WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 315 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 1100 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR SOUTHWEST AND WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN EXTENDED ELSEWHERE...
.A VIGOROUS HOLIDAY STORM WILL CONTINUE IMPACTING THE DAKOTAS
THIS CHRISTMAS WEEKEND WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS STRETCHING FROM
NORTH CENTRAL TO SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE.
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CONTINUES TO SPREAD WESTWARD INTO WEST AND
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AS MOISTURE SURGES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
VISIBILITIES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA REMAIN BELOW ONE QUARTER
MILE...WHILE WEAKENING WINDS AND LESS INTENSE SNOWFALL HAVE
SLIGHTLY IMPROVED CONDITIONS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. STILL...NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AND PLENTY
OF FRESH SNOW WILL RESULT IN OCCASIONAL NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS HAVE RANGED FROM AROUND 8 TO
24 INCHES...AND ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO
LESS THAN 2 INCHES TONIGHT.
WHILE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS FORECAST TONIGHT...TRAVEL REMAINS
DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. PLEASE TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
ALL LIFE AND PROPERTY.
MOTORISTS AND HOLIDAY TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO DELAY TRAVEL AND
STAY INFORMED WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION AND FORECASTS AT
WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK.
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...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/
THIS EVENING...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING.
* NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND
LIGHT SNOW ARE CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
VISIBILITIES REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. VISIBILITIES
WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THIS EVENING AS WINDS DECREASE AND SNOW
INTENSITY LESSENS.
* WIND CHILL VALUES BETWEEN 5 AND 20 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE.
* ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 2 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 243 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009
Expiration: 245 PM MST SUN DEC 27 2009

/241 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW DUE TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15
TO 30 MPH WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE
SATURDAY. IN FACT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE STILL
ONGOING...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE. DISSIPATING
SNOW AND GRADUALLY WEAKENING WINDS TONIGHT SHOULD ALLOW FOR INCREASING
VISIBILITIES BY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
STORM SPOTTERS AND COOP OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH THEIR SNOWFALL REPORTS AND STORM
TOTALS.
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