Winter Storm Watch 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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WWUS43 KMPX 210958
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW...WITH BLOWING SNOW EXPECTED
ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER
MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...CREATING SNOWY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE WORST WEATHER FROM THIS
STORM...AS LOCATIONS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO
MENOMONIE AND DURAND COULD SEE BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE
STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS...AS
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...THAT
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS
THE SIX COUNTY AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST
LATER TODAY AND TOWARD THE WEEKEND FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

WIZ015-016-025>028-211815-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071222T1800Z-071223T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
358 AM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE UPPER
MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...CREATING SNOWY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR
PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN. PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE THE WORST WEATHER FROM THIS
STORM...AS LOCATIONS TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO
MENOMONIE AND DURAND COULD SEE BURSTS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...THE
STRENGTHENING STORM SYSTEM WILL RESULT IN WINDY CONDITIONS...AS
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. THE
WINDS WILL RESULT IN CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...THAT
COULD REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 4 TO 6 INCH RANGE ACROSS
THE SIX COUNTY AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST
LATER TODAY AND TOWARD THE WEEKEND FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON THIS
POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.

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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 211800
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1200 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND WIND REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG
AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO DURAND. A
STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE
SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BETWEEN SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW
IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH OR EXCEED 6 INCHES.
IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP
SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

WIZ015-016-025>028-220200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071222T1800Z-071223T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1200 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

THE WATCH IS FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST OF
A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO DURAND. A STRENGTHENING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO
THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BETWEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY
SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH OR EXCEED 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...BRISK
NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FOR POSSIBLE
WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

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.

$$

RAH

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WWUS43 KMPX 212056
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
256 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT AND DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL TRAVEL ACROSS MINNESOTA LATER TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. A MIXTURE
OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...AND IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED
ACROSS THIS REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. FOLLOWING THE SNOW...A
GUSTY NORTHWEST WIND AND TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS
WILL FOLLOW. ANY SNOW THAT DOES ACCUMULATE WILL LIKELY BLOW AND
DRIFT IN OPEN COUNTRY...CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM TONIGHT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE
AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD AND GRANITE
FALLS.

MEANWHILE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO
DURAND. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BETWEEN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH
OR EXCEED 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO
25 MPH WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. THIS
WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-220500-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.071222T0300Z-071222T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
256 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
12 PM CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 12 PM CST SATURDAY. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS POSSIBLE...DEVELOPING AFTER 9
PM OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO
SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY MORNING. A STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL
BE POSSIBLE...AND TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS WILL
FOLLOW THE SNOW LATER SATURDAY MORNING.

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

$$

WIZ015-016-025>028-220500-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071222T1800Z-071223T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
256 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

THE WATCH IS FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO DURAND. A STRENGTHENING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BETWEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY
MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY
SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH OR EXCEED 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...
BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FOR
POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

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.

$$

DWE/RAH

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 220400
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1000 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT ALONG WITH A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE
SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL ADVANCE EAST OVER THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SNOW WILL OCCURRED OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW
OVERNIGHT. AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THIS
REGION BY SATURDAY MORNING. FOLLOWING THE SNOW...A GUSTY NORTHWEST
WIND AND TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS WILL FOLLOW. ANY
SNOW THAT DOES ACCUMULATE WILL LIKELY BLOW AND DRIFT IN OPEN
COUNTRY...CAUSING DIFFICULT TRAVEL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR THE AREA WEST OF A LINE
FROM LONG PRAIRIE...GLENWOOD AND GRANITE FALLS.

MEANWHILE...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO
DURAND. A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE
FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BETWEEN
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING COULD REACH
OR EXCEED 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH
WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON SUNDAY. THIS WILL
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALONG WITH POOR
VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER FORECAST TONIGHT AND
EARLY SATURDAY FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-221200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071222T1800Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1000 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SATURDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST
SATURDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW WILL COMMENCE OVER WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THEN CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. 
AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY SATURDAY MORNING. A
STRONG NORTHWEST WIND GUSTING TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE...AND
TEMPERATURES FALLING THROUGH THE TEENS WILL FOLLOW THE SNOW LATE 
SATURDAY MORNING.

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

$$

WIZ015-016-025>028-221200-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071222T1800Z-071223T1800Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
1000 PM CST FRI DEC 21 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

THE WATCH IS FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALONG AND EAST
OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO MENOMONIE TO DURAND. A STRENGTHENING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
TO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY SUNDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY SUNDAY MORNING COULD
REACH OR EXCEED 6 INCHES. IN ADDITION... BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ON
SUNDAY. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ALONG WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
FORECAST TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS OR
ADVISORIES.

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.

$$

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 221014
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH SUNDAY...

.SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER WESTERN NORTH TEXAS EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEASTWARD...DEEPENING AS IT
INTERACTS WITH A POWERFUL SOUTHEASTWARD MOVING UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN THIS MORNING. PRECIPITATION 
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS MINNESOTA AND INTO
WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY AS THE DISTURBANCE NEARS THE
AREA...GRADUALLY TRANSITIONING FROM RAIN TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST
DURING THE DAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN
INTENSITY...VARYING FROM MODERATE TO...AT TIMES...HEAVY
SNOW...ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE THIS
EVENING AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE
DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE
NORTH AS THE SYSTEM DEEPENS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO
DURAND...WHERE AS MUCH AS 6 INCHES COULD FALL FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO
THE WEST OF THIS LINE.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR AREAS EAST OF A RICE LAKE TO DURAND
LINE...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LADYSMITH AND EAU CLAIRE. REMAIN
ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES LATER TODAY.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TODAY FOR
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WHERE LIGHT SNOW...POSSIBLY
MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE...HAS BEEN SEEN
OVERNIGHT.

MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-221200-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-071222T1200Z/
DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
414 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING. 

LIGHT SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR
DRIZZLE...HAS BEEN SEEN OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. IN ADDITION...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY PRODUCE AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE PREDAWN HOURS.

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

$$

WIZ015-016-025>028-221815-
/O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
414 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON...

THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY...VARYING
FROM MODERATE TO...AT TIMES...HEAVY...ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING.
ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM DEEPENS
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN. THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE
EAST OF A LINE FROM RICE LAKE TO DURAND...WHERE AS MUCH AS 6
INCHES COULD FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS.

REMAIN ALERT FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES LATER TODAY.

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

000 
WWUS43 KMPX 221436
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

...WINTRY WEATHER WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA THIS WEEKEND...

.A WINTER STORM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...ESPECIALLY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...AS A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES. 

A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND
GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE.

ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM
RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IS EXPECTED TO
FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO THE
WEST...ALONG A BALSAM LAKE TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO SIX
INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO THE
WEST OF THESE AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS.



WIZ015-016-025>028-222245-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0007.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
BARRON-RUSK-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

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

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

A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND
GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE.

ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM
STRENGTHENS OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE EAST OF A LINE FROM
RICE LAKE TO CHIPPEWA FALLS...WHERE SIX TO EIGHT INCHES IS
EXPECTED TO FALL FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TO
THE WEST...ALONG A CUMBERLAND TO DURAND LINE...AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO
THE WEST OF THESE AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS.

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.

$$

WIZ014-222245-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0006.071223T0000Z-071224T0000Z/
POLK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE
836 AM CST SAT DEC 22 2007

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY. 

A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING...AND
GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO SNOW BY MID AFTERNOON. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED
TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS
EVENING INTO SUNDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES...WITH VISIBILITIES UNDER ONE HALF MILE.

ADDITIONAL SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...AS
WRAPAROUND MOISTURE INVADES FROM THE NORTH AS THE SYSTEM STRENGTHENS
OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED NEAR AMERY
AND BALSAM LAKE. A QUICK DROP OFF IN AMOUNTS WILL EXIST TO THE WEST
OF THESE AREAS.

IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS
FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WILL DEVELOP...LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS COULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES...CREATING DIFFICULTIES FOR TRAVELERS.

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.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1037 PM CST THU DEC 20 2007

.DISCUSSION...
FOG AND LOW STRATUS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE SOUTH CENTRAL MN AND WEST
CENTRAL WI THIS EVENING. OBSERVATIONS SHOW THAT DENSE FOG IS
SLOWLY EXPANDING WESTWARD AND NORTHWESTWARD UP THE MN RIVER
VALLEY. HAVE EXPANDED THE DENSE FOG ADVISORY WESTWARD TO INCLUDE
AREAS FROM FAIRMONT TO NEW ULM TO REDWOOD FALLS TO OLIVIA BASED ON
THESE TRENDS AND SHORT TERM GUIDANCE. THE NORTHWEST EXTENT OF THIS
EXPANSION MAY BE A BIT MARGINAL FOR LONG DURATION AND WIDESPREAD
1/4SM VIS OR LESS WITH HIGH CLOUDS THICKENING OVERHEAD BUT
ADVECTION OF THE EXISTING FOG LOOKS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE RIVER
VALLEY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS IDEA IS SUPPORTED BY ANALYSIS
OF AXIS OF HIGH DEW POINTS ORIENTED FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
FROM ABOUT MANKATO TO WASECA TO MASON CITY TO WATERLOO WITH ADDED
ADVISORY AREA LINED UP WELL TO RECEIVE THIS HIGHER MOISTURE BASED
ON TRAJECTORY OF SOUTHEAST WINDS. UPDATED ADVISORY AND GRIDS/ZONES
ALREADY SENT. ..MDB..

&&

.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
STATUS CONTINUES TO EXPAND/DEVELOP SLOWLY TO THE NORTHWEST BUT
BECOMING MASKED BY HIGH CLOUDS. THE HIGH CLOUDS HAVE LIMITED THE
RAPID DROP IN VSBYS OVER WESTERN AREAS BUT SOME LIFR CONDITIONS
STILL EXPECTED FOR A TIME..ESPECIALLY WITH A TRAJECTORY OF HIGHER
DEW POINTS INTO THAT AREA. EASTERN AREAS GENERALLY QUASI STEADY
WITH CEILINGS AND VSBY DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. LOW LEVEL
WINDS FORECAST TO INCREASE SOME WESTERN CWA TOWARD MORNING AND
SOME IMPROVING CONDITIONS POSSIBLE INTO MVFR VSBYS AND CEILINGS.
AN AREA OF INSENTROPIC LIFT MAY CAUSE SOME SCATTERED FREEZING RAIN
FOR A TIME IN CENTRAL MN AROUND MID DAY. OTHERWISE A MILD REGIME
WILL BE IN PLACE FOR MOST AREAS INTO THE AFTERNOON. IFR CEILINGS
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER 00Z AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. INCREASING
CHANCES OF PRECIP AS WELL...BUT LIKELY TO BE WARM ENOUGH FOR
DRIZZLE IN EASTERN AREAS BUT FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANGING TO LIGHT
SNOW SCENARIO WEST AREAS TOWARD END OF PERIOD.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY FOR BLUE EARTH-BROWN-
     FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-
     RENVILLE-RICE-SIBLEY-STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN.

WI...DENSE FOG ADVISORY UNTIL 10 AM CST FRIDAY FOR EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-
     PIERCE.

&&

MDB/JPR

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
439 PM CST THU DEC 20 2007

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
212245-
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-
439 PM CST THU DEC 20 2007

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL BE COMMON ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A
DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION TO SOME MELTING
OF SNOW...SOUTHEAST WINDS WERE BRINGING HIGHER LEVELS OF MOISTURE
INTO THE AREA...LEADING TO WIDESPREAD FOG.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL TRAVEL ACROSS MINNESOTA BETWEEN FRIDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL GENERATE SOME SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION. PRESENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT FROM ONE
TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE OVER PART OF SOUTHERN
AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS PART OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.