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Snow Advisory 2, NWS Duluth, MN

December 13, 20057 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin

NWS Duluth, MN issued this snow advisory at Dec 13, 2005, 3:53 PM CST for 7 counties in Minnesota; 8 counties in Wisconsin. It took effect at Dec 14, 2005, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 13, 2005, 3:53 PM CST (21:53 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 14, 2005, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 15, 2005, 2:36 PM CST
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

Counties Aitkin County, MN, Cass County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Pine County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Ashland County, WI, Bayfield County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Iron County, WI, Price County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-12-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2005-12-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 13, 3:50 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis13 hr
Dec 13, 3:50 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDLHAitkin, Cass, Crow Wing, Pine13 hr
Dec 13, 3:53 PM CSTHeavy Snow WarningDLHCarlton, Cook, Lake, Saint Louis47 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.