HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 432 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
420 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-081030-
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
420 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST THIS MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
WILL RANGE FROM UP TO AN INCH IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AROUND KENOSHA
AND RACINE...TO BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM DARLINGTON TO
MADISON TO MEQUON.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AROUND PORT WASHINGTON AND WEST
BEND TO NEAR SHEBOYGAN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AREA THROUGH 9 AM THIS MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND THEN TRACK
NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN HEAVY
ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
STRONG EAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
SEVERAL HOURS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD
SEVERELY RESTRICT THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS.
THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL SOME WARMER AIR MAY SURGE INTO FAR
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS
WOULD CUT DOWN SLIGHTLY ON SNOW AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
APPRECIATED.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 332 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 900 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
...SNOW MAY REACH 5 INCHES THIS MORNING NORTH OF MILWAUKEE...
THE COMBINATION OF A PASSING WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE WITH ADDED
MOISTURE AND CONVERGENCE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN...MAY PUSH SNOWFALL
TO AROUND 5 INCHES IN PARTS OF OZAUKEE...SHEBOYGAN AND WASHINGTON
COUNTIES THIS MORNING.
OTHERWISE...STRONG LOW PRESSURE IS STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER
MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER
MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 8 INCHES
IN MOST AREAS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TUESDAY EVENING...AND AGAIN
ON WEDNESDAY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS.
SLIGHT VARIATIONS OF THIS TRACK ARE STILL POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD
CHANGE SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR A RAIN AND SNOW
MIXTURE IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN AND NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN. HOWEVER
IT IS LOOKING MORE LIKELY THAT MOST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN WILL
EXPERIENCE SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS.
THIS WILL BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR WISCONSIN...AND WILL
LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS CLOSELY ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM...AND BE READY
TO DELAY OR ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
WIZ052-059-060-071745-
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SHEBOYGAN-WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHEBOYGAN...WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON
332 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS
MORNING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM
CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: SNOW WILL PERSIST EARLY THIS MORNING...THEN TAPER OFF
  LATER THIS MORNING.
  LIGHT SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON...AND
  WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING.
  THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES
  BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCHES THIS MORNING. 8 TO 12 INCHES
  IS EXPECTED BY LATER WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS: NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING.
  EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND
  INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN
  NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO
  40 MPH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...THEN
  BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS:SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ROADS THIS MORNING. TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY EVENING...AND REMAIN
  HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
  WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY ON
  WEDNESDAY.
* WHILE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE
  UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
  PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
  WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
  IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS
  ON THIS MAJOR WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
&&
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 938 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK WOULD RESULT
IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. VARIATIONS OF THIS
TRACK ARE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CHANGE SNOW AMOUNTS INCLUDING THE
POTENTIAL FOR RAIN IN FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN OR NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
ILLINOIS...DEVELOPING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING
OF THE HEAVY SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING TRAVEL
HAZARDOUS.
WIZ046-047-051-052-056>060-062>072-071145-
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
938 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
BETWEEN 10 AM AND NOON TUESDAY...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY 6 PM TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS
SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST BETWEEN 12 MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM
WEDNESDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND
FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 13 INCHES WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST
SNOW APPEARING TO BE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM LONE
ROCK TO SHEBOYGAN.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST
AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME WEST AND
SLOWLY DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS:TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ON TUESDAY WILL
BECOME DIFFICULT WITH THE INTENSIFYING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL
MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON.
* WHILE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
GEHRING