SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 919 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1130 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...FALLING TEMPERATURES LIKELY TO LEAD TO ICY ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT...
COLDER AIR SURGING BACK ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL CAUSE
TEMPERATURES TO FALL TO WELL BELOW FREEZING TONIGHT. THIS WILL
RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
AT 910 PM...TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 29...WHICH RUNS FROM
WAUSAU...TO GREEN BAY...TO KEWAUNEE...HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING.
REPORTING STATIONS TO THE NORTH STILL HAD READINGS AT OR A LITTLE
ABOVE FREEZING. THE COLDER AIR TO THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO
OVERSPREAD THE AREA...WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA
EXPECTED TO FALL WELL BELOW FREEZING BY LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL
CAUSE WATER AND SLUSH ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO TURN TO ICE. THE
INCH OR TWO OF SNOW THAT FALLS TONIGHT WILL ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF
THE ICE...AND COULD LEAD TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. IF
YOU ARE TRAVELING DURING THE NIGHT...BE PREPARED FOR DETERIORATING
TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 318 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 330 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
A LARGE...SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER IOWA IS FORECAST TO
REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED
OVER EASTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING...BEFORE COLDER AIR WORKS BACK
INTO WISCONSIN AND CHANGES THE MIXED PRECIPITATION TO ALL SNOW.
THE REST OF THE AREA WILL REMAIN ALL SNOW TONIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
WISCONSIN RAPIDS TO MARINETTE.
AS COLDER AIR WORKS INTO THE STATE TONIGHT...ANY WET ROADS WILL
BECOME ICY OVERNIGHT MAKING FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
LIGHT SNOW IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING BEFORE FINALLY TAPERING OFF TO MAINLY FLURRIES.
MOST LOCATIONS COULD RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION WITH 2 TO 4 INCH AMOUNTS TAKING PLACE NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN WHERE LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED. ROADS ARE
LIKELY TO REMAIN SLIPPERY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
|
|
|
