HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1049 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
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THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO COULD ACCUMULATE IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE. NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING MAINLY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EAU CLAIRE AREA OF WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 94 INTO EAU CLAIRE. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. COLD AIR PLUNGING ACROSS THE AREA ON THE HEELS OF
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PLUNGE WIND CHILLS INTO THE 25 TO 30
BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
WIND CHILLS ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FUTURE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS AND
THE LATEST TRENDS CONCERNING THIS SNOW STORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 422 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...
.A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR...FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS
BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE ENTIRE
TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...AND ALL OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH COVERS PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORA...ST.
CLOUD...AND REDWOOD FALLS. THE ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD INTO
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA BY NOON ON TUESDAY AND ACROSS
THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO
INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY
INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS NOT
ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE WARNING AREAS. PERIODS
OF HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED SOUTH
AND EAST OF A FAIRMONT...TO RED WING...TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN
LINE. IN THESE AREAS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT
INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA...FIVE TO EIGHT INCHES ARE
EXPECTED. WITHIN THE ADVISORY AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THREE TO
SIX INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ZERO VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...INCLUDING ALONG INTERSTATE 90 AND INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH OF
FARIBAULT.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND IMPOSSIBLE AT
TIMES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA DURING OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY MORNING. ACROSS THE WINTER STORM WARNING
AREA...DIFFICULT TRAVEL IS LIKELY THROUGHOUT THE WARNING TIME.
WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE
SEASON...ENSURE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE PREPARED FOR WINTER
WEATHER AND THAT YOUR VEHICLE IS ALSO PREPARED WITH A WINTER
WEATHER SAFETY KIT.
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422 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW WILL BEGIN ACROSS AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA BY MID-AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO
TWO INCHES ARE FORECAST BY 6 PM TUESDAY. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
SLOWLY INCREASE TUESDAY BUT REMAIN LOW ENOUGH THAT BLOWING SNOW IS
NOT ANTICIPATED DURING THAT TIME.
SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY TUESDAY NIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. INCREASING WINDS OVERNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. PERIODS OF DIFFICULT TRAVEL ARE LIKELY.
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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