Here as of 4pm
Heavy snow with about a inch on the ground which is now covering the roadways here.
Temp is 32
Dew Point is 30
Here is the warning.
WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI
400 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
.MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE TO
NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS COMBINED WITH VERY SLIPPERY ROADS WILL
CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT ACROSS OUR AREA.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA WILL
CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO OHIO TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
ACCOMPANIED BY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO THE NORTHWEST OF
THE TRACK OF THIS LOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR WILL BE COMMON WITH RATES
OF TWO INCHES AN HOUR POSSIBLE AT TIMES THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO LIGHT
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA... WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING FROM THE
SOUTH HAVEN AREA EAST NORTHEAST TO LANSING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 4 TO 6 INCHES WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA.
MIZ056>059-064>067-071>074-250400-
ALLEGAN-BARRY-CALHOUN-CLINTON-EATON-INGHAM-IONIA-JACKSON-KALAMAZOO-
KENT-OTTAWA-VAN BUREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BATTLE CREEK...CHARLOTTE...GRAND HAVEN...
GRAND RAPIDS...HASTINGS...HOLLAND...IONIA...JACKSON...KALAMAZOO...
LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...ST JOHNS
400 PM EST WED NOV 24 2004
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND RAPIDS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING. THIS REPLACES THE SNOW ADVISORY WHICH WAS IN
EFFECT.
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN
A QUARTER OF A MILE AND TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH
RATES OF TWO INCHES PER HOUR COMMON IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
WARNING AREA. THIS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. IF YOU HAVE
HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS AND MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.
BTW I am in Calhoun County.
