000 WWAK42 PAFG 080710 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1000 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 .A STORM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN WESTERN ALASKA STARTING TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 500 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. AKZ211-080700- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN 1000 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO AROUND 30 MPH. SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH A BIT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THOUGH THE CHANCE OF SNOW WILL PERSIST. $$ AKZ214-081400- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 1000 PM AST TUE JAN 7 200 ...BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE NOW CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT COMBINED WITH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. CONDITIONS WILL BE LOCALLY MUCH WORSE SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY TONIGHT WITH WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY NOON WEDNESDAY. $$ JB JAN 03  807 WWUS41 KBUF 080245 WSWBUF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY 938 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...MORE SNOW TO AFFECT NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK OVERNIGHT... .LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF GEORGIAN BAY THIS EVENING WILL DROP SOUTHEAST TO THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY. A COMPLEX FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL CROSS CENTRAL NEW YORK LATE TONIGHT WITH A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE. MOST AREAS HAVE RECEIVED ONLY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW EARLIER THIS EVENING...BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MORNING. IN ADDITION...SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY BE MIXED IN FOR AWHILE. BE SURE AND EXERCISE YOUR WINTER DRIVING SKILLS IF YOU MUST DRIVE ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. NYZ006>008-081000- JEFFERSON-LEWIS-OSWEGO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOWVILLE...OSWEGO AND WATERTOWN 938 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT... SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT AND MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR AWHILE. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY MORNING. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL MAKE UNTREATED ROADS VERY HAZARDOUS. UTILIZE YOUR WINTER DRIVING SKILLS IF YOU MUST TRAVEL OVERNIGHT. $$  000 WWAK42 PAFG 080756 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1045 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 .A STORM MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA FROM THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN WESTERN ALASKA STARTING TONIGHT CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 500 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. AKZ211-080700- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN 1000 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS ARE FORECAST TO INCREASE TONIGHT TO AROUND 30 MPH. SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR POOR VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WINDS WILL DIMINISH A BIT WEDNESDAY NIGHT THOUGH THE CHANCE OF SNOW WILL PERSIST. $$ AKZ214-081400- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 1000 PM AST TUE JAN 7 200 ...BLIZZARD WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... EAST WINDS GUSTING TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE NOW CAUSING REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT COMBINED WITH THE BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO. CONDITIONS WILL BE LOCALLY MUCH WORSE SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY TONIGHT WITH WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...GUSTS TO 75 MPH...AND VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO. WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY NOON WEDNESDAY. $$ AKZ213-081400- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES 1045 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...HIGH WIND WATCH CHANGED TO A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... INCREASING WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. VISIBILITY WILL BE NEAR ZERO WITH NORTHEAST WINDS GUSTING TO 55 MPH. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY...AND IMPROVE SOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT. $$ JB JAN 03  000 WWAK43 PAFC 080734 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 AKZ155-081400- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STRONG WEATHER FRONT APPROACHES THE DELTA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WIND 35 TO 55 MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM. $$ AKZ161-081400- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FROM DILLINGHAM WEST... STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN FROM DILLINGHAM WEST. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM. $$ NNNN  000 WWAK43 PAFC 080734 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 AKZ155-081400- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AS A STRONG WEATHER FRONT APPROACHES THE DELTA FROM THE SOUTHWEST. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WIND 35 TO 55 MPH TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM. $$ AKZ161-081400- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES FROM DILLINGHAM WEST... STRONG EAST WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING LOCALLY REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. TEMPERATURES INTO THE 30S ACROSS THE SOUTH WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL PRODUCE A CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN FROM DILLINGHAM WEST. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE LATE WEDNESDAY AS WARMER AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER ACROSS THE NORTH AND WEST. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS ANOTHER LOW MOVES ACROSS THE ALASKA PENINSULA. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM. $$  000 WWAK44 PAFC 080735 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 AKZ195-081400- PRIBILOF ISLANDS INCLUDING ST PAUL 11 PM AST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...CONTINUE BLIZZARD WARNING... GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS 45 TO 65 MPH AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AND DIMINISH TO 30 TO 45 MPH TOWARD MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHTER AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATION 3 TO 6 INCHES BY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE INTO THE LOWER 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE AS SNOW CHANGES TO RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEAST 30 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE DAY. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 5 AM. $$ JP  865 WWUS41 KBGM 080345 WSWBGM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 .A FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND QUEBEC TONIGHT TO BRING OCCASIONAL SNOW TO UPSTATE NEW YORK OVERNIGHT. ENHANCEMENT FROM LAKE ONTARIO WILL KEEP SNOW SHOWERS GOING DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. BY THE TIME THE SNOW SHOWERS START TO DIMINISH DURING THE MIDDAY HOURS ON WEDNESDAY, TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES ACROSS ONONDAGA, MADISON, AND ONEIDA COUNTIES. NYZ009-081500- NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF ROUTE 69 AND WEST OF ROUTE 26. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCES, BUT NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS SLIPPERY ROADS, TRAVEL DELAYS AND SLICK WALKWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA...YOU SHOULD SET ASIDE EXTRA DRIVING TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV. $$ NYZ018-036-037-081500- MADISON NY-ONONDAGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY- 1045 PM EST TUE JAN 7 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CONTINUES THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY OVERNIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... OCCASIONAL SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PERSISTENT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING, BEFORE TAPERING OFF BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MIDDAY WEDNESDAY, WITH THE GREATEST AMOUNTS NORTH OF THE THRUWAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT BECAUSE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INCONVENIENCES, BUT NOT BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS. INCONVENIENCES SUCH AS SLIPPERY ROADS, TRAVEL DELAYS AND SLICK WALKWAYS ARE POSSIBLE. IF YOU PLAN TO TRAVEL IN THE ADVISORY AREA...YOU SHOULD SET ASIDE EXTRA DRIVING TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES...OR VISIT OUR INTERNET WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV. $$  151 WWUS41 KBGM 080827 WSWBGM URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY 326 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 NYZ009-080923- NORTHERN ONEIDA NY- 326 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ NYZ018-036-037-080923- MADISON NY-ONONDAGA NY-SOUTHERN ONEIDA NY- 326 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING BUT ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO AVERAGE AN INCH OR LESS. THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$  000 WWAK43 PAFC 081317 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ155-082000- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CONTINUE BLIZZARD WARNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUES THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM. $$ AKZ161-082000- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$  000 WWAK44 PAFC 081300 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ195-082000- PRIBILOF ISLANDS INCLUDING ST PAUL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ NNNN  000 WWAK44 PAFC 081300 WSWALU URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ195-082000- PRIBILOF ISLANDS INCLUDING ST PAUL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$  000 WWAK43 PAFC 081317 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ155-082000- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CONTINUE BLIZZARD WARNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUES THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM. $$ AKZ161-082000- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ NNNN  000 WWAK43 PAFC 081318 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ155-082000- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CONTINUE BLIZZARD WARNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM. $$ AKZ161-082000- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$ NNNN  000 WWAK43 PAFC 081318 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ155-082000- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CONTINUE BLIZZARD WARNING... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS MORNING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE VERY LOW DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH EAST WINDS 30 TO 45 MPH. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE WINDS DIMINISH. REMEMBER...A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY. ALL TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM. $$ AKZ161-082000- BRISTOL BAY INCLUDING KING SALMON - NAKNEK - DILLINGHAM 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...CANCEL BLIZZARD WARNING... THE BLIZZARD THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS IS THE LAST STATEMENT THAT WILL BE ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT. $$  000 WWAK42 PAFG 081357 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 .A STRONG STORM IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER FOR WESTERN ALASKA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL POSE THE GREATEST DANGER WITH THIS STORM. AKZ211-082000- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE FROM CAPE NOME EASTWARD AND NEAR GOLOVIN...WITH REDUCED WIND SPEEDS AND LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS WEST OF CAPE NOME. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE ON FRIDAY TO END THE BLIZZARD THREAT. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ AKZ209-210-082000- BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY INCLUDING KOTZEBUE - SELAWIK - NOORVIK NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA INCLUDING BUCKLAND - DEERING - CANDLE - COUNCIL - PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS - TAYLOR 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARDS OVER THE WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...AND WILL EASE GRADUALLY ON FRIDAY. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. $$ AKZ213-214-082000- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING GRADUALLY ON THURSDAY TO END THE BLIZZARD THREAT BY FRIDAY. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ TS JAN 03  000 WWAK42 PAFG 081405 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 .A STRONG STORM IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER FOR WESTERN ALASKA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL POSE THE GREATEST DANGER WITH THIS STORM. AKZ211-082000- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE FROM CAPE NOME EASTWARD AND NEAR GOLOVIN...WITH REDUCED WIND SPEEDS AND LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS WEST OF CAPE NOME. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE ON FRIDAY TO END THE BLIZZARD THREAT. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ AKZ209-210-082000- BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY INCLUDING KOTZEBUE - SELAWIK - NOORVIK NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA INCLUDING BUCKLAND - DEERING - CANDLE - COUNCIL - PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS - TAYLOR 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLIZZARDS OVER THE WATCH AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...AND WILL EASE GRADUALLY ON FRIDAY. A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. PEOPLE ARE ENCOURAGED TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS WEATHER SITUATION. PREPARATION FOR THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER EVENT SHOULD BEGIN NOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ AKZ213-214-082000- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 500 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE WARNED AREA DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING GRADUALLY ON THURSDAY TO END THE BLIZZARD THREAT BY FRIDAY. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 11 AM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ TS JAN 03  000 WWUS43 KAPX 080938 WSWAPN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 439 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS EXPECTED TO RETURN THURSDAY NIGHT... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY...WHICH WILL SET THE STAGE FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. MIZ008-082200- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SAULT STE MARIE 439 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT... HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THIS TIME...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ JPB  000 WWUS43 KMQT 081053 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA WILL DIVE INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO TONIGHT DRAGGING AN ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLDER AIR WILL GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR FAVORED NORTHWEST SNOW BELTS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ001-003-081800- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ002-009-084-081800- GOGEBIC MI-ONTONAGON MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FAVORED SNOW BELTS FAR INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ004-005-081800- BARAGA MI-MARQUETTE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARAGA...ISHPEMING...LANSE AND MARQUETTE 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ006-007-085-081800- ALGER MI-LUCE MI-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING AND NEWBERRY 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 FROM MUNISING TO SENEY TO NEWBERRY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ VOSS  000 WWUS43 KMQT 081051 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA WILL DIVE INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO TONIGHT DRAGGING AN ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLDER AIR WILL GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR FAVORED NORTHWEST SNOW BELTS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ001-003-081800- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ002-009-084-081800- GOGEBIC MI-ONTONAGON MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FAVORED SNOW BELTS FAR INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ004-005-081800- BARAGA MI-MARQUETTE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARAGA...ISHPEMING...LANSE AND MARQUETTE 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ006-007-085-081800- ALGER MI-LUCE MI-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING AND NEWBERRY 550 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 FROM MUNISING TO SENEY TO NEWBERRY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ VOSS  188 WWUS43 KMQT 081103 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 603 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHERN MANITOBA WILL DIVE INTO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO TONIGHT DRAGGING AN ARCTIC FRONT ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE COLDER AIR WILL GENERATE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR FAVORED NORTHWEST SNOW BELTS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ001-003-081800- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 603 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH GUSTING TO 45 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ002-009-084-081800- GOGEBIC MI-ONTONAGON MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON 603 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FAVORED SNOW BELTS FAR INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ004-005-081800- BARAGA MI-MARQUETTE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARAGA...ISHPEMING...LANSE AND MARQUETTE 603 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ MIZ006-007-085-081800- ALGER MI-LUCE MI-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING AND NEWBERRY 603 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FOR LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 FROM MUNISING TO SENEY TO NEWBERRY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT. $$ VOSS  000 WWAK42 PAFG 082006 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 1100 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 .A STRONG STORM IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER FOR WESTERN ALASKA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL POSE THE GREATEST DANGER WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 4 PM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. AKZ211-090100- SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN 1100 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR-ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST SEVERE FROM CAPE NOME EASTWARD AND NEAR GOLOVIN...WITH REDUCED WIND SPEEDS AND LESS SEVERE CONDITIONS WEST OF CAPE NOME. STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO THURSDAY WITH OCCASIONAL BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. $$ AKZ209-210-090100- BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY INCLUDING KOTZEBUE - SELAWIK - NOORVIK NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA INCLUDING BUCKLAND - DEERING - CANDLE - COUNCIL - PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS - TAYLOR 1100 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING THIS AFTERNOON... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW WILL PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT LEAST OCCASIONALLY TONIGHT. $$ AKZ213-214-090100- ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 1100 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING TODAY... EAST OR NORTHEAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH BOTH FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW TO PRODUCE VERY POOR VISIBILITY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH WIND SPEEDS DIMINISHING GRADUALLY ON THURSDAY. $$ DJH JAN 03  000 WWAK43 PAFC 082001 WSWSWB URGENT - WINTER WEATHER BULLETIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ANCHORAGE AK 11 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 AKZ155-090200- KUSKOKWIM DELTA INCLUDING BETHEL 11 AM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CHANGED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY... BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE DIMINISHED BUT AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW REMAIN WITH VISIBILITY DOWN TO ONE MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 25 MPH. NO FURTHER STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED CONCERNING THIS EVENT. $$  606 WWUS43 KMQT 081610 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1110 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT... .AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE OVER MANITOBA DIVES TO SOUTHEAST ONTARIO... AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. AHEAD OF THE ARCTIC FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING AS GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR FAVORED NORTHWEST SNOW BELTS OF UPPER MICHIGAN. MIZ001-003-082300- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 1110 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... SUSTAINED WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH AFTER 4 PM. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE WEST SHORE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND IN OPEN AREAS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LOWER VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. STRONG WINDS CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...AND PRESENT A HAZARD TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE GARBAGE CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ002-009-084-082300- GOGEBIC MI-ONTONAGON MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON 1110 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR FAVORED SNOW BELTS FAR INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ004-005-082300- BARAGA MI-MARQUETTE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARAGA...ISHPEMING...LANSE AND MARQUETTE 1110 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND EAST OF MARQUETTE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ006-007-085-082300- ALGER MI-LUCE MI-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING AND NEWBERRY 1110 AM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS DEEPER ARCTIC AIR MOVES OVER THE REGION. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 FROM MUNISING TO SENEY AND NEWBERRY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ ROLFSON  000 WWAK42 PAFG 090048 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 400 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 .A STRONG STORM IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER FOR WESTERN ALASKA. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY POSE THE GREATEST DANGER WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 10 PM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. AKZ207-209-210-211-213-090700- CHUKCHI SEA COAST INCLUDING POINT HOPE - SHISHMAREF - KIVALINA - RED DOG PORT BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY INCLUDING KOTZEBUE - SELAWIK - NOORVIK NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA INCLUDING BUCKLAND - DEERING - CANDLE - COUNCIL - PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS - TAYLOR SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES 400 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES THIS EVENING... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW ARE PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL AND WIND WILL BOTH DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST. $$ AKZ214-090700- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 400 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELLED ELSEWHERE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH PERSIST SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. BOTH SNOWFALL AND WIND HAVE DIMINISHED ELSEWHERE ON THE YUKON DELTA AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS PERSIST. $$ DJH JAN 03  000 WWUS43 KIWX 082036 WSWFWA URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 330 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 .ARCTIC COLD AIR MOVING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL FAVOR HEAVY SNOWFALL ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWEST INDIANA...AS WELL AS CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IF HEAVY SNOW BANDS PERSIST OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND/OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS CREATING HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. INZ003>005-012-014-MIZ077>079-090354- BERRIEN MI-CASS MI-ELKHART IN-LA PORTE IN-MARSHALL IN-ST. JOSEPH MI- ST. JOSEPH IN-STARKE IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BENTON HARBOR...CASSOPOLIS...CENTREVILLE... ELKHART...KNOX...PLYMOUTH...POTTAWATTOMIE PARK AND SOUTH BEND 255 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW LATE THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON... LAKE EFFECT SNOW MAY BEGIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. $$  552 WWUS43 KGRR 082126 WSWGRR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 400 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL USHER ARCTIC AIR INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS THIS COLD AIR INTERACTS WITH THE WARMER WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. THESE BANDS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY SNOWFALL AT TIMES AND STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MIZ056-064-071-072-090400- ALLEGAN-KALAMAZOO-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO...HOLLAND... ALLEGAN AND HARTFORD 400 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THE SNOWFALL MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES AND STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON REMEMBER...A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. TRAVEL COULD BECOME DIFFICULT...AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. PEOPLE LIVING IN OR PLANNING TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE WATCH AREA...SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$  000 WWAK42 PAFG 090224 WSWWCZ URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FAIRBANKS AK 530 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 .A STRONG STORM IN THE SOUTHERN BERING SEA CONTINUES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER FOR WESTERN ALASKA. STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY POSE THE GREATEST DANGER WITH THIS STORM. A WARNING MEANS A SERIOUS THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY IS OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. ANY TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN BLOWING SNOW. THE NEXT STATEMENT IS SCHEDULED AT 1000 PM WEDNESDAY OR SOONER IF NEEDED. $$ AKZ208-090700- LOWER KOBUK AND NOATAK VALLEYS INCLUDING NOATAK - KIANA - RED DOG MINE 530 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING FOR TONIGHT... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW ARE PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL AND WIND WILL BOTH DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST. $$ AKZ207-209-210-211-213-090700- CHUKCHI SEA COAST INCLUDING POINT HOPE - SHISHMAREF - KIVALINA - RED DOG PORT BALDWIN PENINSULA AND SELAWIK VALLEY INCLUDING KOTZEBUE - SELAWIK - NOORVIK NORTHERN AND INTERIOR SEWARD PENINSULA INCLUDING BUCKLAND - DEERING - CANDLE - COUNCIL - PILGRIM HOT SPRINGS - TAYLOR SOUTHERN SEWARD PENINSULA COAST INCLUDING NOME - WHITE MOUNTAIN - GOLOVIN ST LAWRENCE ISLAND-BERING STRAIT COAST INCLUDING GAMBELL - SAVOONGA - BREVIG MISSION - TELLER - LITTLE DIOMEDE - WALES 400 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES THIS EVENING... EAST WINDS TO 40 MPH WITH BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW ARE PRODUCING POOR VISIBILITY. SNOWFALL AND WIND WILL BOTH DIMINISH THIS EVENING AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL END. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS WILL PERSIST. $$ AKZ214-090700- YUKON DELTA INCLUDING EMMONAK - MOUNTAIN VILLAGE - ALAKANUK - PILOT STATION - KOTLIK - ST MARYS - SCAMMON BAY - NUNAM IQUA - PITKAS POINT 400 PM AST WED JAN 8 2003 ...BLIZZARD WARNING CONTINUES SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING CANCELLED ELSEWHERE... WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH PERSIST SOUTHWEST OF SCAMMON BAY WITH POOR VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW. BOTH SNOWFALL AND WIND HAVE DIMINISHED ELSEWHERE ON THE YUKON DELTA AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE ENDED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS PERSIST. $$ TF JAN 03  683 WWUS43 KAPX 082128 WSWAPN URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI 430 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... .AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BRING VERY COLD AIR INTO UPPER MICHIGAN ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POTENTIALLY HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS TO DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. MIZ008-091100- CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAULT STE. MARIE AND WHITEFISH POINT 430 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 10 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOWFALL THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. $$ ROWLEY/BAK  630 WWUS43 KMQT 082211 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 510 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...PERIODS OF HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO RETURN TO PORTIONS OF UPPER MICHIGAN BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT... .AS DEEP LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR RACES TO NEW ENGLAND TONIGHT...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND UPPER MICHIGAN. AHEAD OF THE ARCTIC FRONT...STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR OVER THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA THIS EVENING. AS COLDER AIR ARRIVES LATER TONIGHT...LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP...WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LOWERING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. ARCTIC AIR WILL CONTINUE TO DEEPEN OVER THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT. THIS WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF ADDITIONAL SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW BELTS IMPACTED BY NORTHWEST WINDS. MIZ001-003-090500- KEWEENAW MI-NORTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CALUMET...COPPER HARBOR... EAGLE HARBOR AND HOUGHTON 510 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...HIGH WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... EXPECT SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR ALONG THE WEST SHORE OF THE KEWEENAW PENINSULA AND IN OPEN AREAS OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. THE WIND WILL DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOOK FOR SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS LOWER VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE-QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 3 AM AND 7 AM. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL THEN DIMINISH THURSDAY MORNING ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS EVEN COLDER AIR ARRIVES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE STRONG WINDS THIS EVENING CAN CAUSE POWER DISRUPTIONS...AND PRESENT A HAZARD TO TRAILERS AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. SECURE GARBAGE CANS AND OTHER OBJECTS WHICH COULD BE BLOWN ABOUT BY THE WIND. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ002-009-084-090500- GOGEBIC MI-ONTONAGON MI-SOUTHERN HOUGHTON MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRONWOOD AND ONTONAGON 510 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM EST. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS EVEN COLDER AIR ARRIVES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AREAS INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ004-005-090500- BARAGA MI-MARQUETTE MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BARAGA...ISHPEMING...LANSE AND MARQUETTE 510 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY US-41. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY OVER THE HURON MOUNTAINS AND FOR AREAS EAST OF MARQUETTE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ MIZ006-007-085-090500- ALGER MI-LUCE MI-NORTHERN SCHOOLCRAFT MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND MARAIS...MUNISING AND NEWBERRY 510 PM EST WED JAN 8 2003 ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... LOOK FOR LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...WHILE GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL LOWER VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE WORST CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR BETWEEN 5 AM AND 9 AM. LAKE EFFECT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL THEN QUICKLY DIMINISH BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING ONLY TO INTENSIFY AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY AS EVEN COLDER AIR ARRIVES. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 10 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW ANTICIPATED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY M-28 FROM MUNISING TO SENEY AND NEWBERRY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION ON THIS UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER EVENT. $$ ROLFSON