02-10-2008, 02:03 PM
By The Associated Press
Bitter cold weather moving across Michigan is being accompanied by high winds, creating hazardous driving conditions.
In southwest Michigan's Cass County, the sheriff's department says secondary roads were nearly impassable Sunday because the winds caused snow drifts and reduced visibility to less than 20 feet.
And in the Upper Peninsula near St. Ignace, part of U.S. Highway 2 was closed because of snow drifts along Lake Michigan.
Temperatures fell into the single digits across much of the Lower Peninsula. The National Weather Service says the winds were expected to make it feel like 10 to 25 degrees below zero in places.
Lake-effect snow was expected off Lake Michigan, and wind chill advisories were in effect.
In neighboring Minnesota, temperatures plunged well below zero, with wind chill readings hitting 50 degrees below zero across much of the region.
In the Twin Cities, temperatures dipped to minus 14 degrees on Sunday morning with a wind chill of minus 45. The National Weather Service issued a wind chill warning that was set to expire at noon. High temperatures expected to reach -3 degrees.
Temperatures reached minus 24 in Grand Marais and 22 below in Bemidji with a wind chill of minus 52.
Weather officials warn that frost bite can set in in under 10 minutes when it is this cold.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/w...htm?csp=34
Bitter cold weather moving across Michigan is being accompanied by high winds, creating hazardous driving conditions.
In southwest Michigan's Cass County, the sheriff's department says secondary roads were nearly impassable Sunday because the winds caused snow drifts and reduced visibility to less than 20 feet.
And in the Upper Peninsula near St. Ignace, part of U.S. Highway 2 was closed because of snow drifts along Lake Michigan.
Temperatures fell into the single digits across much of the Lower Peninsula. The National Weather Service says the winds were expected to make it feel like 10 to 25 degrees below zero in places.
Lake-effect snow was expected off Lake Michigan, and wind chill advisories were in effect.
In neighboring Minnesota, temperatures plunged well below zero, with wind chill readings hitting 50 degrees below zero across much of the region.
In the Twin Cities, temperatures dipped to minus 14 degrees on Sunday morning with a wind chill of minus 45. The National Weather Service issued a wind chill warning that was set to expire at noon. High temperatures expected to reach -3 degrees.
Temperatures reached minus 24 in Grand Marais and 22 below in Bemidji with a wind chill of minus 52.
Weather officials warn that frost bite can set in in under 10 minutes when it is this cold.
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/storms/w...htm?csp=34
