HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1208 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
Expiration: 1215 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY NORTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. THE SNOW SHOULD START TO ACCUMULATE IN BRAINERD...SIREN AND
HAYWARD AROUND MIDDAY...BUT MAY NOT REACH AREAS OF THE IRON RANGE
AND THE ARROWHEAD UNTIL LATER IN THE DAY OR EARLY EVENING. THE
SNOW SHOULD INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING WITH ACCUMULATING
SNOWFALL FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AS THE
DAY WEARS ON...AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT. WINDS WILL GUST OVER 30
MPH FOR AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR BY TONIGHT AND CAUSE EXTENSIVE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE NEW SNOW.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DIMINISHING WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE...WHICH SHOULD
SEE THE SNOW CONTINUE AT A GOOD CLIP WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL STORM
SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO IN INTERNATIONAL
FALLS...TO 12 TO 18 INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
AREAS IN BETWEEN WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS...WITH BRAINERD SEEING 3
TO 6 INCHES. DULUTH...PINE CITY AND TWO HARBORS WILL SEE 5 TO 9
INCHES...AND SIREN AND HAYWARD WILL SEE 7 TO 11 INCHES. PHILLIPS
SHOULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 14 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. INTENSE
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW...WITH
VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. BECAUSE THIS IS THE
FIRST MAJOR SNOW EVENT OF THE SEASON...IT COULD CAUSE MORE
PROBLEMS THAN USUAL ON AREA ROADS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY THEIR REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN DULUTH.
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