Expires:201305031800;Remove:201305031800;656659 WWUS43 KMQT 031457 WSWMQT URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MARQUETTE MI 1057 AM EDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES OVER THE WEST HALF OF UPPER MICHIGAN INTO THE AFTERNOON... .AN AREA OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN AND ALONG THE WISCONSIN BORDER INTO THIS AFTERNOON. SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE TAKING LONGER TO WARM...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. MIZ010-011-031800- /O.EXT.KMQT.WW.Y.0027.000000T0000Z-130503T1800Z/ IRON-DICKINSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRON RIVER...IRON MOUNTAIN 957 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING. * ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MINOR AND CONFINED MAINLY TO ELEVATED SURFACES SUCH AS CARS AND TREES. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE COVERED WITH A THIN LAYER OF ICE AND SLUSH IN SOME AREAS...RESULTING IN SLIPPERY DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... * A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. * PREPARE...PLAN...AND STAY INFORMED. VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MQT && $$ JLA