HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1112 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 545 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1108 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
1108 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM UP TO AN INCH IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST
AROUND KENOSHA AND RACINE...TO BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES NORTH OF A
LINE FROM DARLINGTON TO MADISON TO MEQUON.
THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED AROUND PORT WASHINGTON AND WEST
BEND TO SHEBOYGAN. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS
AREA THROUGH NOON TODAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DEEP LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND THEN TRACK
NORTHEAST INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN HEAVY
ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
STRONG EAST WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN
SEVERAL HOURS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS COULD DEVELOP DUE TO THE BLOWING SNOW.
STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40
MPH ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA ON WEDNESDAY WILL
RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WOULD
SEVERELY RESTRICT THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS.
THERE IS STILL A POTENTIAL SOME WARMER AIR MAY SURGE INTO FAR
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF MIXED PRECIPITATION
TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST AND ALONG LAKE MICHIGAN. THIS
WOULD CUT DOWN SLIGHTLY ON SNOW AMOUNTS IN THESE AREAS.
WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 10 AND 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO
AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY NIGHT.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL AND WIND
GUST REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED. PLEASE REMEMBER TO REPORT THE EXACT
LOCATION AND TIME OF THE OBSERVATION.
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WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 354 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS TO
THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE OUT INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TUESDAY AND LIFT NORTHEAST...CROSSING MISSOURI AND WESTERN
ILLINOIS TUESDAY NIGHT...AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS NEAR CHICAGO INTO
LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY.
WHILE THERE HAS BEEN VARIATIONS TO THE EXACT PATH OF THE
LOW...MODELS ARE COMING INTO AGREEMENT ON A PATH THAT BRINGS
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW TO WISCONSIN.
THE LOW IS FORECAST TO RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES ACROSS
ILLINOIS...DEVELOPING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WEDNESDAY MORNING AND
AFTERNOON. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE HEAVY
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA
354 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 NOON TUESDAY
MORNING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY 6
PM TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST
BETWEEN 12 MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 13 INCHES WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST
SNOW APPEARING TO BE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM LONE
ROCK TO SHEBOYGAN.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS:TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ON TUESDAY WILL
BECOME DIFFICULT WITH THE INTENSIFYING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* WHILE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORMI WARNING...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS.
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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REM/MRC