SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 345 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 930 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
...STORM LIKELY TO IMPACT HOLIDAY TRAVEL ACROSS WISCONSIN AND THE
CENTRAL UNITED STATES...
A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY...THEN TRACK NORTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY
CHRISTMAS DAY. SINCE THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE A LARGE STORM...IT
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVEL ACROSS A LARGE
PART OF THE UPPER MIDWEST AND GREAT LAKES REGION DURING THE PEAK
HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY...OR
ARE EXPECTING OTHER PEOPLE TRAVEL TO YOUR HOME FOR THE
HOLIDAY...BE SURE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS STORM SYSTEM.
THIS STORM WILL BE DEVELOPING IN A MUCH DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERIC
PATTERN THAN THE BLIZZARD THAT AFFECTED THE AREA DECEMBER 8 AND 9.
SO UNLIKE WITH THE PREVIOUS STORM...WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE A
RELIABLE ESTIMATE OF THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST SNOWS THIS FAR
IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM. REASONABLE ESTIMATES ON THE LOCATION OF
THE HEAVY SNOWS...AND SNOWFALL TOTALS...SHOULD BE AVAILABLE WITHIN
A DAY OR SO.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 306 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
Expiration: 315 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
AND NORTHEAST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
THE CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW INCREASES OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN
TONIGHT WITH UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF A
RHINELANDER TO IRON MOUNTAIN LINE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS LIKELY TO AFFECT THE CENTRAL UNITED
STATES DURING THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...JUST IN
TIME FOR THE PEAK HOLIDAY TRAVEL PERIOD. THERE IS STILL
CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY OVER WHERE THE HEAVY SNOW FROM THE STORM
WILL FALL...AND THE EXACT IMPACT THE STORM WILL HAVE ON WISCONSIN.
BUT SINCE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LARGE STORM...IT WILL PROBABLY
BRING AT LEAST SOME SNOW TO THE AREA...AND IS LIKELY TO COMPLICATE
TRAVEL ACROSS WISCONSIN AND NEIGHBORING STATES. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL
PLANS LATER THIS WEEK SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR LATER FORECASTS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY.
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