GALE FORCE WINDS BUFFET GREAT LAKES
The National Weather Service said
warnings of gale force winds remained in effect over lakes
Erie, Huron and Michigan.
    Also, warnings have been posted for large waves and beach
erosion along the shores of the Lakes. Winds gusting to 45 mph
caused four to six foot waves along the western and southern
shores of Lake Michigan during the morning.
    Advisories for low wind chill temperatures have also been
posted across portions of upper Michigan and northern lower
Michigan. Early morning gusty winds brought the wind chill to
15 and 25 degrees below zero.
    Freezing rain was scattered over central Colorado by mid
morning, also over central Kansas and northeast Illinois.
    Snow reached from south central Montana across Wyoming,
western Nebraska and western Kansas. Snow also extended across
northern Wisconsin, upper Michigan and northern lower Michigan.
    Rain reached along the northern Pacific Coast, across
northwest Utah, Maryland, Deleware, Virginia, the Carolinas,
Georgia and northern Alabama.
 Reuter
