SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 415 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 630 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT
THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION INDICATES ROADS ARE
SNOW-COVERED AND HAZARDOUS ACROSS THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA...LAKE
WINNIE REGION...THE IRON RANGE...AND THE BORDERLAND AREA. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT WITH ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES EXPECTED.
THE WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING BUT THERE WILL STILL BE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TONIGHT DUE
TO THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH
ANOTHER 1-2 INCHES EXPECTED.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 238 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
MIXED RAIN...SNOW...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BECOME ALL SNOW
THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES FOR
MOST AREAS...BUT THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL SEE HIGHER
AMOUNTS...FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH AROUND
LAKE SUPERIOR.
TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW FREEZING FOR ALL AREAS
TONIGHT...AND WET AND SLUSH COVERED ROADS WILL FREEZE...CREATING
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SATURDAY...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1
TO 2 INCHES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH.
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