HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 427 AM CST SAT JAN 2 2010
Expiration: 430 AM CST SUN JAN 03 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 25 BELOW TO NEAR 40 BELOW ZERO
WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING OVER MUCH OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE WEST TO EAST THROUGHOUT TODAY.
CHANCES FOR LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO
EAST TODAY INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM ONE TO MAYBE THREE INCHES OVER WEST AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE. IN ADDITION...BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY
WINDS OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL
PORTIONS OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON. ALREADY THIS SATURDAY
MORNING BLOWING SNOW OVER SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA IS REDUCING
VISIBILITIES. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW MAY DEVELOP IN OPEN COUNTRY
OVER THE REMAINDER OF WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA LATER THIS
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ANOTHER POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...AND WILL BRING ANOTHER
CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
ALONG WITH A REINFORCED SHOT OF COLD ARCTIC AIR AND BRISK
NORTHERLY WINDS. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
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