HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 225 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW
ACCUMULATION...OR PERHAPS A COUPLE INCHES IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF
THE GOGEBIC RANGE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...NO OTHER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY... AND THEN MOVE NORTHEASTWARD
TO SOMEWHERE OVER CENTRAL OR EASTERN WISCONSIN OR LAKE MICHIGAN BY
CHRISTMAS NIGHT. THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY REGARDING THE EXACT PATH
THIS STORM WILL TAKE AND ALSO THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
AND SPECIFIC SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. HOWEVER... CONFIDENCE CONTINUES TO
INCREASE THAT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN WILL SEE AT LEAST SEVERAL INCHES OF NEW SNOW FROM THIS
STORM OVER THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERIOD. IN ADDITION... THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE MIDDLE OF THE UNITED STATES AS EARLY
AS WEDNESDAY... AND ANYONE WITH HOLIDAY TRAVEL PLANS IN THE CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN PLAINS AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION IS URGED TO STAY
CURRENT WITH THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
DEVELOPING STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
REPORTS FROM SNOWFALL SPOTTERS WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED AS THE
NEXT STORM AFFECTS THE REGION FROM CHRISTMAS EVE INTO SATURDAY
MORNING.
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