WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 354 PM CST SAT DEC 05 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN BETWEEN 10 AM AND 12 NOON TUESDAY
MORNING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN BY 6
PM TUESDAY. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST
BETWEEN 12 MIDNIGHT AND 8 AM WEDNESDAY...THEN TAPER OFF TO
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES BY WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 10 TO 13 INCHES WITH THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST
SNOW APPEARING TO BE ALONG AND EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM LONE
ROCK TO SHEBOYGAN.
* WINDS: EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH...TURNING NORTHEAST AND INCREASING
TO 15 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. THE WINDS TURN NORTHWEST AND
INCREASE TO BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH BY LATE
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME WEST AND SLOWLY
DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT.
* IMPACTS:TRAVEL DURING THE EVENING RUSH HOUR ON TUESDAY WILL
BECOME DIFFICULT WITH THE INTENSIFYING SNOW...WITH VISIBILITY
REDUCED TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS. HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL HAZARDOUS...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CREATING
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
* WHILE IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THIS WATCH WILL PROBABLY BE
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORMI WARNING...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A
PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA TO BE UPGRADED TO A BLIZZARD
WARNING IF THE STORM INTENSIFIES MORE THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST.
IT WILL BE IMPORTANT TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS...STATEMENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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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REM/MRC
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