SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 952 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009
Expiration: 430 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
...FOG EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT...STILL THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME SNOW
DURING THE PEAK THANKSGIVING TRAVEL TIME...
THE FOG ACROSS THE AREA WILL GRADUALLY THICKEN DURING THE NIGHT.
THE FOG COULD BECOME THICK ENOUGH TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO BELOW
1/4 MILE AT TIMES LATE TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS.
ANYONE TRAVELING OVERNIGHT SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE FOG...AND
PLAN ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FOG BANK WHILE DRIVING ON THE
HIGHWAY...ALWAYS USE YOUR LOW-BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND SLOW DOWN TO A
SPEED AT WHICH YOU CAN SAFELY STOP IF YOU ENCOUNTER AN ANIMAL OR
OBJECT IN THE ROADWAY.
A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA MID-WEEK. THE
AIR ACROSS THE AREA WILL INITIALLY BE WARM ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE
PRECIPITATION FORM THE STORM TO FALL AS RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND
PERHAPS WEDNESDAY EVENING. HOWEVER...COLDER AIR SEEPING INTO THE
AREA WILL CAUSE THE RAIN TO BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AND MAYBE EVEN
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THANKSGIVING MORNING.
THE CHANGEOVER IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN FIRST...AND OVER THE NORTHEAST PART OF THE STATE LAST.
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT
AND THANKSGIVING MORNING. BUT IT IS STILL TOO EARLY TO PINPOINT
WHICH PART OF THE STATE...IF ANY...IS LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE
SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM THE SNOW. ANYONE PLANNING TO
TRAVEL DURING THE START OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY PERIOD SHOULD
CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 324 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
WIDESPREAD FOG IS EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE IN THE EVENING AND
THEN PERSIST THROUGH LATE MORNING TOMORROW. THE FOG MAY BECOME
LOCALLY DENSE...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTH-
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL
PLAINS ON TUESDAY...THEN TRACK OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE STORM WILL GRADUALLY MOVE AWAY FROM
THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD IMPACT TRAVEL
PLANS LATER WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS ON THANKSGIVING DAY. SPECIFIC
TIMING AND EXACT PRECIPITATION TYPES REMAIN UNCERTAIN WITH THIS
SYSTEM...BUT THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW INCHES OF SNOW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY FOR LOCATIONS MAINLY NORTH AND WEST
OF GREEN BAY AND THE FOX CITIES. TRAVELERS SHOULD MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS FOR MORE DETAILS ON THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF FOG WITH
VISIBILITIES BELOW 1/4 MILE TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
GREEN BAY.
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