Flood Potential Outlook
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HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI
208 PM EDT TUE APR 23 2013 /108 PM CDT TUE APR 23 2013/

...SNOWMELT FLOODING POSSIBLE STARTING EARLY NEXT WEEK...

AFTER SEEING A WINTER LIKE PATTERN ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES FOR
MUCH OF APRIL...THE PATTERN WILL RAPIDLY SHIFT TO A SPRING LIKE
ONE...BRINGING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO UPPER MICHIGAN STARTING
THIS FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE 50S BY
FRIDAY...THEN INTO THE 60S OR EVEN 70 THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO
EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE FREEZING AT NIGHT STARTING THIS WEEKEND.
THESE ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...IF NOT BEYOND.

THESE WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ALLOW THE WELL ABOVE NORMAL SNOWPACK
ACROSS WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN TO MELT STARTING THIS
WEEKEND. WITH MUCH OF THE SNOWPACK STILL HOLDING 5 TO 10 INCHES OF
LIQUID ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTHERN UPPER MICHIGAN /OVER 12 INCHES OF
LIQUID EQUIVALENT IN PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST UPPER
MICHIGAN/...THE SNOWMELT WILL ALLOW AREA RIVERS...CREEKS AND STREAMS
TO QUICKLY RISE STARTING FRIDAY AND CONTINUING INTO NEXT WEEK.

AT THIS TIME...SOME SNOWMELT FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS IS
EXPECTED STARTING AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. RIVERS THAT ARE PRONE TO
SNOWMELT FLOODING...SUCH AS THE TRAP ROCK RIVER IN LAKE LINDEN AND
THE STURGEON RIVER IN CHASSELL ARE MORE LIKELY TO SEE FLOODING NEXT
WEEK. HOWEVER...IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT OTHER RIVERS AND STREAMS IN
WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN WILL EXCEED BANKFULL EARLY NEXT
WEEK.

IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE EXACT IMPACTS FROM ANY
POTENTIAL FLOODING. HOWEVER...PERSONS LIVING OR WORKING NEAR
RIVERS...CREEKS OR STREAMS ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN
SHOULD PAY ATTENTION TO THE LATEST WATER LEVELS THIS WEEKEND INTO
NEXT WEEK.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NWS MARQUETTE WEB PAGE AT
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/MQT OR LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO. YOU MAY ALSO
FIND NWS MARQUETTE ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

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