HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 256 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 300 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TODAY
THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN EARLY THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING...WHILE MAINLY SNOW
OCCURS ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA PRIOR TO DAYBREAK. AS
WARMER AIR ALOFT CONTINUES TO FILTER INTO THE AREA TO THE NORTH OF
THE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
REGIONS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT INTO PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
AS FAR WEST AS THE ST CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...TWIN CITIES...MANKATO...AND
FAIRMONT AREAS.
THE PRECIPITATION WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS
AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL
TOTALS WILL BE LIMITED SOMEWHAT DUE TO THE PERIOD OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION...BUT WILL STILL BE HIGH. BY SATURDAY
MORNING...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
RANGE FROM 9 TO 15 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES TOWARDTHE
ALBERT LEA...LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...AND EAU CLAIRE AREAS.
THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL. BLOWING SNOW WILL
BECOME MORE LIKELY BY TONIGHT IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST ON SATURDAY AS THE SYSTEM SLOWLY
DEPARTS...WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
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