Special weather statement from the National Weather Service:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
701 PM EST SAT DEC 5 2009…A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS WEEK…
WHILE SPECIFIC DETAILS REMAIN SKETCHY…THE POTENTIAL FOR A WINTER STORM IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE MIDDLE OF THIS COMING WEEK APPEARS HIGH. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY…BRINGING A POSSIBLE MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN…RAIN AND SNOW TO THE REGION. HEAVY PRECIPITATION WITHIN THE GREAT LAKES REGION APPEARS LIKELY BUT IT REMAINS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE EXACT LOCATION…PRECIPITATION TYPE AND AMOUNTS.
BY LATE WEDNESDAY…A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FOLLOWED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS…COLD TEMPERATURES AND LAKE EFFECT SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE INTO THURSDAY.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES. IF YOU HAVE TRAVEL PLANS AROUND THE GREAT LAKES FOR THIS COMING WEEK…YOU SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE WEEK FOR ANY CHANGES IN STORM MOVEMENT AND PRECIPITATION TYPES.
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