HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 1147 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009 Expiration: 1200 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009 Expires:200912080600;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
1146 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>050-073-074-080600-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBAGO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
1146 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY AND LAKESHORE COUNTIES OVERNIGHT. MOTORISTS
SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY AND KEWAUNEE
AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO MONDAY MORNING...LEAVING
TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IN THE FAR SOUTHERN FOX VALLEY AND ALONG
THE LAKESHORE SOUTH OF KEWAUNEE. THE SNOW WILL RESULT IN
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE TO WORK OR
SCHOOL.
A MUCH STRONGER STORM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND TRACK INTO THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES ON
WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM TRACK WOULD BRING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF
THE MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES. AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT LOOKS
LIKE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF
WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ON
WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW.
VISIBILITIES COULD BE SEVERELY REDUCED ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
$$ WINTER STORM WATCH Issue Date: 341 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009 Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009 ...THE FIRST ACCUMULATING SNOW OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TONIGHT
AND MONDAY IN EAST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
...FOLLOWING THIS FIRST SNOW...A STRONG WINTER STORM WILL BE POISED
TO IMPACT ALL OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS IS EXPECTED TO
REACH SOUTHERN LAKE MICHIGAN BY MIDDAY MONDAY. SNOW ASSOCIATED
WITH THE LOW SHOULD ARRIVE LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS UP TO 4 INCHES CAN BE
EXPECTED FROM THE FOX VALLEY...INTO THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES.
MOISTURE FROM LAKE MICHIGAN COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKESHORE.
AS SNOW FROM THE FIRST SYSTEM DEPARTS...ATTENTION WILL THEN TURN
TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
GREAT LAKES TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION
TO GUSTY WINDS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OVER THESE PERIODS MAY REACH INTO
THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE OVER NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND 8 TO 12
INCH RANGE OVER THE FOX VALLEY AND SHORELINE OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
WIZ005-010>013-018>021-030-031-035>037-045-073-074-070545-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.A.0006.091209T0000Z-091210T0600Z/
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-WAUPACA-
WAUSHARA-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EAGLE RIVER...RHINELANDER...CRANDON...
TOMAHAWK...ANTIGO...KESHENA...WAUSAU...WISCONSIN RAPIDS...
STEVENS POINT...WAUTOMA...CRIVITZ
341 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL REDEVELOP OVER NORTH-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY EVENING.
* SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY THE
TIME THE STORM EXITS WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* WITH A BRISK EAST WIND...SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...REDUCING VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE...ESPECIALLY
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. GUSTY WINDS WILL THEN
SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. TRAVELING WILL
BECOME EXTREMELY TREACHEROUS OVER THIS TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
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