Issued by NWS Grand Rapids, MI
000 FPUS73 KGRR 271008 NOWGRR SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS MI 608 AM EDT MON OCT 27 2008 MIZ037>040-043>046-050>052-056>059-064>067-071>074-271400- MASON-LAKE-OSCEOLA-CLARE-OCEANA-NEWAYGO-MECOSTA-ISABELLA-MUSKEGON- MONTCALM-GRATIOT-OTTAWA-KENT-IONIA-CLINTON-ALLEGAN-BARRY-EATON- INGHAM-VAN BUREN-KALAMAZOO-CALHOUN-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LUDINGTON...BALDWIN...REED CITY...CLARE... HART...FREMONT...BIG RAPIDS...MOUNT PLEASANT...MUSKEGON... GREENVILLE...ALMA...JENISON...GRAND RAPIDS...IONIA...ST. JOHNS... HOLLAND...HASTINGS...CHARLOTTE...LANSING...SOUTH HAVEN...KALAMAZOO... BATTLE CREEK...JACKSON 608 AM EDT MON OCT 27 2008 .NOW... THE HEAVIEST LAKE EFFECT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE CONFINED MAINLY TO THE FIRST TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN THIS MORNING. MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED FROM THESE SHOWERS...ALTHOUGH SMALL HAIL IS POSSIBLE AS WELL AS AN OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKE. A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE SOME WET SNOWFLAKES MIX IN THROUGH MID MORNING AS WELL. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BREEZY ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORE THROUGH THE MORNING...WITH GUSTS NEAR 30 MPH POSSIBLE. $$ HOVING