WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1044 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
...FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON EXPECTED TO IMPACT MUCH
OF THE NORTHLAND TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.LAKE EFFECT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO
THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE GOGEBIC
RANGE...GENERALLY ALONG AN AREA FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. THE SNOW
SHOULD DIMINISH RAPIDLY DURING THE EVENING. 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-WIZ001-002-006>009-080045-
/O.CON.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-BURNETT-WASHBURN-
SAWYER-PRICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ISABELLA...HIBBING...TWO HARBORS...
GRAND MARAIS...DULUTH...CLOQUET...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...
WASHBURN...GRANTSBURG...SPOONER...HAYWARD...PHILLIPS
1044 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS 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 WEDNESDAY. AREAS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE NORTH SHORE...
THE TWIN PORTS AREA...HINCKLEY...HAYWARD...BAYFIELD AND PARK
FALLS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS GREATER THAN 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER EAST
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. GREATER ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
12 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
ESPECIALLY AREAS ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR.
* NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH
ROADS BECOMING SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
* THE STRONG WINDS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT MAY BLOW
DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS... WHICH COULD AFFECT SOME POWER LINES AND
AREA ROADS. IN ADDITION... 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... WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
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/STEWART/CANNON
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