HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1116 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1130 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH
NOON SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 6 AM CHRISTMAS MORNING...
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT WINTER STORM IS WELL ON ITS WAY...EXPECT TO SEE
A LULL IN THE ACTION WITH SOME OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON.
HEAVIER SNOW WILL RETURN AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONALLY NORTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING AND CAUSE
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
HEAVY SNOW COUPLED WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA FROM EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING THROUGH LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH
WIDESPREAD WHITEOUTS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. BLOWING SNOW WILL
CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING...AND NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES CAN BE
EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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