WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS: SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY
6 PM.
* TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 3 AM AND END FOR
MOST AREAS BY 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM DALLAS CENTER TO
BOONE...NORTHEAST TO WATERLOO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS LATE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN
BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SINCE PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW
FREEZING...SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON
LESS TREATED ROADS AND WALKING SURFACES. THE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL WINTER STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF
COMBINING HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ALONE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND LIKELY
RESULT IN ROAD CLOSURES. EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS...THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 334 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST MONDAY.
* SHORT TERM TRENDS: SOME PATCHY LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER
AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 35 BY
6 PM.
* TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED TO SPREAD
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 6 PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
SNOWFALL WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER 3 AM AND END FOR
MOST AREAS BY 6 AM MONDAY MORNING. A MORE SIGNIFICANT AND
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM IS LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
* STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS FROM DALLAS CENTER TO
BOONE...NORTHEAST TO WATERLOO. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE WINTER STORM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH EARLY
WEDNESDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH ARE LIKELY BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY. VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS LATE
TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY COULD BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE IN
BLOWING SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SINCE PAVEMENT AND BRIDGE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW
FREEZING...SLICK TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ON
LESS TREATED ROADS AND WALKING SURFACES. THE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY POTENTIAL WINTER STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF
COMBINING HEAVY SNOWFALL WITH STRONG WINDS TO CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT. HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ALONE WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL AND LIKELY
RESULT IN ROAD CLOSURES. EVEN AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS WEDNESDAY
MORNING...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS...IN THIS CASE HEAVY SNOW AND
STRONG WINDS...THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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