HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 500 AM CST SAT DEC 5 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY AS LOW
PRESSURE TRACKS ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS.
AT THE PRESENT TIME...IT APPEARS ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW ARE
LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90...WITH THE HEAVIER TOTALS
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA AND FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. LESSER AMOUNTS OF
A TRACE TO AN INCH ARE LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90. BE PREPARED
FOR A SLOWER COMMUTE MONDAY MORNING.
POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR A STRONG STORM SYSTEM TO TRACK OUT OF THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THROUGH THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TUESDAY
NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM WILL PULL ABUNDANT GULF OF MEXICO
MOISTURE NORTHWARD AND IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE A BAND OF HEAVY SNOW
SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION FROM LATER TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE
LATEST STORM TRACK IS TRENDING TO THE SOUTH OF THE TRACK INDICATED
FRIDAY MORNING...THUS IT APPEARS THE HEAVIEST SNOW MAY FALL SOUTH AND
EAST OF THE AREA.
HOWEVER...THE EVENTUAL TRACK REMAINS FAR FROM CERTAIN AND MAY TREND
BACK TO THE NORTH. GIVEN THE STRENGTH OF THE SYSTEM...SOME SNOW IS
LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA EVEN WITH THE MORE SOUTHERN TRACK...ALONG WITH
INCREASING WINDS AND SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AMOUNTS
WITH THIS SYSTEM REMAIN UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME...BUT ANOTHER SLOW
COMMUTE SHOULD BE PLANNED FOR ON WEDNESDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO
LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS POTENTIAL WINTER
STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...
NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.
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