SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Issue Date: 1035 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1215 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...SNOW BECOMING HEAVY LATE THIS EVENING...
THE NEXT ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW HAS ARRIVED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
NORTHLAND...PUSHING NORTHWARD INTO THE TWIN PORTS...BRAINERD LAKES
REGION...AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET WILL CONTINUE TO MIX IN WITH THE SNOW ACROSS
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...AND AREAS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO LAKE
SUPERIOR. WINDS WILL PICK UP BY MIDNIGHT...WITH BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS DEVELOPING NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR BY LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING.
ALL NON ESSENTIAL TRAVEL SHOULD BE COMPLETED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...
THOUGH IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST BE OUT...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
IN YOUR VEHICLE...TAKE A WORKING CELL PHONE... AND LET SOMEONE
KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 330 PM 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND THROUGH
THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PERIOD. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY SNOW WILL
MOVE INTO THE NORTHLAND LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTH THIS
EVENING. 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 BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO
THE HEAD OF THE LAKES REGION. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN
A FOOT FOR MOST AREAS TONIGHT...WITH MORE THAN A TOTAL STORM
ACCUMULATION OF 20 INCHES POSSIBLE IN SPOTS BY FRIDAY NIGHT. 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
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY AND 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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