Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carver County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 131753
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1153 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW POSSIBLE FOR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN WILL MOVE TO
NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL
DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TONIGHT ACROSS
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT
TIMES OVER FAR EASTERN AREAS OF MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY
WEDNESDAY...AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON WEDNESDAY.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY...GENERALLY TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO...TO
THE TWIN CITIES...AND MORA.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM
WEDNESDAY IN EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION SHOULD
OCCUR DURING THESE TIME FRAMES. HOWEVER...THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO STALL OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THEREFORE...LIGHT SNOW WILL STILL BE
LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...BUT AMOUNTS
ARE EXPECTED TO ONLY BE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES AND NOT OF THE
INTENSITY THAT IS EXPECTED FOR A SHORT TIME LATE TONIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY.

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076>078-083>085-092-093-140200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1153 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATION
OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

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.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-140200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T1200Z-051215T0600Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1153 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE BY EVENING.

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.

$$

KAT/MARGRAF

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 132127
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

.LOW PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN
MINNESOTA WEDNESDAY MORNING AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE STORM AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. ACROSS CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SNOW WILL DEVELOP DURING THE PRE DAWN
HOURS WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL BEGIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
CLOSER TO DAWN WEDNESDAY.

THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL RATES SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 9 AM
WEDNESDAY ACROSS MINNESOTA...AND BETWEEN 3 AM AND NOON WEDNESDAY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND THE GREATEST ACCUMULATION
SHOULD OCCUR DURING THESE TIME FRAMES. 

HOWEVER...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY AND IS EXPECTED TO
STALL OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. 
AS A RESULT...ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL COME TO AN END EARLY 
WEDNESDAY EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
IN THIS AREA 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. ACROSS CENTRAL
AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL LAST
INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. EXPECT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO
9 INCHES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN THIS
AREA. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN WHERE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10
INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING THURSDAY MORNING.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN
ADDITION TO GOODHUE COUNTY MINNESOTA BETWEEN 6 AM WEDNESDAY AND 6
AM THURSDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA NORTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO
HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT BETWEEN MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND 6 AM
THURSDAY. ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO HUTCHINSON TO FARIBAULT...A
SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH 6 PM
WEDNESDAY.

MNZ078-140530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/
GOODHUE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RED WING
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP CLOSER TO DAWN
WEDNESDAY AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

WIZ014>016-023>028-140530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T1200Z-051215T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.HS.W.0001.051214T1200Z-051215T1200Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A HEAVY SNOW WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND DAWN WEDNESDAY
AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO
10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

$$

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-068>070-076-077-140530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T1200Z/
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORA...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ083>085-092-093-140530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0003.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ041>044-048>051-058-059-066-067-140530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-
MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST THURSDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-073>075-082-091-140530-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SN.Y.0002.051214T0600Z-051215T0000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
327 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST
WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST WEDNESDAY. 

LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MARGRAF/KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 300511
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND
DEVELOPING OVER OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHANHASSEN HAS UPGRADED THE SNOW
ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A SNOW ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY EVENING.

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WAS OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL RATES HAVE BEEN ROUGHLY LITTLE OVER AN INCH
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA. LIGHTER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WERE REPORTED
OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY OVER CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY FRIDAY MORNING ARE EXPECTED
TO VARY FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES...NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS...LITCHFIELD TO MORA. ELSEWHERE...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OVER PARTS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL TRACK
EAST OVER THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. THE
HEAVIEST SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING...AND OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN
LATER TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND NOT UNTIL FRIDAY
EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FRIDAY EVENING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH NEAR 8 INCHES OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ELSEWHERE...TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY IN THE 3 TO 6 RANGE.

OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 3 TO 4 INCH RANGE. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.

MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND
UNPLOWED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALLOW PLENTY OF
STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

MNZ082>085-091>093-301315-
/O.CAN.KMPX.WW.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0511Z-051230T1800Z/
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SNOW WILL OCCUR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES
BY MIDDAY FRIDAY. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-301315-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 6 TO 8 INCHES
RANGE...NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MORA. TRAVEL
WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE
LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH
CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-301315-
/O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0511Z-051230T1800Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT
1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY. 

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MIDDAY
FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 6 INCHES
BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS INTO FRIDAY MORNING.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-301315-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.051230T0900Z-051231T0000Z/
GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1111 PM CST THU DEC 29 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY. 

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED FROM EARLY FRIDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD
REACH THE 3 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. IN THIS SAME AREA...THE HEAVIEST SNOW SHOULD FALL
BETWEEN SUNRISE FRIDAY THROUGH MIDDAY FRIDAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 300956
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WINTRY WEATHER TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID AFTERNOON
FRIDAY...TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW HAS DEVELOPED AND MOVED ACROSS A
SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL
OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER
VALLEY. AS OF 1 AM FRIDAY...UP TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN IN
THESE AREAS. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...ACCUMULATIONS RANGED FROM AROUND 2 INCHES IN EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TO 4 INCHES NEAR MANKATO AND LITCHFIELD.

SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON
HOURS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL RATES ARE
EXPECTED TO DIMINISH SOMEWHAT DURING THE AFTERNOON. AN ADDITIONAL
2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MID AFTERNOON ACROSS
MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...EXCEPT FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90 WHERE LIGHTER AMOUNTS WILL PREVAIL. ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES ACROSS MUCH
OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...4 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS
CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MOTORISTS CAN ANTICIPATE SOME TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...
ESPECIALLY THOSE ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND
UNPLOWED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALLOW PLENTY OF
STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF
YOU.

MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-301800-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 6 TO 8 INCHES...NORTHWEST
OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO...TO REDWOOD FALLS. 

TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
THAT ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE
WITH CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN
THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-301800-
/O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 4 TO
6 INCHES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-301800-
/O.EXT.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T0300Z/
GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
356 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4 TO 6
INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. 

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

KAT

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 301748
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...

.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON FRIDAY...TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM MORA...TO BUFFALO...
TO REDWOOD FALLS. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH MID AFTERNOON
FRIDAY AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH VISIBILITIES OCCASIONALLY REDUCED
BELOW ONE HALF MILE...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS A PORTION OF CENTRAL
AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THIS
AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST
INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

PRELIMINARY SNOWFALL REPORTS AS OF 10 AM INDICATE THAT THE
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL FOR THE EVENT HAS OCCURRED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WHERE 8 TO 11 INCHES OF
SNOW HAD FALLEN WEST OF A GRANITE FALLS TO WILLMAR LINE. ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ACCUMULATIONS WERE GENERALLY
BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES REPORTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS...ALTHOUGH THE SNOWFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...AROUND
AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS EXTREME WEST CENTRAL
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
EXPECTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS
EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY
MORNING...WILL CONTINUE SHIFTING EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. THE
ASSOCIATED MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE LOW
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...AND ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS EVENING.


MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>066-073-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...
REDWOOD FALLS
1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 6 TO 12 INCHES
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.

TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS THAT
ARE LESS TRAVELED AND UNPLOWED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH
CAUTION...AND ALLOW FOR PLENTY OF STOPPING DISTANCE BETWEEN THE
VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

$$

MNZ052-053-060>063-067>070-074>077-082>085-091>093-302100-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051230T2100Z/
ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-
SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...
BLAINE...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL
MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH 3 TO
7 INCHES BY MID AFTERNOON FRIDAY.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ078-WIZ014>016-023>028-310200-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-051231T0300Z/
GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED WING...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...
RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...
RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...
PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1148 AM CST FRI DEC 30 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. 

PERIODS OF SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH MID EVENING. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD REACH THE 4
TO 7 INCH RANGE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

SCHMIT

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
413 AM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
EXTENSIVE LOW CLOUDINESS AND AREAS OF FOG COVER MUCH OF THE CWA
THIS MORNING. THE WORST VISIBILITY IS OVER FAR SW MN. AS THE DAY
PROGRESSES...THE LOW LEVEL GRADIENT WILL INCREASE AS LOW PRESSURE
APPROACHES FROM THE NW. HAVE ALLOWED FOR SOME PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES
SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN CWA. DAYTIME HIGHS WILL
HAVE TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY AS THE LOW LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE PUSHES
IN FROM SD. FOR NOW HAVE GONE WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S OVER THE
WEST AND SOUTH. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE SETTLING SE OVER
US TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR FAR EASTERN MN FOR LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AND FOR WEST
CENTRAL WI ON WEDNESDAY. VERY FAVORABLE INGREDIENTS COMING
TOGETHER LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. STRONG LOW LEVEL WARM
ADVECTION AND LAYER CONVERGENCE IS TOPPED OFF WITH HIGH LEVEL
DIVERGENCE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. CROSS SECTION OVER THE
EASTERN CWA SHOWS MIXING RATIOS APPROACHING 3 G/KG JUST UNDER 700 MB
WITH A NEARLY VERTICAL AGEOSTROPHIC WIND. NOT MUCH NEAR NEGATIVE
OR NEGATIVE EPV...BUT STRONG PV ADVECTION WILL BE PASSING UP
ACROSS EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI ON WEDNESDAY. NAM BUFKIT
OVERVIEW FOR VARIOUS POINTS IN EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI HAVE
A NICE SIGNATURE OF MAXIMUM OMEGA CIRCLED BY THE PROPER SNOW
GROWTH TEMPERATURES. THINKING IS THERE COULD BE A 3 HOUR PERIOD
LATE TONIGHT OVER EASTERN MN AND ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WI EARLY
WEDNESDAY WITH 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL PER HOUR. THIS WOULD
PLACE US RIGHT AT WARNING CRITERIA. THEN THERE IS STILL SNOW TO
FALL DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MAGIC CHART HAS THE WATCH AREA
CIRCLED IN 60 MB OF NET VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT AND 850 MB
TEMPERATURES FROM -3 TO -5 DEG C. 295K THETA SURFACE SHOWING
PLENTY OF UPGLIDE LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE UPGLIDE COUPLED
WITH THE 2.5 G/KG MIXING RATIO AND THE INGREDIENTS SEEN...ONE
COULD EASILY COME UP WITH 6 INCHES OF SNOW. COBB TECHNIQUE USING
NAM DATA SHOWS ALL SNOW WITH THE EVENT. AS SATURATION OCCURS THIS
EVENING...THE LOW LEVEL PROFILE COOLS TO THE WET BULB WITH THE
ENTIRE SOUNDING BELOW ZERO. WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF A CHANCE OF
FREEZING RAIN DOWN SOUTH...WHICH GOES ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORS BUT
IF THE NAM IS RIGHT IT WILL JUST START SNOWING. KEPT THE SNOW
GOING ALL THE WAY TO FRIDAY WITH POPS GRADUALLY DROPPING BACK TO
CHANCE.

LONGER TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
LATEST RUNS OF BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH ONE
ANOTHER OVER THIS PERIOD. INITIALLY...A DEEP 50H CUTOFF IS PLACED
OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WHICH PULLS OFF TO THE
NORTHEAST...AS VERY SHARP RIDGING DEVELOPS OVER THE PACIFIC
NORTHWEST INTO BRITISH COLUMBIA. THE GFS ENDS UP WITH THE MOST
DRAMATIC UPPER LEVEL RIDGE (I.E PLUS 3.0 STANDARD DEVIATIONS AT THE
50H LEVEL).  FORECAST 85H TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES PROVIDE A CONSISTENT
TREND FOR EXPECTING A GRADUAL WARMUP LATE IN THIS PERIOD...BUT THE
APPEARANCE OF SUCH SHARP RIDGING OVER WESTERN NORTH AMERICA SUGGESTS
SUCH A WARMUP WILL BE VERY SHORT LIVED.

WE HAVE SOME LIGHT SNOW IN OUR GRIDS FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY
MORNING IN ASSOCIATION WITH LEFT OVER REMNANTS OF THE 50H LOW
PULLING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST...AND SOME FLURRIES ON TUESDAY AS A
SHORT WAVE DROPS OUT OF CENTRAL CANADA WITHIN A STRONG BELT OF
NORTHERLY FLOW FROM THE GREAT SLAVE LAKE.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-
     FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-RAMSEY-
     RICE-SCOTT-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON COUNTY(IES).

WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
     EVENING FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
     POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX COUNTY(IES).

&&

RAH/02

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
337 PM CST MON DEC 12 2005

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
132145-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
337 PM CST MON DEC 12 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF FOG MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO UNDER HALF A MILE AT TIMES. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL TONIGHT...BE ALERT FOR RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY
OVER A SHORT DISTANCE. SLOW DOWN AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO ARRIVE AT
YOUR DESTINATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS EXPECTED TO
STRENGTHEN AS IT APPROACHES THE AREA. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THIS
WEATHER SYSTEM COULD CAUSE A LENGTHY PERIOD OF SNOW. PERSONS
PLANNING ON TRAVEL SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER
FORECASTS AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM EVOLVES AND IT BECOMES CLEARER AS
TO WHERE THE TRACK OF HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL OCCUR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

KAT