HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 345 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING
1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW...MAINLY ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN.
FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A
MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM TO TRACK FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS INTO THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES. IT APPEARS
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE SLOWER MOVING AS IT LIFTS INTO THE REGION
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
WINTRY WEATHER. POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SNOW TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA
STARTING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...CONTINUING INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT. ENOUGH WARM AIR MAY GET PULLED INTO THE SYSTEM FOR A
WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
WISCONSIN LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT SOME PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...IOWA AND
WISCONSIN COULD BE IMPACTED BY A WINTER STORM VERY SIMILAR TO THE
ONE THAT MOVED THROUGH THE REGION ON DECEMBER 8TH AND 9TH.
HOWEVER...THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM IS FAR FROM CERTAIN...WHICH
MAKES THE DETAILS OF PRECIPITATION TYPE AND SNOW AMOUNTS UNCERTAIN
AT THIS TIME. THOSE WITH CHRISTMAS TRAVEL PLANS FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY WILL WANT TO MONITOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
REPORTS OF THE SNOWFALL FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.
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