SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 607 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW IS EXPECTED IN
SHEBOYGAN...FOND DU LAC...WASHINGTON...AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES THIS
EVENING...
...COLD AIR RETURNS FRIDAY...
RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT
WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE
LOWER 30S BUT ARE EXPECTED TO RISE A FEW DEGREES INTO THE 35 TO 40
DEGREE RANGE BY CHRISTMAS MORNING.
DRIER AIR ADVANCING FROM THE EAST HAS COOLED THE LOWER PORTIONS OF
THE ATMOSPHERE JUST ENOUGH TO CAUSE A WINTRY MIX IN AREAS ALONG
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MEQUON...TO WEST BEND...TO FOND DU LAC.
DRIVERS TRAVELING THIS EVENING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD USE CAUTION.
ICY ROADS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.
THE RAIN WILL MELT SOME OF THE SNOWPACK AND COULD RESULT IN
LOCALIZED FLOODING PROBLEMS TONIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY. AS
TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 20S FRIDAY NIGHT...RESIDUAL SLUSH
AND STANDING WATER WILL REFREEZE INTO SOLID SHEETS OF ICE.
THUS...SNOW REMOVAL EFFORTS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON BEFORE TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW FREEZING AGAIN.
LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY...WITH
ACCUMULATIONS OF JUST AN INCH OR SO. HOWEVER...TRAVEL COULD AGAIN
BECOME HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED SURFACES AS WET SURFACES TURN ICY
AND SNOW STARTS TO ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF IT.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 604 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SHEBOYGAN...OZAUKEE...FOND DU LAC...
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW WILL PREVAIL THIS EVENING AND EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL RAIN
DURING THE OVERNIGHT. SNOW...SLEET AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL MAKE
FOR ICY ROADWAYS.
ELSEWHERE ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...RAIN WILL PREVAIL AND MAY BE
MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. RAINFALL OF AN INCH...TO ONE AND ONE
HALF INCHES...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL ON TOP OF THE CURRENT SNOW PACK
AND FROZEN GROUND. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING OF AREA
CREEKS...RIVERS...AND STREAMS. RUNOFF WOULD ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
IT WILL BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE SURE THE CLOSEST SEWER DRAIN TO YOUR
RESIDENCE IS UNCLOGGED BY SNOW AND DEBRIS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
THE PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CHANGE BACK TO OCCASIONAL SNOW ON FRIDAY
AND EARLY FRIDAY EVENING...AS COLDER AIR WRAPS AROUND THE WEAKENING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN IOWA. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL
THEN CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AS
THE LOW PRESSURE AREA MEANDERS TO THE EAST.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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