SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 922 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 400 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING...
WEAK LOW PRESSURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW OVER THE STATE OF IOWA
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AND OVERSPREAD MUCH OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AND
TAPER TO FLURRIES IN THE AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM MINERAL POINT TO MADISON TO PORT WASHINGTON.
SOUTH OF THAT LINE 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LESS THAN AN INCH
SOUTH OF MILWAUKEE. THIS SNOW WILL IMPACT THE MONDAY MORNING
COMMUTE...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN
AREA. PLAN ON ALLOWING EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 909 PM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
Expiration: 415 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW TO SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED BY SUNRISE WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FROM MILWAUKEE AND SOUTH TO
THE ILLINOIS BORDER.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST ON MONDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED WITH THE
HIGHEST TOTALS NORTH AND WEST OF MILWAUKEE.
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
EVENING. A SECOND MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY...AND THEN TRACK NORTHEAST
INTO LOWER MICHIGAN ON WEDNESDAY...RESULTING IN HEAVY ACCUMULATING
SNOW ACROSS WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS ON
WEDNESDAY WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW...WHICH WOULD
SEVERELY RESTRICT THE VISIBILITY IN OPEN AREAS.
THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY TO THE EXACT TRACK THIS STORM SYSTEM
WILL TAKE. SEVERAL OF THE LATEST COMPUTER FORECAST MODELS ARE
SHOWING A POTENTIAL FOR WARMER AIR SURGING INTO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
WHICH WOULD RESULT IN MORE OF A MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION...WHICH
WOULD CUT DOWN ON SNOW AMOUNTS.
NEVERTHELESS...THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FIRST MAJOR WINTER STORM FOR
THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS SEASON...AND WILL LIKELY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT
IMPACT ON SOCIETY. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER STORM...AND BE READY TO DELAY ANY TRAVEL PLANS FOR WEDNESDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE
APPRECIATED.
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