I am tired of Winter. And it hasn't even started yet.

[jdotmi]

http://www.weather.com/weather/alerts/localalerts/48108?phenomena=WS&significance=W&areaid=MIZ075&office=KDTX&etn=0008

Issued by The National Weather Service
Detroit, MI
4:31 am EST, Thu., Dec. 18, 2008

... WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DETROIT/PONTIAC HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 4 PM EST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE QUICKLY AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVY AT TIMES INTO FRIDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE SNOW BEGINS TO TAPER OFF. SOME LOCALIZED AREAS MAY EVEN SEE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACH A FOOT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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... A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL APPROACH THE GREAT LAKES REGION FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON THURSDAY. DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF THIS WAVE WILL TRANSPORT A HIGH AMOUNT OF MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL FALL PRIMARILY AS SNOW AS MOISTURE ENCOUNTERS THE COLD AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. WARMER AIR TOWARDS THE OHIO BORDER WILL STILL ALLOW SOME PERIODS OF SLEET TO MIX WITH THE SNOW. THE CURRENT TRACK OF THE SYSTEM INDICATES A WIDESPREAD AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL EFFECT MOST OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN FROM THE OHIO BORDER THROUGH THE I-69 CORRIDOR. SLIGHTLY LOWER ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED ALONG THE SOUTHERN MICHIGAN BORDER WHERE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET AT TIMES AND REDUCE ACCUMULATIONS. SNOW WILL MOVE IN QUICKLY LATE TONIGHT AND BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

UNCERTAINTY IN THE STORM TRACK AND DRY AIR NORTH OF THE REGION CONTINUES TO PLACE LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN SAGINAW VALLEY AND THUMB. THIS SYSTEM HAS GRADUALLY TRENDED SOUTH AND FUTURE TRENDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED INTO THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE AREAS AS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES. STAY TUNED TO UPDATED FORECASTS AS THIS SYSTEM APPROACHES.

Comments

[tyskkvinna.livejournal.com]

mine's until 7pm Friday. :P

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Yeah but that's cuz you're just east of a big lake. I'm a bit removed from that one, and the only one near me is east of me. Heh.

[tyskkvinna.livejournal.com]

I just think it's great that today, THURSDAY, they're putting us on a *warning* until FRIDAY NIGHT. Oi.

[jdotmi.livejournal.com]

Well, technically it doesn't start until around midnight tonight... o_o

[dianak.livejournal.com]

snort, winter advisories here are a joke... we had one last week (it snowed!), one the other day (it frosted over, a bridge had a bit of ice), and I just wanted to laugh. The ice they get here, I'd run around in slippery shoes pregnant, I'd feel so safe. Winter advisory means fog and visible breath. Sigh.