HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 558 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THE AREA THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY. UP TO A
TENTH OF ADDITIONAL ICE MAY ACCUMULATE. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
TODAY WILL BE RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES.
MORE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE BETWEEN 5 TO 8 INCHES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...CHRISTMAS DAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY.
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ON CHRISTMAS
DAY WITH UP TO AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF SNOW ON BOTH FRIDAY NIGHT
AND SATURDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING...
...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH CHRISTMAS...
.PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS MORNING WHICH WILL
CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME ICY AND HAZARDOUS.
A DEVELOPING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL
TRACK FROM ALONG THE GULF COAST THURSDAY MORNING AND LIFT INTO
CENTRAL IOWA EARLY ON FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO WAVER
BACK AND FORTH FROM SNOW TO FREEZING RAIN THROUGHOUT THE EVENT.
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY ACROSS THE
REGION...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE BETTER CHANCES FOR THE
PRECIPITATION TO REMAIN SNOW LONGER FURTHER TO THE WEST IN
MINNESOTA AND IOWA...WHILE WARMER AIR FURTHER EAST ACROSS
WISCONSIN WILL LEAD TO MORE MIXED PRECIPITATION. REGARDLESS...THIS
POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON.
MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-231800-
/O.UPG.KARX.WS.A.0005.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.W.0007.091224T0300Z-091226T0000Z/
WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS
358 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN SHOULD ADVANCE INTO MUCH OF THE AREA THIS
EVENING.
* SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN PRECIPITATION FORMS THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH CHRISTMAS.
* LESS THAN ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING
WITH THE FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE. A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DUE TO THE
FREEZING RAIN. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED FROM POINTS WEST OF A LINE FROM CHARLES CITY IOWA
TO ARCADIA WISCONSIN. 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED EAST FROM THIS.
* SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.
THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
$$
BOYNE/HALBACH
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 334 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A BAND OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT...A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EAST ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTH
DAKOTA...COMBINED WITH MOISTURE BEING PUSHED NORTH OVER A WARM
FRONT ACROSS NEBRASKA AND IOWA...WILL PRODUCE A BAND OF SNOWFALL
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW AMOUNTS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES...LOCALLY UP TO 5 INCHES...ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DODGE CENTER...ROCHESTER AND CALEDONIA
MINNESOTA TO RICHLAND CENTER WISCONSIN.
A MUCH STRONGER AND MORE MOIST SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...THEN LIFT INTO SOUTHERN IOWA BY
FRIDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF
PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO
FRIDAY. PRECIPITATION TYPES REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...AS IT
REMAIN UNCLEAR HOW MUCH WARM AIR AND HOW FAR NORTH THE WARM AIR
WILL GET WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM. SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN...AND VARIOUS MIXES OF IT...ARE ALL POSSIBLE AS THIS LOW LIFTS
TOWARD THE REGION. THIS WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND TRAVEL DELAYS FROM LATER WEDNESDAY
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
MNZ079-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-220545-
/O.NEW.KARX.WS.A.0005.091224T0000Z-091226T0000Z/
WABASHA-TAYLOR-CLARK-BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-
JUNEAU-ADAMS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...
BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON
334 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION...SOME OF IT HEAVY...IS EXPECTED
TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
* PRECIPITATION TYPES AND AMOUNTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN FOR LATER IN
THE WEEK...HOWEVER SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH SOME
SLEET...FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN ARE LIKELY.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...WITH UNTREATED ROADS EXPECTED TO BE SNOW OR
ICE COVERED...IS EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.
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.
$$
RRS
WEATHER.GOV/LACROSSE