Wind Chill Advisory 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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WWUS43 KMPX 150020
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT
FOLLOWED BY DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WHILE SOME SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW WILL YIELD TO VERY COLD CHILLS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR
WEST CENTRAL INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF
SNOW ALONG WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. SNOW WILL
DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT BUT GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS CAUSE WIND
CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS GENERALLY
ALONG AND WEST OF AN ALEXANDRIA TO MONTEVIDEO LINE.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INCLUDING CITIES SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...MORA...
MILACA...AND WILLMAR. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW ALONG WITH
WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY.
VISIBILITY WILL IMPROVE AROUND MIDNIGHT...BUT WIND CHILLS WILL
DROP TO AROUND 30 BELOW ZERO.

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL
BE REDUCED AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. AN INCH OR TWO OF
FLUFFY SNOW IS POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP
TO AROUND 40 BELOW IN THE FAIRMONT AND ST. JAMES ARE WITH WIND
CHILLS REACH 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE
AREA MONDAY MORNING.

THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING THIS BITE OF WINTER WEATHER WAS
LOCATED NEAR RHINELANDER WISCONSIN AT 6 PM. IT WILL LIFT RAPIDLY
NORTHEAST OVER LAKE SUPERIOR BY MIDNIGHT.

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BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ULM...ST. JAMES...FAIRMONT
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL.
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE TEMPERATURES
TO CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 25 TO 30 BELOW THIS
EVENING WILL REACH 40 BELOW BY MIDNIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THERE
WILL ALSO BE REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THE EVENING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.


$$

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DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ALONG BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES UNTIL
AROUND MIDNIGHT. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. WIND
CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET. LOOK FOR WIND CHILLS AROUND 40 BELOW ZERO
OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. IMPACTED ROADWAYS INCLUDE
INTERSTATE 94 NEAR AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

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TODD-KANDIYOHI-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...WILLMAR
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ043>045-049-050-150830-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...MORA...
ST. CLOUD...FOLEY
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER 1 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH
THE EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. 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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ065-073-150830-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0016.000000T0000Z-081215T0600Z/
RENVILLE-REDWOOD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET WITH
WIND CHILLS REACHING 40 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

$$

MNZ060>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ023>028-150830-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...ST. PAUL...
STILLWATER...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...
BURNSVILLE...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...
DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL 
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL
ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ075-083>085-092-093-150830-
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/O.EXT.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.000000T0000Z-081215T1800Z/
NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ST. PETER...MANKATO...WASECA...
OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL
WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST
MONDAY.

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH AN INCH OR TWO
OF SNOW WILL CAUSE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE EVENING IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO PLUMMET
WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

MNZ051>053-058-059-WIZ014>016-150830-
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/O.CON.KMPX.WC.Y.0011.081215T0600Z-081215T1800Z/
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...
BARRON...LADYSMITH
620 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
12 PM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH ALONG WITH ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY THROUGH THE
EVENING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE
TO PLUMMET WITH WIND CHILLS REACHING 30 BELOW LATER TONIGHT AND
MONDAY 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.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
337 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

.DISCUSSION...

MAIN FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH BAND OF FRONTOGENESIS AND STRONG
THETA E ADVECTION HAS LIFTED INTO NORTHERN MN AND GENERALLY
EXTENDS ALONG A LINE FROM THE MN ARROWHEAD BACK TO VCNTY OF
KETH/KVVV IN WEST CENTRAL MN. HOWEVER...A SECONDARY WAVE/PV AREA
WAS MOVING ENE THROUGH NE NEB SHOULD BRING MAINLY LIGHT SNOW
ACROSS MUCH OF THE MN CWA AND PART OF NW WISC. WILL KEEP THE
ADVISORIES AND WARNINGS IN PLACE. SHOULD GET ANOTHER INCH OR 2
BUT VERY STRONG WINDS WILL KEEP BLIZZARD CONDITIONS GOING. THINK
THAT WINDS SPEED WILL SLOWLY DECREASE IN THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS...ALLOWING VSBYS TO COME UP A BIT. BUT THE SCREAMING MESSAGE
AFTER MIDNIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE THE DANGEROUS WIND
CHILLS. HAVE UPGRADED TO WIND CHILL WARNINGS FOR WEST AND A PART
OF SW MN AFTER MIDNIGHT AND STARTED WIND CHILL ADVISORIES SOONER
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MN...AND ADDED WI FOR LATER TONIGHT,. IT IS
POSSIBLE THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED PAST NOON BUT WINDS
SHOULD BE DECREASING IN THE AFTERNOON. CURRENT LAPS WIND CHILLS
SHOW < -35 READINGS OVER EASTERN SD AND INDICATED WINDS
SPEEDS/TEMPS SUGGEST THIS SHOULD TREND INTO WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHWEST MN.

THE WEEK STILL LOOKS ACTIVE. THE NEXT WAVE IN THE BROAD SW FLOW
WILL AFFECT PARTS OF SOUTHERN MN ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE
WARM ADVECTION SHOULD GET INTO SOUTHERN MN BUT BOTH NAM AND GFS
SHOW THE BETTER OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC ZONE TO REMAIN MORE
SOUTH..INTO IA. THE THURSDAY SYSTEM LOOKS MORE ROBUST IN TERMS OF
FGEN...THETA E ADVECTION AND FAVORABLE OMEGA IN THE DENDRITIC ZONE.
THESE FORCING MECHANISMS ARE FORECAST FARTHER NORTH INTO OUR CWA
BY THE GFS...BUT THE ECMWF FARTHER SOUTH. WILL FAVOR A SOUTHERN
TRACK FOR NOW WITH NORTHERN MIDWEST SNOW PACK NOW FILLING IN.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME MORE NASTY COLD SHOWING UP NEXT WEEKEND. AFTER
COORD WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...HAVE BROUGHT DOWN TEMPS ON SUNDAY
CLOSER TO LOWEST GFS ENSEMBLE MEMBERS.

&&

.AVIATION.../18Z TAF ISSUANCE/
NOT MUCH CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST EXPECTATIONS THROUGH THE
PERIOD. SURFACE LOW IS CURRENTLY IN THE VICINITY OF KMSP AND WILL
LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. COLD AIR HAS WRAPPED AROUND
THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN SIDES OF THE LOW... CHANGES PCPN TO SNOW
IN MOST OF THAT AREA. NEAR AND EAST OF THE LOW TEMPERATURES REMAIN
ABOVE FREEZING... HOWEVER AS COLD AIR ARRIVES NEAR AND SOUTH OF
THE LOW THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME LIGHT
FREEZING PRECIPITATION DUE TO DRIER AIR ALOFT AND THE PRESENCE OF
SUPERCOOLED DROPS IN THE LOW LEVELS. IN GENERAL... THESE
CONDITIONS WILL GIVE WAY TO AN INCREASE IN DEEP LAYER MOISTURE
OVER THE ENTIRE AREA BY THIS EVENING... WITH ANY PCPN EXPECTED TO
BE IN THE FORM OF SNOW AT ALL LOCATIONS... WITH KMSP... KRNH...
AND KEAU BEING THE ONLY SITES WITH ANY REAL PCPN TYPE ISSUES FROM
18Z THROUGH 00Z. VISIBILITIES WILL BE EXTREMELY LOW OVER THE WEST
WHERE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL HOLD THEM BELOW 1/2 MILE AND
BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. ELSEWHERE... VISIBILITIES WILL GENERALLY
VARY FROM IFR TO MVFR THROUGH THE EVENING. CEILINGS ACROSS THE
AREA WILL BE IFR FOR MOST OF THE PERIOD... IMPROVING TO MVFR
OVERNIGHT... BUT WITH SOME PERIODS OF LIFR THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL BE QUITE STRONG ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW...
SUSTAINED NEAR 20KT AND GUSTING ABOVE 30KT FOR MUCH OF THE
NIGHT... BEFORE WINDING DOWN ON MONDAY. THANKS TO CWSU ZMP FOR
COLLABORATION ON KMSP CONDITIONS... THEIR FORECAST THOUGHTS ARE
INCLUDED BELOW.

INPUT FROM CWSU ZMP... CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LOW OVR NE IA... A WRM
AND QS FNT N OF MSP AND THRU THE U.P. MICH... AND A COLD FNT DOWN
OVR ERN NE. LOW IS XPCTD TO DEEPEN AS IT MOVS THRU SE MN... INCRSG
THE SFC PRES GRAD... AND THEN BEGIN TO OCLD AS LOW MOVS OVR THE U.P.
AT THE 24-HR POINT. LOCAL SFC TEMPS ARE XPCTD TO DROP AT A RATE OF
5 F DEGREES PER HR WITH PASSAGE OF COLD FNT AFT 12Z. WITH ATMOS
COLUMN DROPPING ENTIRELY BLO FZG BY 20Z... PCPN WILL TURN OVR TO SN.
ALTHOUGH THE MDLS ARE LESS DIVERGENT IN THEIR SOLUTIONS TODAY...
ONCE AGAIN NO ONE MDL SEEMS TO HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS. I BELIEVE MM5
IS BETTER HANDLING THE CLDS... WHILE NAM HAS A MORE REASONABLE PCPN
OUTLOOK. ID START THE CLDS AT BKN005 OVC010... DROPPING TO OVC005
FROM 21Z THRU 01Z. AFTER THAT THE CIGS RISE TO 015 THRU 06Z... THEN
025 THRU 18Z. THE MM5 WOULD LEAD ONE TO XPCT CIGS NEAR THE SFC
TOMMOROW AM... BUT THE GUSTY SFC WNDS AND LOWERING BNDRY LYR
ABSOLUTE HUM CONVINCE ME THAT THAT WON/T HAPPEN. I/M FINE WITH THE
VIS TREND AS FCSTD IN THE 18Z TAF. THE LOWERING VIS TONIGHT ARE
MORE A RESULT OF GUSTY WNDS BLOWING THE SN AROUND THAN THE ACTUAL
SN RATE NO MDL SEEMS TO ACCOUNT FOR BLSN. I ALSO AGREE WITH
ENDING THE SN BY 12Z. THE WNDS ARE ALMOST A STRAIGHT-FORWARD FCST
COMPARED TO EVERYTHING ELSE. FROPA SHOULD OCCUR RIGHT AT TAF
TIME... SWITCHING THE DIR TO 290-300. STEADY SPDS COULD BE ABV
20KT BY 21Z... RISING TO 24KT BY 06Z. AFT 06Z SPDS DROP STEADILY
TO 10KT BY 00Z AND 5KT BY END OF TAF.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY
     FOR ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-
     ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
     RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-WASHINGTON-
     WRIGHT.

     WIND CHILL WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR
     BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MARTIN-POPE-
     REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WATONWAN-YELLOW
     MEDICINE.

     BLIZZARD WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-
     LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE.

     WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BENTON-
     KANABEC-KANDIYOHI-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-STEARNS-TODD.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR CHISAGO-
     ISANTI-MEEKER-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 12 PM CST MONDAY FOR BLUE EARTH-
     FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-NICOLLET-STEELE-WASECA.

     WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BROWN-MARTIN-
     WATONWAN.

WI...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST MONDAY
     FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-
     ST. CROIX.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR BARRON-
     POLK-RUSK.

&&

JPR/TRH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1205 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
151100-
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-
1205 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS WILL MAKE FOR TREACHEROUS TRAVEL ACROSS THIS
AREA. FOR THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT ALSO CREATING
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

ADDITIONAL BUT LESSER SNOW ACCUMULATIONS COMBINED WITH FREEZING
RAIN OR DRIZZLE AT TIMES ARE EXPECTED IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND THE U.S. HIGHWAY 8 CORRIDOR OF WESTERN
WISCONSIN. STRONG WIND GUSTS OF NEAR OR IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY. THE STRONG
WINDS WILL ALSO BRING AN EXTREME TEMPERATURE DROP FROM WEST TO
EAST ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING LATE THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON.

SEVERE WIND CHILLS OF 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS
AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ACROSS
MUCH OF THE MINNESOTA OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT.

THE SNOW AND WINDS ARE IN RESPONSE TO A WELL ORGANIZED LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTING NORTHEAST FROM EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO
NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT. SEE THE LATEST
WINTER WEATHER STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE WINDS WILL LAST THROUGH MONDAY MORNING MAKING FOR CONTINUED
SEVERE WIND CHILLS. MONDAY MORNING WIND CHILL READINGS ACROSS MUCH
OF THE OUTLOOK AREA WILL RANGE FROM 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO.

A COUPLE MORE STORM SYSTEMS COULD BRING ACCUMULATING SNOW TO PARTS
OF THE AREA TUESDAY AND AGAIN THURSDAY. CHECK FOR BACK FOR LATER
UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIAL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 PM     SNOW             MORA                    45.88N 93.29W
12/14/2008  E3.0 INCH        KANABEC            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
140 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0740 AM     SNOW             8 S HILLMAN             45.89N 93.89W
12/14/2008  M2.0 INCH        MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0757 AM     SNOW             HEWITT                  46.32N 95.09W
12/14/2008  M4.0 INCH        TODD               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0813 AM     SNOW             DONNELLY                45.69N 96.01W
12/14/2008  M3.0 INCH        STEVENS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0900 AM     SNOW             CYRUS                   45.62N 95.74W
12/14/2008  M6.0 INCH        POPE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0900 AM     SNOW             GRANITE FALLS           44.81N 95.54W
12/14/2008  M2.5 INCH        YELLOW MEDICINE    MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0900 AM     SNOW             3 W FOLEY               45.67N 93.97W
12/14/2008  M5.3 INCH        BENTON             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

0911 AM     SNOW             RUSH CITY               45.68N 92.97W
12/14/2008  E1.5 INCH        CHISAGO            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1000 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 WSW MADISON           45.01N 96.21W
12/14/2008  M68.00 MPH       LAC QUI PARLE      MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1003 AM     SNOW             DONNELLY                45.69N 96.01W
12/14/2008  E6.0 INCH        STEVENS            MN   MESONET

            VERY WINDY. BLOWING...DRIFTING...DIFFICULT TO MEASURE.

1007 AM     SNOW             2 NW GILMAN             45.76N 93.98W
12/14/2008  M3.5 INCH        BENTON             MN   MESONET

1026 AM     SNOW             1 WSW MADISON           45.01N 96.21W
12/14/2008  E6.0 INCH        LAC QUI PARLE      MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1026 AM     SNOW             7 S HILLMAN             45.91N 93.89W
12/14/2008  M5.5 INCH        MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1045 AM     SNOW             5 N LOWRY               45.78N 95.52W
12/14/2008  M2.5 INCH        DOUGLAS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1103 AM     SNOW             LITTLE FALLS            45.98N 94.36W
12/14/2008  M5.0 INCH        MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1103 AM     SNOW             DONNELLY                45.69N 96.01W
12/14/2008  M8.5 INCH        STEVENS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1130 AM     SNOW             3 SSW BOWLES            45.77N 94.46W
12/14/2008  M5.0 INCH        STEARNS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1148 AM     SNOW             SAUK RAPIDS             45.59N 94.17W
12/14/2008  M3.5 INCH        BENTON             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

1227 PM     SNOW             GLENWOOD                45.65N 95.38W
12/14/2008  M4.5 INCH        POPE               MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

1240 PM     SNOW             LONG PRAIRIE            45.98N 94.86W
12/14/2008  M5.0 INCH        TODD               MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

1243 PM     SNOW             CARLOS                  45.97N 95.29W
12/14/2008  M5.0 INCH        DOUGLAS            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

1256 PM     SNOW             SANTIAGO                45.54N 93.82W
12/14/2008  E3.0 INCH        SHERBURNE          MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

0110 PM     SNOW             MORA                    45.88N 93.29W
12/14/2008  E3.0 INCH        KANABEC            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

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CARLYON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
209 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0208 PM     SNOW             3 SW BOWLUS             45.79N 94.45W
12/14/2008  M6.3 INCH        MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
308 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0308 PM     SNOW             LITTLE FALLS            45.98N 94.36W
12/14/2008  M8.5 INCH        MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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CARLYON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
337 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0336 PM     SNOW             7 NNW OGILVIE           45.92N 93.48W
12/14/2008  M7.0 INCH        KANABEC            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

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CARLYON

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
414 PM CST SUN DEC 14 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0411 PM     SNOW             5 NNE FOREST LAKE       45.34N 92.95W
12/14/2008  M0.0 INCH        CHISAGO            MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            0.66 RAIN NOW FREEZING WITH TRACE SNOW PELLETS

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