SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 812 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1000 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...SNOW ADVANCING NORTHWARD THROUGH NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET MIX ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...
SNOW BANDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH BRAINERD...
AITKIN...DULUTH...AND THE IRON RANGE THROUGH THE EVENING. SNOW
WILL ACCUMULATE UP TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR...BEFORE BECOMING MORE
INTENSE BY MIDNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WERE MIXED IN WITH
THE SNOW ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING ASHLAND...HAYWARD
...AND SUPERIOR.
WINDS WILL INCREASE DRAMATICALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING IN OPEN AREAS...AND AREAS NEAR LAKE
SUPERIOR. WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN
EFFECT. ALL NON ESSENTIAL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE
MIDNIGHT...THOUGH IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST BE OUT...HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE...TAKE A WORKING CELL PHONE... AND
LET SOMEONE KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 330 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND THROUGH
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERIOD. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
MOVE INTO THE NORTHLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THIS
EVENING. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRENGTHENING EAST
WINDS...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS TO THE SOUTH OF THE
AREA. THIS PORTION OF THE STORM WILL BRING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO
THE HEAD OF THE LAKES REGION. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN
A FOOT FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MORE THAN A TOTAL STORM
ACCUMULATION OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. THE MOST
LIKELY AREA TO SEE MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS ALONG THE NORTH
SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...FROM DULUTH ALONG THE NORTH SHORE. THE
BLIZZARD WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AND EVEN INTO CHRISTMAS
NIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN NORTHWESTERN
WISCONSIN. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS ISSUED BY OUR
OFFICE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT
ACROSS THE HEAD OF THE LAKES REGION. ELSEWHERE... WINTER STORM
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH.
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