Frost Advisory 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Anoka County, MN, Benton County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Washington County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Polk County, WI, Rusk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
933 PM CDT WED OCT 4 2006

...FROST ADVISORY CONTINUES OVERNIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN WILL ALLOW FOR CLEAR AND CALM WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO
THURSDAY MORNING...SETTING THE STAGE FOR WIDESPREAD FROST
DEVELOPMENT. THE AREA IMPACTED WILL BE GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE EXTENDING ROUGHLY FROM BENSON MINNESOTA...TO THE NORTH
SIDE OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. LOW
TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 32 TO 35
RANGE...THOUGH SOME LOW LYING AND FAVORABLE LOCATIONS WITHIN THIS
AREA MAY EXPERIENCE EVEN COOLER TEMPERATURES AND A FREEZE TONIGHT.
ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS.

MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-
051045-
/O.CON.KMPX.FR.Y.0005.061005T0700Z-061005T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
ANOKA-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...STILLWATER...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
933 PM CDT WED OCT 4 2006

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY...

A FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM CDT
THURSDAY. 

CLEAR SKIES AND DECREASING WINDS WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
FOR WIDESPREAD FROST OVERNIGHT OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THIS AREA ARE EXPECTED TO
DROP INTO THE 32 TO 35 RANGE...THOUGH SOME LOW LYING AND FAVORABLE
LOCATIONS WITHIN THIS AREA MAY EXPERIENCE EVEN COOLER TEMPERATURES
AND A FREEZE TONIGHT.

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

$$

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
540 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2006

...FREEZING TEMPERATURES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...

.BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY DAMAGED TENDER VEGETATION
ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT. CLEAR
SKIES UNDER CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO
AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 5 AM LITTLE FALLS DIPPED TO 30 DEGREES.
MORA...PRINCETON...AND ST. CLOUD ALL RECORDED 32 DEGREES. A NUMBER
OF STATIONS FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES TO
LITCHFIELD AND NORTH SAW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. OVER IN
WISCONSIN...RICE LAKE REACHED 30 DEGREES AND LADYSMITH 36 DEGREES.
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL FALL A COUPLE MORE DEGREES BY DAYBREAK AT
MOST LOCATIONS.

MNZ041>045-047>053-055-057>059-061-063-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-028-
051145-
/O.CAN.KMPX.FR.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-061005T1300Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-SWIFT-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
ANOKA-WASHINGTON-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...
FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...BENSON...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE...STILLWATER...AMERY...
BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
540 AM CDT THU OCT 5 2006

...FROST ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES LIKELY DAMAGED TENDER VEGETATION
ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN OVERNIGHT.

CLEAR SKIES UNDER CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO
DROP TO AT OR BELOW 32 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 5 AM LITTLE FALLS DIPPED TO 30
DEGREES. MORA...PRINCETON...AND ST. CLOUD ALL RECORDED 32 DEGREES.
A NUMBER OF STATIONS FROM THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES
TO LITCHFIELD AND NORTH SAW TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 30S. OVER IN
WISCONSIN...RICE LAKE REACHED 30 DEGREES AND LADYSMITH 36 DEGREES.
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL FALL A COUPLE MORE DEGREES BY DAYBREAK AT
MOST LOCATIONS.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
332 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006

.DISCUSSION...
CONVECTION FINALLY COMING TO AN END ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA...WITH THE BASEBALL HAIL PRODUCING SUPERCELL MOVING INTO
NORTH CENTRAL IOWA. FRONT HAS COMPLETELY CLEARED THE
AREA...ALLOWING FOR NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY SURFACE WINDS ACROSS
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT RESULTING IN
STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. SPLIT CHANNEL SATELLITE SHOWING DENSE
CLOUD BANK BEGINNING TO ERODE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHERN MINNESOTA...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER TODAY AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE IN NORTH DAKOTA SINKS SOUTHEASTWARD.

AMPLIFIED UPPER RIDGE AND RESULTANT STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
WILL DOMINATE THE WEATHER FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...ALLOWING
FOR DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS. HIGHS SHOULD REMAIN IN THE LOW TO
MID 60S THROUGH AT LEAST THURSDAY.

CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE...AS WILL THE TEMPERATURES...AS A
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SUCCESSIVE
RUNS OF THE RESPECTIVE MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE ARRIVAL OF THE
SYSTEM...WHICH IS TO BE EXPECTED WITH SUCH A STRONG RIDGE.
HOWEVER...WITH A STRONG /50 KT/ LOW LEVEL JET AND PLENTY OF LOW TO
MID LEVEL WARM AIR ADVECTION...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
FRIDAY NIGHT IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...DESPITE THE MAIN SYSTEM
HANGING BACK FURTHER WEST.

LONGER TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
TREND IN RECENT GFS RUNS IS FOR A BIT SLOWER MOVEMENT OF SURFACE
LOW ACROSS AREA THIS WEEKEND. BACKED OFF ON EASTWARD EXPANSION OF
PRECIPIATION ON SATURDAY. 00Z GFS RUN BRINGS COLD FRONT THROUGH
AREA DRY NOT GENERATING QPF UNTIL POSTFRONTAL ON SUNDAY...BUT
DIDNT DO MUCH TO POPS OTHER THAN TRIMMING BACK IN EAST SATURDAY.
ALSO RAISED MAXES A BIT IN WEST FOR SATURDAY WITH SLOWER MOVEMENT
OF FRONT.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

KAT/BAP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
356 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
050900-
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-
356 AM CDT WED OCT 4 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

KAT