WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 351 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITH LOCALLY 5 INCH TOTALS.
* UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY
AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY.
FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH.
* TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE
WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM
INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND
INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING
MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 351 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BEFORE
TAPERING OFF EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY
WITH LOCALLY 5 INCH TOTALS.
* UNTREATED AND UNPLOWED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY
AND MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO SLOW DOWN. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
IMPROVED LATE MORNING ON TUESDAY.
FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH.
* TIMING...SEVERAL PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY
EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER THE
WATCH AREA WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE AS THE STORM
INTENSIFIES THURSDAY AND FRIDAY.
* SURFACE VISIBILITY WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS WIND
INCREASE TO 20 TO 35 MPH FROM THE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...BECOMING
MORE NORTHEAST...THEN NORTH ON FRIDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
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