had to be there for the unknown transplant.
In fact, it appears the U.P. will get hit with several severe winter storms over next few days – what’s happening to the west – like Minnesota and Wisconsin – is headed to the U.P.
But the immediate threat is the roads are too slippery for travel. Period. Additional plows are being called-in to help, but the driving is treacherous.
A two-vehicle accident involving an off-duty Northern Michigan University police officer was reported about 10:30 p.m. Christmas night at the intersection of 7th Street and College Street in Marquette, MI.
Fortunately no injuries, and the complete identity of the NMU Public Safety Officer was not known to U.P. Breaking News, we are told that due to holiday – and for another reason – his friend’s will understand why we call him “St. Nick.”
National Weather Service Warnings:
https://weather.com/weather/today/l/USMI0405:1:US
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016
...FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT
ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN...
MIZ002-009>012-084-261015-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-161226T1500Z/
ONTONAGON-GOGEBIC-IRON-DICKINSON-MENOMINEE-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONTONAGON...IRONWOOD...IRON RIVER...
IRON MOUNTAIN...MENOMINEE...KENTON...SIDNAW
1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 /1002 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
/9 AM CST/ MONDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* OCCASIONAL SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GIVE WAY TO A PERIOD OF
STEADIER RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
DIMINISH AND THEN END EARLY MONDAY MORNING.
* AFTER SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...TOTAL ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED.
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS ALONG THE BAY OF GREEN BAY.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH WILL DIMINISH
OVERNIGHT.
IMPACTS...
* THE COMBINATION OF SLEET AND ICE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND
SIDEWALKS AS GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
* THE GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN MINOR
TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...
SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
&&
$$
Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1208 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016
...MIXED PRECIPITATION CONTINUES OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND
This will eventually reach the Upper Peninsula
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUED TO IMPACT THE NORTHLAND LATE THIS
EVENING AND WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY...ALTHOUGH THE
PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY WILL BE MAINLY SNOW. CASS...CROW
WING...AND AITKIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORT MANY TREES AND
SOME POWER LINES ARE DOWN IN THOSE AREAS AS OF LATE EVENING.
MOSTLY SLEET AND SNOW ALONG WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING
ACROSS THE NORTHLAND AS OF LATE EVENING...WITH SOME RAIN OCCURRING
IN SPOTS AS WELL AS TEMPERATURES HAVE SLOWLY CREPT ABOVE FREEZING
OVER FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE NORTHLAND. THE PRECIPITATION
SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE MAINLY SNOW OR SLEET OVER FAR NORTHERN
MINNESOTA...BUT SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR AT TIMES. THE
REST OF THE AREA WILL SEE A CONTINUED WINTRY MIX FROM SNOW AND
SLEET TO RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN. SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE STILL
EXPECTED TO WARM SOME OVERNIGHT AND THAT SHOULD CAUSE MORE RAIN TO
OCCUR AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES...MOST LIKELY FROM THE BRAINERD
LAKES EAST ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE ARE SOME
INDICATIONS THAT TEMPERATURES MAY WARM TO NEAR TO JUST ABOVE
FREEZING OVER MOST OF THE NORTHLAND FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AS
THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES.
THE BACK EDGE OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS NEARING BRAINERD AS OF
MIDNIGHT AND THIS IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST AND NORTH
OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION MAY NOT END ALTOGETHER IN ALL
AREAS...BUT THE INTENSITY WILL DIMINISH. IT WILL TAKE UNTIL AFTER
4 AM TO REACH THE TIP OF THE ARROWHEAD. MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL THEN WORK INTO THE BRAINERD LAKES...WALKER...BIGFORK AND
INTERNATIONAL FALLS AREAS LATE.
BOTH THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION
REPORT ROADS ARE COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY COVERED WITH A SNOW AND
SLEET OR A SLEET AND ICE MIX. A SPOTTER IN BRAINERD REPORTED
AROUND A QUARTER INCH OF ICE ON SURFACES. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS
IN SPOTS OVERNIGHT. TREES AND POWER LINES ALREADY HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE ON THEM. ANY ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN
AND THE GUSTY WINDS COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO
TOPPLE...CREATING POWER OUTAGES.
ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW A QUARTER
INCH FROM MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THE HIGHEST SNOW AND
SLEET ACCUMULATION WILL BE FROM THE IRON RANGE NORTHWARD TO THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES
THROUGH MONDAY THERE.
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS
BECOMING WESTERLY ON MONDAY. SOME WIND GUSTS MAY BE AROUND 35 MPH
AT TIMES...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS WILL BE
UP TO 45 MPH IN SPOTS AROUND LAKE SUPERIOR.
NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION FALLS IN YOUR AREA...IT WILL
NOT BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR DRIVING ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO
SIGNIFICANT ICING. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...BRING A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ALSO A CELL PHONE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
MNZ011-012-020-021-261615-
/O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T0000Z/
NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...TWO HARBORS...
SILVER BAY...GRAND MARAIS
1208 AM CST MON DEC 26 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY...
* LOCATIONS...ELY...ISABELLA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...GRAND
MARAIS...AND THE GUNFLINT TRAIL.
* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 9 INCHES...HIGHEST IN THE TIP OF THE
ARROWHEAD.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* SUSTAINED WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. WEST 15 TO 30 MPH
ON MONDAY.
* WIND GUSTS...UP TO 35 MPH...40 MPH CLOSE TO LAKE SUPERIOR.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE MANY ROADS
TREACHEROUS AND IMPASSABLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WINTRY MIXED
PRECIPITATION MEANS HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND
DANGEROUS SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING
A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. PREPARE NOW FOR POTENTIAL POWER
OUTAGES THAT COULD LAST FOR LONGER THAN A FEW HOURS.
&&
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN... MIZ001-003>006-013-014-085-261015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-161226T1500Z/ KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-DELTA- SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK... L`ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...ESCANABA... GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * OCCASIONAL SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GIVE WAY TO A PERIOD OF STEADIER RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND THEN END MONDAY MORNING. * AFTER SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH OVERNIGHT... WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AS GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES OVERNIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN... MIZ007-261015- /O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-161226T1500Z/ LUCE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEWBERRY 1102 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * OCCASIONAL SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL GIVE WAY TO A PERIOD OF STEADIER RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN LATE IN THE NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL THEN END MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. * SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 40 MPH OVERNIGHT. IMPACTS... * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AS GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING. * THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES LATE TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
715 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016
...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET OVER MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND...
.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WAS IMPACTING THE NORTHLAND THIS EVENING AND
WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. A LARGE AREA OF SLEET...SNOW...AND FREEZING
RAIN COVERED AREAS FROM NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THROUGH NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN. THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD BE MAINLY SNOW OR SLEET OVER
FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA...BUT SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO OCCUR AT
TIMES LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THE REST OF THE AREA WAS
SEEING MOSTLY SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WITH MANY REPORTS OF SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH TO ONE INCH. SURFACE TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO WARM SOME OVERNIGHT AND THAT SHOULD CAUSE MORE
RAIN TO OCCUR AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES...MOSTLY LIKELY FROM THE
BRAINERD LAKES EAST ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. THERE ARE
SOME INDICATIONS THAT TEMPERATURES MAY WARM ABOVE FREEZING OVER
MOST OF THE NORTHLAND FOR A TIME LATER TONIGHT AS THE HEAVIEST
PRECIPITATION DIMINISHES.
BOTH THE MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION
REPORT ROADS ARE COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY COVERED WITH A SLEET OR A
SLEET AND ICE MIX. TRAVEL WILL BE DANGEROUS IN SPOTS OVERNIGHT. TREES
AND POWER LINES ALREADY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ICE ON THEM.
THE ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN COULD CAUSE TREES AND POWER LINES TO
TOPPLE...CREATING POWER OUTAGES.
THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN FOR ICE WILL BE FROM THE BRAINERD LAKES
REGION...TO THE DULUTH AREA AND INTO THE ARROWHEAD. ANOTHER AREA
OF CONCERN WILL BE FROM HINCKLEY INTO NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
ALTHOUGH WE ARE EXPECTING TEMPERATURES TO SLOWLY RISE ABOVE
FREEZING OVERNIGHT. UNTIL THEN...ROADS MAY BECOME EXTREMELY SLICK
IN A HURRY. SNOW WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN FURTHER NORTH...FROM THE
IRON RANGE NORTHWARD TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. ANYWHERE FROM 4
TO 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND MONDAY.
STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...WITH GUSTY EAST WINDS
BECOMING WESTERLY LATER TONIGHT AND ON MONDAY. SOME WIND GUSTS
MAY REACH 40 MPH AT TIMES...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PRECIPITATION FALLS IN YOUR AREA...IT WILL
NOT BE A GOOD NIGHT FOR DRIVING ACROSS THE REGION DUE TO
SIGNIFICANT ICING. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...BRING A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT AND ALSO A CELL PHONE IF YOU HAVE ONE.
MNZ011-012-020-021-261115-
/O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-161227T0000Z/
NORTH ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELY...ISABELLA...TWO HARBORS...
SILVER BAY...GRAND MARAIS
715 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST MONDAY...
* LOCATIONS...ELY...ISABELLA...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...GRAND
MARAIS...AND THE GUNFLINT TRAIL.
* TIMING...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* SUSTAINED WINDS...EAST 10 TO 25 MPH TODAY AND TONIGHT. WEST 15
TO 25 MPH ON MONDAY.
* WIND GUSTS...UP TO 35 MPH.
* IMPACTS...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE MANY ROADS
TREACHEROUS AND IMPASSABLE. THE WEIGHT OF THE SNOW AND ICE ON
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES COULD PRODUCE NUMEROUS OUTAGES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND WINTRY MIXED
PRECIPITATION MEANS HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...SLEET AND
FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED. EXPECT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY AND
DANGEROUS SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION. HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME
STRANDED. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING
A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. PREPARE NOW FOR POTENTIAL POWER
OUTAGES THAT COULD LAST FOR LONGER THAN A FEW HOURS.
&&
Winter Weather Advisory for Houghton, Michigan
-
Issuing Office: Marquette
Source: National.Weather.Service
… WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST MONDAY… HAZARDOUS WEATHER… * EXPECT A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET TO CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM EST. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY DIMINISH FOR A TIME AROUND MIDNIGHT… ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADIER FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH AND THEN END MONDAY MORNING. * SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED… FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT… WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. IMPACTS… * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING… ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS AS GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
* THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW… SLEET… OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE… PLAN… AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT &&
More Information
… FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS UPPER MICHIGAN…
Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
832 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016
...FREEZING RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT ACROSS
UPPER MICHIGAN...
MIZ001-003>006-013-014-085-261000-
/O.CON.KMQT.WW.Y.0026.000000T0000Z-161226T1500Z/
KEWEENAW-NORTHERN HOUGHTON-BARAGA-MARQUETTE-ALGER-DELTA-
SOUTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COPPER HARBOR...HOUGHTON...HANCOCK...
L`ANSE...GWINN...MARQUETTE...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING...ESCANABA...
GLADSTONE...MANISTIQUE...SENEY
832 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST
MONDAY...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER...
* EXPECT A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET TO CHANGE TO MAINLY FREEZING RAIN
BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1 AM EST. WHILE PRECIPITATION MAY DIMINISH FOR A
TIME AROUND MIDNIGHT...ANOTHER ROUND OF STEADIER FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
DIMINISH AND THEN END MONDAY MORNING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED...
FOLLOWED BY ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TENTH TO TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH.
* SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 30 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT...
WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN
SHORELINE AND THE EAST SIDE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA.
IMPACTS...
* THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS
AND SIDEWALKS AS GROUND TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING.
* THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ICE ACCUMULATION MAY RESULT IN
MINOR TREE DAMAGE AND SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...
SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES.
* PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT
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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016
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331 PM EST SUN DEC 25 2016 /231 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN UPPER
MICHIGAN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL AFFECT UPPER MICHIGAN WITH A WINTRY MIX OF
RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. MANY PLACES
WILL SEE AROUND 0.10 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES
TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED AS WELL...WITH WIND GUSTS AS HIGH
AS 40 MPH POSSIBLE TONIGHT AT EXPOSED LOCATIONS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR
AND LOCALLY HIGHER GUSTS ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS 10 TO 15 FEET ALONG
EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH MAY RESULT IN SOME
MINOR BEACH EROSION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL LINGER INTO MONDAY
NIGHT...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA
MONDAY EVENING. THE STRONG WINDS MAY CAUSE WAVES TO BUILD AS HIGH AS
9 TO 14 FEET ALONG EXPOSED SECTIONS OF THE GREAT LAKES SHORES...WHICH
MAY RESULT IN SOME MINOR BEACH EROSION.
MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE WEST WIND SNOW
BELTS LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
THERE COULD BE MODERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ON THURSDAY
AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY FOR THE FAVORED NORTHWEST WIND SNOW BELTS OF
LAKE SUPERIOR.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND ANY
KNOWN ROAD CONDITIONS TO THE MARQUETTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE. THE PUBLIC MAY PROVIDE REPORTS THROUGH OUR WEB PAGE...OUR
FACEBOOK AND TWITTER PAGES...OR BY PHONE.
Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 