Winter Weather Advisory

Blizzard Warning for the East Coast

A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Mason, Oceana, Allegan, Van Buren, Berrien and Cass Counties through 1 PM Monday. The Advisory is mainly for the western parts of these counties and for all of Berrien County. This is for 2-4” of new snow, slippery roads and gusty winds that will cause some drifting snow. There could be an isolated 6-7” total. There are also Gale Warnings for Lake Michigan for gusty northwest winds to 40 mph and some drifting snow. Counties that are not in the Advisory will see a dusting to 2” of snow, the gusty winds and the possibility of a few slippery spots.

Here’s expected 36-hour snowfall with the heaviest snow at Big and Little Sable Points and west of a line from Holland to Dowagiac. The heaviest band of mainly lake-effect snow will be just offshore of Muskegon and Ottawa counties for a good portion of this event.

The Advisory extends down into N. Indiana for Porter, La Porte and St. Joseph counties in Indiana.

There are also Gale Warnings for Lake Michigan for north-northwest winds gusting to 40 mph at waves as high as 8-12 feet.

There are also Winter Weather Advisories in effect for much of Upper Michigan for snow, drifting snow, slippery roads and strong northwest winds.

Snowfall amounts in Upper Michigan will vary from a dusting to as much as 4-8” in the areas colored orange on the map above.

A strong low pressure center (nor’easter) will rapidly gain strength and produce heavy snow, strong winds (gusts could reach 70 mph) and dangerous driving conditions on the East Coast from Virginia to Maine. Blizzard Warnings are in effect for New York City (first blizzard warning in 10 years) and Boston (where up to 2 feet of snow is possible). You can follow the storm by looking at the current weather observations in Delaware, New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania and eastern Maryland…and in New England.

Final unrelated note. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Bill Mazeroski has passed away at the age of 89. He hit (arguably) the most dramatic home run in baseball history. It was the bottom of the 9th inning, 7th game of the World Series with the series between the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates tied at 3 games apiece. This was it, the final 7th game. It was the first time the Pirates were in the World Series since 1927 (when they lost the series 4 games to none). Now - here’s the film of that exciting home run.