HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1144 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
TEMPERATURES FALLING WELL BELOW FREEZING WILL CAUSE LINGERING
WATER AND SLUSH ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO FEEZE INTO ICE. LIGHT
SNOW ACCUMULATING ON THE ICE WILL RESULT IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS TONIGHT.
.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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1140 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 200 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
...FALLING TEMPERATURES RESULTING IN ICY ROADWAYS AND VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS...
FALLING TEMPERATURES WERE RESULTING IN ICY ROADWAYS AND VERY
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVER CENTRAL AND EAST-CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE NORTH WERE JUST STARTING TO
FALL. AS TEMPERATURES THERE DROP BELOW FREEZING...THE HAZARDOUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD INTO THAT AREA.
AT 1130 PM...TEMPERATURES SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MERRILL...TO
WAUSAUKEE...TO STURGEON BAY HAD FALLEN BELOW FREEZING. REPORTING
STATIONS TO THE NORTH STILL HAD READINGS AT OR A LITTLE ABOVE
FREEZING. THE COLDER AIR WILL OVERSPREAD THE NORTH DURING THE
NIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA EXPECTED TO BE WELL
BELOW FREEZING BY LATE TONIGHT. THE DROP IN TEMPERATURES IS
CAUSING THE REMAINING WATER AND SLUSH ON UNTREATED ROADWAYS TO
TURN TO ICE. THE LIGHT SNOW THAT WAS FALLING WAS ACCUMULATING ON
TOP OF THE ICE...AND RESULTING IN VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING DURING THE NIGHT...BE PREPARED
FOR VERY SLIPPERY ROADWAYS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION.
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