WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 356 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST TUE DEC 01 2009

...WINTER FINALLY MAKES AN APPEARANCE...
.A STORM SYSTEM ENTERING CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA THIS MORNING
WILL MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL ALBERTA BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
TRACK EAST AND SOUTHEAST INTO FAR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN MINNESOTA ON TUESDAY. HEAVY SNOW WILL
LIKELY FALL JUST NORTH OF THE LOW TRACK WHILE AREAS SOUTH OF THE
LOW WILL SEE VERY LITTLE OR NO SNOW. THIS SHARP CUTOFF IS OFTEN
DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE EXACTLY THIS FAR OUT..BUT AT THE PRESENT
TIME THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL FROM BRANDON MANITOBA TO THE
PEMBINA AND HALLOCK AREAS THEN TOWARD INTERNATIONAL FALLS. UP TO 6
INCHES OF SNOW WILL LIKELY FALL ALONG THIS BAND FROM LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY. PERSONS WHO PLAN TRAVEL ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER
OR INTO MANITOBA ON TUESDAY SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.
WINDS WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH ON TUESDAY
AFTERNOON CAUSING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
FARTHER SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY TWO INCLUDING DEVILS LAKE TO GRAND
FORKS TO BEMIDJI THE SNOW AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE MUCH LESS BUT
STILL THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
ALONG WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WHICH MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
FARTHER SOUTH TOWARD FARGO...VALLEY CITY AND DETROIT LAKES LITTLE
TO NO SNOW WILL OCCUR TUESDAY WITH SOME FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
MOVING IN TUESDAY NIGHT.
MNZ004>009-013-NDZ007-008-016-054-020000-
/O.NEW.KFGF.WS.A.0010.091201T1200Z-091202T0000Z/
KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...
NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...LANGDON...CAVALIER...
GRAFTON...ADAMS
356 AM CST MON NOV 30 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM NEAR ESTEVAN CANADA TO NEAR GRAND
FORKS THEN TO THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL FALL NORTH OF THE LOW ALONG THE
CANADIAN BORDER WITH UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM LANGDON
AND PEMBINA EASTWARD TO ROSEAU AND BAUDETTE AND UP TO 4 INCHES FOR
LOCATIONS FROM GRAFTON TO THIEF RIVER FALLS TO RED LAKE. NORTH TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING CAUSING REDUCED VISIBLITIES. TRAVEL IN MANY AREAS ALONG
THE CANADIAN BORDER AND POINTS NORTH INTO MANITOBA WILL BE
HAZARDOUS TUESDAY.
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.
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DTR