Alert archive / South Dakota / Blizzard Warnings in 2010
Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Aberdeen, SD
NWS Aberdeen, SD issued this blizzard warning at Dec 10, 2010, 11:18 AM CST for Big Stone County, Traverse County, Minnesota; 8 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2010, 11:18 AM CST (17:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2010, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2010, 6:00 PM CST
- In force
- 18 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Aberdeen, SD
Counties Big Stone County, MN, Traverse County, MN, Clark County, SD, Codington County, SD, Day County, SD, Deuel County, SD, Grant County, SD, Hamlin County, SD, Roberts County, SD, Spink County, SD
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 4:00 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Webster, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 11, 6:20 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 W Watertown, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 7:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 10 Ene Sisseton, SD | |
| Dec 11, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 1 N Ortonville, MN | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 7:45 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Turton, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 8:05 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Clark, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 8:10 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Sisseton, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY, 1-FOOT DRIFTS UNDER BRIDGES |
| Dec 11, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 W Sisseton, SD | |
| Dec 11, 8:50 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | Clear Lake, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 8:50 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Clark, SD | |
| Dec 11, 9:20 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Artichoke, MN | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 11, 9:55 AM CST | SNOW 1.8 | Doland, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
| Dec 11, 10:10 AM CST | BLIZZARD | Hayti, SD | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY |
| Dec 11, 10:15 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Milbank, SD | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 104 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 745 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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
5 follow-up statements
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
416 WWUS43 KABR 112124 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 324 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...ARCTIC AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. .WHILE THE SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL DIMINISH THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE BITTER COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. MNZ046-SDZ018>023-120530- /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ /O.CON.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ BIG STONE-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORTONVILLE...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 324 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS AND REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH COULD BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ALSO...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. 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. && $$ SDZ017-036-037-051-120530- /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ FAULK-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAULKTON...HIGHMORE...MILLER... FORT THOMPSON 324 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW CONDITIONS AND OCCASIONAL REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE OR LESS THROUGH THIS EVENING. * ALSO...DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ039-SDZ006>008-011-120530- /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ABERDEEN...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER 324 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SDZ004-005-009-010-016-120530- /O.NEW.KABR.WC.Y.0004.101212T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH... GETTYSBURG 324 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ SD
861 WWUS43 KABR 120001 WSWABR URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 601 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...ARCTIC AIR WILL SETTLE OVER THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. .WHILE THE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THROUGH THIS EVENING...THE BITTER COLD AIRMASS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 25 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS BELOW ZERO TO PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 35 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. MNZ046-SDZ018>023-120815- /O.EXP.KABR.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ BIG STONE-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORTONVILLE...REDFIELD...CLARK... WATERTOWN...MILBANK...CASTLEWOOD...CLEAR LAKE 601 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT TO 5 TO 15 MPH. COMBINED WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT THAT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SDZ017-036-037-051-120815- /O.EXP.KABR.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-101212T0000Z/ /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ FAULK-HYDE-HAND-BUFFALO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAULKTON...HIGHMORE...MILLER... FORT THOMPSON 601 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT TO 5 TO 15 MPH. COMBINED WITH NEGATIVE TEMPERATURES THE WINDS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILLS CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$ MNZ039-SDZ006>008-011-120815- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1800Z/ TRAVERSE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ABERDEEN...BRITTON... SISSETON...WEBSTER 601 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THE NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 10 MPH BY SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SDZ004-005-009-010-016-120815- /O.CON.KABR.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-101212T1500Z/ CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-POTTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HERREID...EUREKA...MOBRIDGE...IPSWICH... GETTYSBURG 601 PM CST SAT DEC 11 2010 ...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST SUNDAY. * WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO TONIGHT...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 10, 4:39 AM CST, 6 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:39 AM CST, 6 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
439 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY
FORECAST CHALLENGES INCLUDE SNOW TOTALS TONIGHT/SATURDAY AND VISBY
REDUCTIONS FROM FALLING/BLOWING SNOW...ALONG WITH WIND CHILL
VALUES OVER THE WEEKEND.
CURRENTLY...THE COLD FRONT...ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLIPPER LOW THAT
BROUGHT MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION ON
THURSDAY...IS SLOWLY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE CWA. THERE IS ALSO A
HODGE-PODGE OF LOW AND MID CLOUDS WORKING INTO THE CWA THIS
MORNING...AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PATCHES OF FOG AS WELL.
THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...FORECAST TO BRING SNOW TO THE CWA
TONIGHT...IS OVER WASHINGTON STATE EARLY THIS MORNING. THIS LOW
WILL UNDERGO LEE-OF-THE-ROCKIES CYCLOGENESIS THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH TONIGHT...DEVELOPING INTO A BONAFIDE CLOSED LOW AS IT IS
HEADING INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. BETWEEN THE LOW LEVEL BAROCLINIC
ZONE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARCTIC COLD FRONT SLIPPING SOUTH THIS
EVENING...AND THE MID-LEVEL WAA/UPPER LEVEL JET SUPPORT FOR LIFT
ASSOCIATED WITH THE APPROACHING S/W ENERGY...THERE SHOULD BE
ENOUGH FORCING/LIFT AND AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SOME LIGHT
TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE BANDED SNOW ACROSS THE CWA TONIGHT INTO
THE FIRST HALF OF SATURDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL PICK UP TONIGHT
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS FROM
DEEPENING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE AND COMBINE WITH THE FALLING SNOW
TO PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES...SOMETIMES DOWN
TO LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE. THE OTHER CONCERN IS HOW THE ARCTIC
COLD AIRMASS ADVECTING INTO THE CWA ON THESE STRONG NORTH WINDS
WILL PLAY OUT IN TERMS OF WIND CHILL VALUES...WHICH ARE NOW
PROGGED TO DIP DOWN TO 25 BELOW TO 35 BELOW ZERO BY 12Z SATURDAY
MORNING...AND STICK AROUND FOR MUCH OF THE WEEKEND. FOR
NOW...OPTED TO GO WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY FOR THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING
SNOW...AND SEE WHERE ANY HEADLINES MIGHT EVOLVE FROM THERE.
THERE MAY ALSO BE A PIECE OF S/W ENERGY IN THE NW FLOW BEHIND THIS
SYSTEM FOR LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO THE FIRST HALF OF SUNDAY WHERE
SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY FALL /GENERALLY LOOKING AT A TRACE TO HALF
INCH OF SNOW POSSIBLE FROM THAT SWIFT-MOVING CHUNK OF S/W ENERGY.
LEFT SATURDAY NIGHT/SUNDAY DRY FOR NOW AND FOCUSED ON EVENT
TONIGHT/SATURDAY FOR THE TIME BEING.
LITTLE CHANGE MADE TO THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST. DID TREND MAX/MIN
T VALUES DOWN A COUPLE MORE DEGREES...AS MOS GUIDANCE IS FINALLY
CATCHING UP TO THE DEGREE OF ARCTIC COLDNESS THAT IS EXPECTED TO
BE AROUND THIS WEEKEND.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
00Z MODELS ARE GENERALLY SIMILAR THROUGH THE PERIOD. THE MAJORITY
OF THE FORECAST WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY WESTERN CONUS
RIDGING...AND EASTERN CONUS TROFFING AT THE MID LEVELS...OFTEN
REFERRED TO AS A POSITIVE PNA PATTERN. THAT PATTERN APPEARS TO
BREAKDOWN SOME TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD AS ENERGY CRASHES
THROUGH THE RIDGE. HOWEVER...EVEN BEFORE THAT HAPPENS...A BATTLE
GROUND WILL LIKELY EXIST ACROSS THE CWA FOR THE EARLY PART OF THE
WORK WEEK. AS THE PREVIOUS FORECASTER MENTIONED...A BAROCLINIC
ZONE WILL LIKELY EXTEND FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION. TO THE EAST...VERY DRY AND COLD AIR WILL EXIST WITH
ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE...AND THAT COLD AIRMASS WILL LIMIT
THE EASTWARD EXTENT TO WHICH WAA PCPN CAN GET SUNDAY NIGHT AND
MONDAY...AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY. THEREFORE HIGHEST POPS WILL EXIST
OVER THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN CWA WHERE THE CHANCES FOR MEASURABLE
PCPN ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE GREATEST. WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE IN
PLACE...TEMPERATURES WILL VARY GREATLY ACROSS THE CWA DURING A
MAJOR PART OF THE FORECAST.
&&
.AVIATION...
A PATCH OF STRATUS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING MVFR/IFR CIGS TO
KABR/KATY AND POSSIBLY KMBG THIS MORNING BEFORE HOPEFULLY MIXING
OUT. MEANWHILE AREAS OF MORNING FOG ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...BUT WITH
MID/HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION...THAT THREAT SHOULD BE
MINIMIZED. THE CLOUDS SHOULD AGAIN LOWER TNT AS A SYSTEM
APPROACHES. IFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT DUE TO
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY FOR BROWN-CAMPBELL-CLARK-
CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-
MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-ROBERTS-SPINK-WALWORTH.
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
SATURDAY FOR BIG STONE-TRAVERSE.
&&
SHORT TERM...DORN
LONG TERM...TDK
AVIATION...TDK
WEATHER.GOV/ABERDEENHazardous weather outlook, Dec 10, 4:44 AM CST, 6 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 444 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-017>023-111045- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL- ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-CODINGTON-GRANT- HAMLIN-DEUEL- 444 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 /344 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL ALSO DIP CLOSE TO 25 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT THROUGH NOON CST SATURDAY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WIND CHILLS WILL DIP DANGEROUSLY LOW ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. SDZ015-016-033>037-045-048-051-111045- DEWEY-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 444 AM CST FRI DEC 10 2010 /344 AM MST FRI DEC 10 2010/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WIND CHILLS WILL DIP DANGEROUSLY LOW ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. DORN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Aberdeen, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ABR | Big Stone, Traverse | 38 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | ABR | Buffalo, Dewey, Hand, Hughes, Hyde, Jones and 4 more | 13 hr |
Nearby
Blizzard Warnings in South Dakota, 2010Blizzard Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every blizzard warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.