HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1035 AM CST WED DEC 9 2009
Expiration: 500 AM CST THU DEC 10 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO COULD ACCUMULATE IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN WITH GENERALLY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ELSEWHERE. NORTHWEST
WINDS GUSTING OVER 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING MAINLY ACROSS OPEN COUNTRY FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THE EAU CLAIRE AREA OF WISCONSIN. THIS
INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS INTERSTATE 94 INTO EAU CLAIRE. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO REMAIN LOW AT TIMES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. COLD AIR PLUNGING ACROSS THE AREA ON THE HEELS OF
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PLUNGE WIND CHILLS INTO THE 25 TO 30
BELOW ZERO RANGE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WITH 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
WIND CHILLS ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR FUTURE WINTER WEATHER STATEMENTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS AND
THE LATEST TRENDS CONCERNING THIS SNOW STORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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