SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 421 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS WISCONSIN
AND CENTRAL UNITED STATES...
A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...THEN MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES
REGION ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THE WINTER STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS A LARGE PART OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL
PERIOD. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING OR ARE EXPECTING OTHER PEOPLE TO
TRAVEL TO YOUR HOME FOR THE HOLIDAY...BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER
FORECASTS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.
THIS STORM WILL BE DEVELOPING IN A MUCH DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERIC
PATTERN THAN THE BLIZZARD THAT AFFECTED THE AREA DECEMBER 8 AND 9.
SO UNLIKE WITH THE PREVIOUS STORM...WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A
RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWS THIS FAR
IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM. REASONABLE ESTIMATES ON THE LOCATION AND
TIMING OF THE HEAVY SNOWS...AND SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE
WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 412 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A BAND OF SNOW SHOWERS PASSING OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND PARTS OF
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING MAY PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. TRAVEL WITH CAUTION AND
ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING DISTANCE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES
DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...JUST IN TIME FOR
THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE
UNCERTAINTY OVER WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW FROM THE STORM WILL
FALL...AND THE EXACT IMPACT THE STORM WILL HAVE ON WISCONSIN. SINCE
THIS IS GOING TO BE A LARGE STORM...IT WILL PROBABLY BRING AT
LEAST SOME SNOW TO THE AREA. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH RAIN OR
SLEET AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE CHANGING
BACK TO ALL SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON FROM GREEN BAY AND THE FOX CITIES
EAST TO THE LAKESHORE.
THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO COMPLICATE TRAVEL ACROSS WISCONSIN AND
NEIGHBORING STATES. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS LATER THIS WEEK
SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS AND THE LATEST
FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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