WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 308 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES FOR TONIGHT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
...WINTER STORM WARNINGS DOWNGRADED TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES
FOR TONIGHT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A VERY MESSY AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO BRING
PERIODS OF SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN THROUGH SATURDAY. ANOTHER TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW MAY
ACCUMULATE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT WHERE WINDS GUSTING
TO 25 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER
STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
STAPLES TO WILLMAR TO REDWOOD FALLS.
THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORIES OVERNIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL INTO SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES COMMUNITIES SUCH AS MORA...LITTLE
FALLS...ST. CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...NEW ULM...MANKATO...AND FAIRMONT.
ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT.
PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MIX WITH LIGHT RAIN THROUGH THE EVENING
HOURS FROM THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ALBERT LEA THEN INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO JUST LIGHT SNOW. ANOTHER INCH OR
SO COULD ACCUMULATE OVERNIGHT.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SINCE SNOW BEGAN ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE
10 TO 18 INCH RANGE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
SNOWFALL TOTALS WILL BE IN THE SIX TO TWELVE INCH RANGE IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
CONTINUED PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ON
SATURDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES VERY SLOWLY ACROSS IOWA.
MNZ052-260515-
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ISANTI-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...CAMBRIDGE
307 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ANOTHER ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW
  TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO THREE
  INCHES...BRINGING STORM TOTALS TO 12 TO 15 INCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 204 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 215 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912262015;;
FLUS43 KMPX 252001
HWOMPX
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
201 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
262015-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
201 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW WILL BE MOST PERSISTENT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO SOUTHWARD TO MANKATO AND FAIRMONT.
THESE AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES THROUGH
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
WESTERN PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL
ALSO OCCUR ACROSS FAR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON STRONG
NORTHEASTERLY WINDS. TRAVEL IN THESE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HAZARDOUS. FROM THE TWIN CITIES METRO SOUTHWARD TO ALBERT LEA AND
POINTS EAST...SHOWERS OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO
SNOW SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ON
AND OFF THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE
SYSTEM DEPARTS. ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE LIKELY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW DOWNGRADED TO AN ADVISORY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
.A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CONTINUES ACROSS PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LATE THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING. THIS MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET
AND RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS FAR WEST AS THE
CAMBRIDGE... TWIN CITIES...AND MANKATO AREAS. A WINTER STORM
WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT GENERALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A RICE
LAKE...TO LAKEVILLE...TO WASECA LINE. THE WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED
TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ALBERT LEA...OWATONNA...FARIBAULT
AND FARMINGTON.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT IN THE
WARNING AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL RANGE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE
ADVISORY AREA OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND
3 INCHES.
BY SATURDAY MORNING...THREE DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 8 TO 16 INCHES ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH ISOLATED
TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. AMOUNTS WILL BE LESSER TOWARD THE
ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS...WHERE
STORM TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 8 INCH RANGE ARE EXPECTED.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH TONIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTH
NORTHWESTERLY TODAY AS THE CENTER OF THE STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES.
BLOWING SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
MNZ052-053-060>063-068-069-076-084-WIZ014-015-260100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-091226T0600Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-
LE SUEUR-WASECA-POLK-BARRON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR...
WASECA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON
1050 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT.
* TIMING...A MIX OF SNOW AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
AFTERNOON...WITH A TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF TWO TO THREE
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING...INCLUDING ALONG THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS FOR THE THREE DAY PERIOD ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
$$