WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 338 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY.
SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE INTO THE EVENING HOURS WITH
ACCUMULATIONS BY 9 PM OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST
SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM 9 PM TONIGHT TO 3 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. TWO
AND A HALF TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.
INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS TO 25 TO 35 MPH TONIGHT WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ESPECIALLY AFTER 9 PM. THIS WILL
REDUCE VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS WILL KEEP BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW MANY HOURS AFTER THE SNOWFALL ENDS.
PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES COUPLED WITH THE INCREASING WINDS WILL
LEAD TO WIND CHILLS NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO IN WESTERN MINNESOTA
THROUGHOUT WEDNESDAY.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.
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