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------------ ALERT: SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS AND WATCHES -------------


.SNOW WITH BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW & COLD WIND CHILLS.

.A FAIRLY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS LAKE SUPERIOR AND FAR N. LAKE HURON TONIGHT. VERY GUSTY WINDS AHEAD & AGAIN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM.COMBINED WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW WILL BRING PERIODS OF BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW THAT IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL & ROAD CONDITIONS.

THE EXTENT OF BLOWING & DRIFTING IS A BIT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS DUE TO ICE COVER ON THE GREAT LAKES. WINDS AT A MIN.WHEN COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOW AMOUNTS.WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO BRING NUMEROUS AREAS OF BLOWING & DRIFTING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THE MORE EXPOSED AREAS.WHERE VISIBILITIES WILL PERIODICALLY BE POOR & SOME ROADS WILL HAVE AREAS OF DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS.

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EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-CHARLEVOIX-LEELANAU-ANTRIM-OTSEGO-BENZIE-
GRAND TRAVERSE-KALKASKA-CRAWFORD-MANISTEE-WEXFORD-MISSAUKEE-
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF.PETOSKEY.CHEBOYGAN.CHARLEVOIX.
NORTHPORT.MANCELONA.GAYLORD.FRANKFORT.TRAVERSE CITY.
KALKASKA.GRAYLING.MANISTEE.CADILLAC.LAKE CITY.
HOUGHTON LAKE
430 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014

.WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO
4 PM EST THURSDAY.

THE NATL WEATHER SVC IN GAYLORD HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW & BLOWING SNOW.WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER.

* WINDS WILL BECOME VERY GUSTY OUT OF THE SW AT 25 TO 35
MPH THIS AFTERNOON.WHILE LAKE EFFECT SNOW INCREASES IN
INTENSITY. THIS WILL RESULT IN THE BEGINNING OF MORE EXTENSIVE
AREAS OF BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

* WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN A LITTLE THROUGH THE EVENING
BEFORE INCREASING AGAIN TO 25 TO 35 MPH OUT OF THE NORTHWEST
LATE TONIGHT & INTO THURSDAY.BEHIND A STRONGER SURGE OF
ARCTIC AIR. CONTINUED SNOW.& ALREADY FALLEN SNOW.WILL
RESULT IN CONTINUED PROBLEMATIC BLOWING & DRIFTING.

* 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW.LOCALLY HIGHER AROUND GRAND TRAVERSE
BAY.WITH CONSIDERABLE BLOWING & DRIFTING.

* WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO -20 DEGREES OR LESS LATE TONIGHT AND
THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY.

IMPACTS.

* PERIODS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW & REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. WORST CONDITIONS EXPECTED AROUND GRAND TRAVERSE
BAY.ESPECIALLY THURSDAY.

* MANY ROADS WITH AREAS OF DEEPER SNOW DRIFTS.

* PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO COLD TEMPS & STRONG WINDS
THUR LEADING TO AN INCREASED RISK OF FROSTBITE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS.

* A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS A COMBINATION OF SNOW WITH
BLOWING & DRIFTING SNOW.IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.