WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 346 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009

...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH
OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TO
LOWER MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW
AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND. THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...BUT
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND THE
TWIN PORTS AREA. STRONG NORTH WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
MNZ012-019>021-037-038-WIZ001>004-006>009-070600-
/O.NEW.KDLH.WS.A.0006.091208T1800Z-091210T1200Z/
NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-
SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...
GRAND MARAIS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...
WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...
PHILLIPS
346 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG
THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...AND RAPIDLY EXPAND ACROSS
MUCH OF THE REST OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE NORTH
SHORE... THE TWIN PORTS AREA...HINCKLEY...HAYWARD...ASHLAND...
PARK FALLS AND HURLEY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER EAST
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. GREATER ACCUMULATIONS OF 8
INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
ESPECIALLY ACROSS AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR.
* NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY STRONGER WINDS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR. THE
WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT MAY RESTRICT
VISIBILITY TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS.
* TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
* COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AS THE STORM
DEPARTS...WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND TEENS BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
ACCUMULATION OF SNOW THAT WILL IMPACT TRAVEL AND COMMERCE. YOU
ARE ENCOURAGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION
REGARDING THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM VIA LOCAL TELEVISION...
RADIO...THE INTERNET...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO.
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MILLER/CANNON

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 327 PM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009

Expires:200912071130;;
FLUS43 KDLH 062119
HWODLH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
320 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-071130-
KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-
NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-
SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA-
SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-
CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON-
BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE-
320 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON EXPECTED TO AFFECT MUCH OF
THE REGION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
PERIODS OF LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT
THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR THROUGH TONIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL
SEE ONLY TRACE TO ONE INCH ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...A FEW ISOLATED AREAS IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE BAYFIELD
PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE AREA OF ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES
MAY SEE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION BY MONDAY MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
LIGHT LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON MONDAY.
AGAIN...GENERAL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AN INCH OR LESS MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN FAVORED AREAS OF THE
BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE.
IN ADDITION...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH
OF THE NORTHLAND BEGINNING TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. AT
THIS TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 INCHES OR
MORE WILL BE FROM THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR AND MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD
AND POINTS EASTWARD...INCLUDING THE NORTH SHORE...THE TWIN PORTS
AREA...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
WILL MOVE NORTHEASTWARD FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES TO LOWER
MICHIGAN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BRINGING SNOW AND STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS TO THE REGION WHICH WILL ALSO RESULT IN BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE TRACK
OF THIS STORM...AND ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS IN THE REGION DURING
THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK IS URGED TO STAY CURRENT WITH THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN WITH FREQUENT REPORTS
REGARDING THE ONGOING LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS...AND PREPARE FOR THE
UPCOMING STORM TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
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