Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Chippewa County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

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WWUS43 KMPX 141832
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM TO POTENTIALLY IMPACT THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY REGION TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING...

.ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA BY EVENING...AND THEN EXPAND ACROSS MORE OF SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. 
MODERATE SNOW HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...AND THIS WAS ON A PATH TO
MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY EVENING. WHILE LIGHT SNOW
WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIER
SNOW WILL OCCUR TONIGHT. IT APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST BAND OF SNOW
MAY SET UP FROM AROUND NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO THE SOUTHERN TWIN
CITIES AREA...ON INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD EAU CLAIRE. SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE IS POSSIBLE INT THIS AREA.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...3 TO 5 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR
AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO
NEAR BLOOMER WISCONSIN. A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT TONIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING...FOR AREAS ALONG A LINE FROM DAWSON...TO
WILLMAR...TO CAMBRIDGE...TO RICE LAKE AND LADYSMITH WISCONSIN.

MNZ051>054-056>059-061-WIZ014>016-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...
BLAINE...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN BY EVENING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL 
MINNESOTA...AND PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS HAS THE
LIKELIHOOD OF PERSISTING THROUGH THE DURATION OF TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING...WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES.
NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW IN
OPEN COUNTRY.

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. THIS
INCLUDES ALONG THE I-94 CORRIDOR IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
ROADWAYS IN THE NORTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.

$$

MNZ060-062>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-142145-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-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-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1232 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
AREA. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE WITH AN
INCREASING POSSIBILITY OF SIX OR MORE INCHES. THE BEST CHANCE OF 6
OR MORE INCHES MAY BE IN AN AREA AROUND NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO
THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES AREA...ON INTO WISCONSIN TOWARD EAU
CLAIRE. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING
SNOW IN OPEN COUNTRY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. THIS
INCLUDES ROADWAYS ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA...ALONG THE I-90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND
ALONG I-94 IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS.

$$
JPR

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WWUS43 KMPX 142122
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN... 

.SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS MOVED INTO FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER MUCH OF SOUTHERN...AND
PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IT
APPEARS THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES...TO RICE
LAKE WISCONSIN. 5 TO 8 INCHES IF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA.
AREAS THAT MAY PICK AROUND 8 INCHES OF SNOW WOULD BE FROM AROUND
FAIRMONT AND NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT AND WASECA...TO THE SOUTHERN
TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE AND NEW RICHMOND. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM GRANITE
FALLS...TO WILLMAR...TO CAMBRIDGE...RICE LAKE...AND LADYSMITH.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA.

EXPECT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO FALL OVER MUCH OF THE AREA
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 3 AM. 

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO
25 MPH RANGE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING...ESPECIALLY
OVER WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SNOW WILL BE LIFTING
NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN COLORADO TOWARD IOWA OVERNIGHT.

MNZ051>054-056>059-061-150530-
/O.CAN.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
WRIGHT-ANOKA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN
CANCELLED. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY MORNING. NORTH WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO
20 MPH RANGE WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN
COUNTRY. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL ALSO DROP INTO THE 15 TO 25 BELOW
RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA.
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
WIND WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ023>028-150530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...
OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...
PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...
CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...DURING THE EVENING
THROUGH ABOUT 3 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
AREAS THAT MAY PICK UP AROUND 8 INCHES WOULD BE FROM AROUND
FAIRMONT AND NEW ULM...TO FARIBAULT AND WASECA...TO THE SOUTHERN
TWIN CITIES...TO EAU CLAIRE AND NEW RICHMOND.

EXPECT NORTH WINDS TO INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 20 MPH WHICH COULD
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN OPEN COUNTRY. 

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

MNZ064-150530-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...GRANITE FALLS
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT. 

EXPECT SNOW THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF
2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL THROUGH ABOUT
MIDNIGHT WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS AFTER THAT TIME. IN ADDITION...NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WHICH COULD CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILLS COULD ALSO DROP TO AROUND 25 BELOW BY
MORNING...AS TEMPERATURES DROP TO NEAR 5 BELOW. 

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND
WIND WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

WIZ014>016-150530-
/O.CON.KMPX.SN.Y.0001.070115T0000Z-070115T1800Z/
POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
322 PM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST MONDAY. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE
LIKELY BY NOON MONDAY. 

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.


$$
JPR/MB

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 AM CST SUN JAN 14 2007

.DISCUSSION...
ITS HARD TO IMAGINE WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE MODEL RUNS OVER THE
PAST 48 HOURS FOR OUR CWA. WHAT APPEARED TO BE A GRAZING SNOW
EVENT OVER SE MN DISAPPEARED ON THE 06Z AND 12Z GFS RUNS ON
SATURDAY...THEN BEGAN CREEPING BACK IN ON THE 18Z RUN. NOW EARLY
THIS MORNING WE ARE FACED WITH A POTENTIAL HEAVY SNOW EVENT FOR
MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MN AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WI. IT
SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE NAM STAYED THE COURSE THE PAST TWO DAYS
SHOWING A SNOW EVENT...BUT NOT TO THE MAGNITUDE OF TONIGHTS 00Z
NAM RUN. THE 06Z NAM IS IN AND AGREES VERY WELL. WHAT WE ARE UP
AGAINST IS LOW PRESSURE IN THE MID LEVELS MOVING NORTHEAST FROM
THE SW U.S. AND PASSING JUST SOUTH OF THE CWA LATE TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING. WV IMAGERY SHOWS THE KICKER DROPPING QUICKLY
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE WEST COAST ATTM. NO MATTER HOW YOU SLICE
IT...SOUTHERN MN AND ADJOINING AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WI ARE IN THE
DEFORMATION ZONE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. STRONG FRONTOGENESIS
IS SHOWN IN THE 600-700MB LAYER WITH A RATHER LARGE AREA ABOVE OF
NEAR NEGATIVE TO NEGATIVE EPV. SNOW RATIOS FROM THE COBB TECHNIQUE
AVERAGE OUT TO 20 TO 1. PW VALUES ARE AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH.
285K THETA SURFACE SHOWING VERY STRONG ADIABATIC OMEGA TONIGHT
OVER SOUTHERN AREAS WITH MIXING RATIOS AVERAGING 1.5 TO 2 G/KG.
NET VERTICAL DISPLACEMENT INCREASES FROM 60 TO 80 MB TONIGHT. NAM
QPF TOTALS THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ARE BETWEEN .35 AND .40 INCHES
FROM CANBY THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS ON SOUTHWARD
WHILE THE GFS TOTALS RUN FROM .20 TO .25 FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED
AREAS. AGAIN THIS AVERAGES OUT TO AROUND A THIRD OF AN INCH. GIVEN
THE PW...FORCING...INSTABILTY AND HIGH SNOW RATIOS...BELIEVE THERE
IS A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE FOR 6 TO PERHAPS 8 INCHES OF SNOW BY NOON
MONDAY OVER SOUTHERN MN AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WI. WILL BE
ISSUING A WATCH FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM CANBY
THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES TO CHIPPEWA FALLS ON SOUTHWARD. WILL ALSO
BE ISSUING A SNOW ADVISORY TO THE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA BY
BASICALLY ONE ROW OF COUNTIES. ANOTHER SURGE OF ARCTIC AIR IN THE
WAKE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. CUT LOWS AND HIGHS. LITTLE TIME
DEVOTED TO THE REMAINDER OF FORECAST WITH TONIGHTS DEBACLE. DID
INCREASE CLOUDS FOR THURSDAY. DAY SHIFT WILL HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
THERE COULD BE A ROUND OF SNOW. THURSDAYS POTENTIAL EVENT IS THE
UPPER LOW CURRENTLY MOVING DOWN THE WEST COAST.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
     BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-
     HENNEPIN-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-
     RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-
     WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY(IES).

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     ANOKA-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
     MEEKER-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT COUNTY(IES).

WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
     CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX COUNTY(IES).

     SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     BARRON-POLK-RUSK COUNTY(IES).

&&

RAH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
454 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
141130-
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-
454 AM CST SAT JAN 13 2007

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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW ON
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A ST JAMES TO RED WING
LINE. THIS POTENTIAL EXISTS WITH A STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST OUT
OF THE ROCKIES DURING THE END OF THE WEEKEND. DUE TO MANY
UNCERTAINTIES AT PRESENT...CONFIDENCE OF OCCURRENCE REMAINS
MINIMAL.

MORE ARCTIC AIR WILL FLOOD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON SUNDAY NIGHT
AND ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY.
WITH EXPECTED BREEZY CONDITIONS DUE TO A STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY...THE WIND CHILL IN RESPONSE MAY VERY
WELL APPROACH -25F TO -30F.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MTF