Winter Storm Watch 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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WWUS43 KMPX 081529
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
929 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT...

.SNOW WILL BE MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY...AND THEN
DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS. 

TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WINTER STORM WATCH
HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM NEW ULM AND MANKATO...TO DURAND AND EAU CLAIRE. WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA BY LATE TONIGHT. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY TUESDAY MORNING. SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO SNOW
AMOUNTS...ALONG WITH UPGRADES TO WARNINGS...MAY BE NEEDED LATER
THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY BE PRECEDED BY A PERIOD OF FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND OVER
FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO
30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ORGANIZING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS TODAY AND
TRACKING ACROSS THE MISSOURI...IOWA BORDER AREA...LATE TONIGHT
AND TUESDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER WEATHER SITUATION.

MNZ047>052-054>059-064-082330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T0300Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS
929 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

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

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. IN ADDITION...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY. INCREASING NORTH WINDS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MORRIS...TO WILLMAR...AND
GRANITE FALLS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-082330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
929 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVIER LATE THIS
AFTERNOON. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO
NEW ULM.

EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
REACHING 4 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING.

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

$$

MNZ076>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-082330-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...DURAND...PEPIN...
EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
929 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008

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

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

EXPECT SNOW TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
EVENING...WHICH COULD CAUSE ACCUMULATIONS TO BE GREATER THAN
6 INCHES. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS POSSIBLE
OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN
ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH LATE
TONIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE GREATEST RISK
FOR THE STRONGER WINDS WILL BE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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.

$$

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WWUS43 KMPX 081943
WSWMPX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...SIGNIFICANT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE EXPANDING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...WHILE ANOTHER AREA OF PRECIPITATION DEVELOPS OVER
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WHEN BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AS
NORTHERLY WINDS INCREASE. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A BRIEF MIX
OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED
FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE BLUE
EARTH...WASECA...ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA AREAS...WHERE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. 

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A MORRIS...TO ST CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH WISCONSIN LINE...WHERE
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THIS INCLUDES
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. 

IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BE ORGANIZING OVER THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TRACKING ACROSS THE MISSOURI...IOWA BORDER AREA...LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. LISTEN FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER
WEATHER SITUATION.


MNZ084-085-092-093-090345-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
/O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0004.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASECA...OWATONNA...BLUE EARTH...
ALBERT LEA
143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HEAVY OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
THIS EVENING...WHEN BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED AS NORTHERLY
WINDS INCREASE. PRIOR TO THE ONSET OF SNOW...A BRIEF MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE BLUE
EARTH...WASECA...ALBERT LEA...AND OWATONNA AREAS...WHERE SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS BETWEEN 4 AND 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE INCREASING OVER
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

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.


$$

MNZ076>078-082-083-091-WIZ024-026-028-090345-
/O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0006.081209T0000Z-081209T1500Z/
/O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.081208T2100Z-081209T1500Z/
LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-PIERCE-PEPIN-
EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
DURAND...PEPIN...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
MORNING. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE
EVENING...WHICH WILL LIKELY YIELD ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 6
INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL BE
INCREASING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT...CAUSING BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.



$$

MNZ047>052-054>059-064-090300-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.000000T0000Z-081209T0300Z/
STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...
ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...
LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...GRANITE FALLS
143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

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

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO
THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY.
INCREASING NORTH WINDS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAY CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS...TO WILLMAR...AND GRANITE FALLS.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

$$

MNZ053-060>063-065>070-073>075-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-090345-
/O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0015.081208T2100Z-081209T1200Z/
CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-DUNN-CHIPPEWA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...
SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...
NEW RICHMOND...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER
143 PM CST MON DEC 8 2008

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
TUESDAY. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVIER
THIS EVENING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS ALSO
POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO
NEW ULM.

EXPECT THE SNOW TO CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS
REACHING 3 TO 6 INCHES BY TUESDAY MORNING.

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

$$

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
356 AM CST MON DEC 8 2008

.DISCUSSION...

A NUMBER OF CHANGES TO THE FORECAST WHICH WAS HINTED AT IN MODEL
RUNS YESTERDAY...ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER JET TRENDS AND 200 MB.
THE 200 MB PATTERN WAS SUGGESTING A DECENT POTENTIAL OVER THE CWA
WITH A STRONG TEMPERATURE COUPLET FROM THE ROCKIES INTO THE
WISCONSIN...WHICH WOULD HAVE INDICATED AT LEAST SOME ADVISORY
CRITERIA SNOW. THE TREND IS EVEN STRONGER WITH THE 00Z RUNS AND
THE WHOLE PLACEMENT OF THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURES IS FARTHER NW.
700 MB LOW FORECAST OS VERY SIMILAR ON THEE GFS AND NAM TRACKING
FROM THE NORTHERN NEB AREA INTO NORTHERN IA AND BECOMING SHEARED
OUT SOMEWHAT ON TUESDAY. UP TO 4 G/KG ON THE ISENTROPIC SURFACES
SUGGESTS NEAR 8 INCHES OF SNOW GIVEN THE FAVORABLE THICKNESS OVER
SOUTHERN MN. THE DEPTH OF THE DENDRITIC GROWTH AREA ON THE SREF
IS NOT ESPECIALLY DEEP BUT A DECENT FRONTO AREA OVERLAYED WITH SIG
LAYER THETA E ADVECTION DOES SET UP OVER SOUTHERN MN INTO WEST
CENTRAL WI. A FEW SPOTS COULD GET 10 INCHES. ONSET OF SNOW A
LITTLE PROBLEMATIC IN TERMS OF APPROPRIATE HIGHLIGHTS...BUT THERE
IS ENOUGH UNCERTAINTY TO GO WITH A WATCH FOR TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI. I COULD SEE A CHANGES
NEEDED AFTER THE BEST BAND OF SNOW SETS UP. THE SREF PROBS OF
GREATER THAN 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS PAINTED A TAD NORTH OF 06Z NAM OF
HIGHER QPF...MORE TOWARD MKT TO RGK. OTHERWISE WILL PAINT IN SOME
ADVISORIES OVER MOST OF THE AREA EXCEPT THE FAR NORTH. EXPECT 3 TO
6 INCHES OVER THE REST OF OF CENTRAL MN INTO WEST CENTRAL WI WITH
THE HIGHER AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH.

ALSO A THREAT OF MIXED PRECIP OVER FAR SOUTHERN MN FOR A TIME THIS
AFTERNOON. THE LONGER TERM TRENDS ARE STILL ACTIVE WITH SYSTEMS
AFFECTING US EVERY FEW DAYS. ENSEMBLE TEMP UNCERTAINTY NOT AS
WILD AS LAST FEW RUNS THOUGH.

&&

.AVIATION.../00Z TAF ISSUANCE/
ACCUMULATING SNOWS HAD MOVED EAST THIS EVENING...WHILE FOG AND
SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES LINGERED OVER THE ROUTES. HOWEVER...ANOTHER
BAND OF SNOW AND POSSIBLY SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS ANOTHER SURGE OF WARM AND MOIST AIR LIFTS OVER
THE AREA.  CEILINGS WILL START OFF BETWEEN 25 HUNDRED TO 35 HUNDRED
FEET AGL...THEN GRADUALLY LOWER TO UNDER 1000 FEET AGL BY MID/LATE
MONDAY MORNING. NOT MUCH IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED UNTIL TUESDAY.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
     BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-RICE-
     STEELE-WASECA-WATONWAN.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM CST THIS
     EVENING FOR BENTON-CHIPPEWA-ISANTI-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-
     MEEKER-POPE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-WRIGHT-YELLOW
     MEDICINE.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
     TUESDAY FOR ANOKA-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-
     MCLEOD-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-
     WASHINGTON.

WI...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
     EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE.

     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 AM CST
     TUESDAY FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.

&&

JPR/MTF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
953 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
081200-
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-
953 PM CST SUN DEC 7 2008

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

.DAY ONE...REST OF TONIGHT

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE IN PARTS OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MORE SNOW IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER MUCH OF THE AREA MONDAY AND
MONDAY NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO DEVELOP IN THE PLAINS.
AREAS OF SNOW ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA MONDAY
MORNING....AND THEN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA MONDAY
AFTERNOON. SNOW IS LIKELY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO MONDAY
NIGHT. ONE TO THREE INCH ACCUMULATIONS BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT
ARE PRESENTLY EXPECTED...WITH THE HIGHER END AMOUNTS IN THE
MINNESOTA PORTION OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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