386  
WWUS43 KAPX 311940  
WSWAPX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GAYLORD MI  
340 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
MIZ016>018-022>024-098-099-010900-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.WS.A.0005.260402T0600Z-260402T2100Z/  
EMMET-CHEBOYGAN-PRESQUE ISLE-OTSEGO-MONTMORENCY-ALPENA-BEAVER  
ISLAND AND SURROUNDING ISLANDS-CHARLEVOIX-  
340 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET  
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN ONE  
TENTH AND ONE QUARTER INCH. WINDS COULD GUST 25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE  
EAST.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A MIX OF SNOW/SLEET/FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED  
TO CHANGE TO ALL FREEZING RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING DURING THE  
AFTERNOON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
MIZ086>088-095>097-010900-  
/O.NEW.KAPX.WS.A.0005.260402T0900Z-260403T0000Z/  
WESTERN CHIPPEWA-CENTRAL CHIPPEWA-SOUTHEAST CHIPPEWA-WESTERN  
MACKINAC-EASTERN MACKINAC-MACKINAC ISLAND/BOIS BLANC ISLAND-  
340 PM EDT TUE MAR 31 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW AND SLEET  
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN  
ONE TENTH AND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST  
25 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF EASTERN UPPER MICHIGAN.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS  
CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO START AS SNOW  
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE  
TRANSITIONING TO MORE SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN DURING THE  
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM ABOVE FREEZING BY  
THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
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