HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 520 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 515 PM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
511 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
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511 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT AFTER 3 AM FOR ALL BUT THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A PROBLEM THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
$$

WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 307 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...THINGS ARE SETTLING DOWN...
THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA IS MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST VERY
QUICKLY AND WINDS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
ARE NOT BEING MET. IN FACT...CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ENOUGH THAT
NO MORE SNOW RELATED WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES ARE NEEDED.
HOWEVER...DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC IN OPEN
AREAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. MANY ROADS REMAIN SNOW OR ICE COVERED
AND SLIPPERY. ROADS THAT MAY JUST BE WET THIS AFTERNOON WILL
LIKELY SEE ICY STRETCHES FORM VERY RAPIDLY AS TEMPERATURES FALL
WITH THE SETTING SUN AND COLD AIR ARRIVING.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP TO AROUND ZERO...A BIT WARMER IN THE EAST...
AND THIS WILL COMBINE WITH WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25
MPH TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 17 TO 25 BELOW LATER TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...WEST BEND...
DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
307 PM CST WED DEC 9 2009
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST
THURSDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS CANCELLED
THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT
FROM 3 AM TO 11 AM CST THURSDAY.
* TIMING: THE COLDEST CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT FROM AROUND 3 AM TO
ABOUT 11 AM THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURES: LOWS WILL DROP TO ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO WITH WIND
CHILL READINGS FALLING TO 18 TO 25 BELOW.
* WINDS: WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH.
* IMPACTS: FROST BITE AND POSSIBLE HYPOTHERMIA. ROADS WILL REMAIN
HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT DUE TO LINGERING SNOW AND ICE COVERAGE AND SOME
DRIFTING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW ZERO OR
COLDER. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE
SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 200 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
STRONG LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY. THIS TRACK
WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. TOTAL
SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY EXCEED 10 INCHES IN MOST AREAS WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW FALLING TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH THE SNOW
AT TIMES NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN FROM AROUND MILWAUKEE SOUTH TO THE
ILLINOIS BORDER...WITH LOWER OVERALL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS.
IN ADDITION...STRONG WINDS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITIES TONIGHT...AND AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS
DURING THIS STORM...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM SHEBOYGAN
TO JANESVILLE...WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES EAST.
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 TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...LAKE MILLS...
DARLINGTON...MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT
200 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING: LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...
BECOMING HEAVY THIS EVENING AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL TAPER OFF TO SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY
WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW TO CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES...WITH THE
BEST CHANCE THIS EVENING THROUGH AND THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 9 TO 13 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...TURNING NORTHEAST
AND INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TONIGHT. THE WINDS TURN
NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH...
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY DIMINISH TO
15 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY THIS EVENING
AND REMAIN HAZARDOUS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SEVERE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES.
* CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS ON THIS
MAJOR WINTER STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 321 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE STILL ON TRACK TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS TO THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING...
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. TOTAL 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 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.
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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
321 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TUESDAY...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: 9 TO 12 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON MOST PLACES...WITH 6 TO 9 INCHES ACROSS THE FAR
SOUTHEAST.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH ON TUESDAY...TURNING NORTHEAST AND
INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS TURN
NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY MORNING AND INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: 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 WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...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 WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND
WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$
DDV

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 354 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 AND WEDNESDAY
LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY AND LIFT NORTHEAST...CROSSING MISSOURI AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEAR CHICAGO INTO
LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN VARIATIONS TO THE EXACT PATH OF THE
LOW...MODELS ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT ON A PATH THAT BRINGS
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO WISCONSIN.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
ILLINOIS...DEVELOPING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
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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
354 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 NOON TUESDAY
MORNING...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: 10 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 STORMI 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.
$$
REM/MRC