SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 248 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 500 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...SNOW SPREADING BACK INTO THE NORTHLAND...
HEAVIER SNOW WILL BEGIN WILL MOVE INTO THE BRAINERD LAKES AREA
THROUGH HINCKLEY AND INTO WISCONSIN FROM SIREN TO SPOONER THROUGH
330 PM. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH AND CAN BE
EXPECTED IN THE TWIN PORTS AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR BETWEEN
400 PM AND 600 PM. THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS
EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...THE WINDS WILL INCREASE
AND CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. DRIVING WILL BE VERY
DIFFICULT TONIGHT AND CHRISTMAS MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE
BLIZZARD WARNING AREA.
THE SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
SLEET OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN OF
FREEZING DRIZZLE MIXED WITH THE SNOW.
WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND BLIZZARD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT. IF YOU
MUST DRIVE ACROSS THE REGION...LET SOMEONE KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL
PLANS...TAKE A WORKING CELL PHONE...AND TAKE A WINTER SURVIVAL
KIT. AND...GIVE PLOWS PLENTY OF ROOM.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 537 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 530 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND THROUGH
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERIOD. THE STORM WILL ESSENTIALLY COME IN
TWO PHASES. THE FIRST WILL BRING ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL TO THE
REGION THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. THERE COULD BE A LULL IN THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BY MIDDAY. DESPITE THE LULL IN THE
SNOWFALL...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
TONIGHT. THIS HEAVY SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRENGTHENING EAST
WINDS...AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS TO THE SOUTH OF THE
AREA. THIS PORTION OF THE STORM WILL BRING A FULL FLEDGED BLIZZARD
TO THE HEAD OF THE LAKES REGION. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE
THAN A FOOT FOR MOST AREAS...WITH MORE THAN 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN
SPOTS. THE MOST LIKELY AREA TO SEE MORE THAN 20 INCHES OF SNOW IS
ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...FROM DULUTH ALONG THE
NORTH SHORE. THE BLIZZARD WILL CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY AND
EVEN INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE IN NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER
PRODUCTS ISSUED BY OUR OFFICE FOR DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
LOOK FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY AND EVEN
FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE HEAD OF THE LAKES REGION. ELSEWHERE...
WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH.
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