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Winter Storm Watch 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this winter storm watch at Dec 29, 2010, 4:59 AM CST for 14 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 31, 2010, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 29, 2010, 4:59 AM CST (10:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2010, 9:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 30, 2010, 2:53 PM CST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
837 WWUS43 KMPX 291059 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 459 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SAME AREA IS ALSO UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH ON FRIDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER IS DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STATE LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH OR COMPLETELY COME TO AN END THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER SYSTEM. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING. COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-291900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 459 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FOR THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY SNOW. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ042-291900- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 459 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE COMBINED EFFECTS OF FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE AND ACCUMULATING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ FRANKS
6 follow-up statements
519 WWUS43 KMPX 291900 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 100 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. THIS SAME AREA IS ALSO UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH ON FRIDAY. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER IS DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STATE LINE. IN ADDITION...DENSE FOG IS LIKELY TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH OR COMPLETELY COME TO AN END THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER SYSTEM. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING. COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE AREA COVERED BY THE WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE EXPANDED EASTWARD WHEN FORECASTS ARE ISSUED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-300300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 100 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DENSE FOG MAY ALSO DEVELOP TONIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ042-300300- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 100 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION...AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ BAP
286 WWUS43 KMPX 292105 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 305 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA FROM VERY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER IS DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN AROUND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE SHOULD ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STATE LINE. SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND STAPLES...MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FROM CANBY TO BENSON. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER SYSTEM. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING. COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS REMAINING GUSTY. THE WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE AREAS FROM LITTLE FALLS...TO LITCHFIELD TO OLIVIA. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-300515- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 305 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ042-300515- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0900Z-101231T0000Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 305 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-073-300515- /O.EXA.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS 305 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN SHOULD BEGIN BETWEEN THE HOURS OF MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM CST THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$
443 WWUS43 KMPX 300333 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 933 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER IS DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY MORNING. WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. A THIN LAYER OF ICE COULD FORM ON BRIDGES...OVERPASSES AND LESS TRAVELED ROAD SURFACES...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION SHOULD ALSO MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STATE LINE. SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND STAPLES...MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FROM CANBY TO BENSON BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY NIGHT IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER SYSTEM. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE FRIDAY MORNING. COLDER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE FREEZING RAIN BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE DAY OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...BLUSTERY NORTHERLY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH WINDS REMAINING GUSTY. MNZ043-049-057-058-065-301145- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0333Z-101231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 933 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND BETWEEN 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-301145- /O.EXB.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0333Z-101231T0000Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 933 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ041-042-047-048-054>056-064-301145- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.101230T0333Z-101231T0000Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 933 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OCCASIONALLY MIXED WITH SNOW AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ073-301145- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 933 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...PATCHY AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY THEN DIMINISH BY THURSDAY EVENING. THERE WILL BE A BREAK THURSDAY NIGHT...BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.10 TO 0.20 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$
846 WWUS43 KMPX 300912 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 312 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER ARE LIKELY IN PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY AND AGAIN FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY... .A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER IS DUE TO A SYSTEM THAT WILL SPREAD A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. ALTHOUGH MOST AREAS HAVE SEEN TEMPERATURES WARM ABOVE FREEZING... A FEW LOCATIONS COULD SEE SOME LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING... MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO SAINT CLOUD. A THIN LAYER OF ICE COULD FORM ON LESS TRAVELED ROAD SURFACES AND WALKWAYS. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL MIX WITH SNOW AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS CLOSER TO THE WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA STATE LINE. SNOW COULD ACCUMULATE TO 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND STAPLES... MORRIS AND ALEXANDRIA WITH LESSER AMOUNTS FROM CANBY TO BENSON BY MID EVENING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING AS A POCKET OF DRY AIR BRIEFLY MOVES INTO THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE WATCH AREA BEFORE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES ON FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD OCCUR THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW ARRIVES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING... BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY. MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-301900- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD... MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 312 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SNOW THIS MORNING. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD BECOME PREDOMINANTLY SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LONG PRAIRIE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ042-043-049-057-058-065-301900- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 312 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCASIONALLY MIX WITH SNOW TODAY. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...A TRACE TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-301900- /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 312 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET... FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK TODAY. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ073-301900- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 312 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...PATCHY AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN... FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. HOWEVER... AFTER A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT... A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
798 WWUS43 KMPX 301706 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...ROUND ONE BRINGING HEAVY SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL... ...ROUND TWO BRINGING MORE SNOW ESPECIALLY TO WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AGAIN FRIDAY... .SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM CANBY THEN NORTH TO ALEXANDRIA AND STAPLES. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS BEING ISSUED FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. BY THIS EVENING SNOW TOTALS COULD BE IN THE SIX INCH RANGE ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTH WINDS CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO A PERIOD OF SLEET AND THEN SNOW ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY MID AFTERNOON. A BAND OF 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN AREAS SUCH AS LITTLE FALLS...SAUK CENTER...WILLMAR AND MONTEVIDEO. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON IN MORA...CAMBRIDGE... HUTCHINSON...AND OLIVIA. ONE TO PERHAPS 3 INCHES OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE BY EVENING IN THESE AREAS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISH LATE EVENING AS A POCKET OF DRY AIR BRIEFLY MOVES INTO THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF SECOND MORE POTENT WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WHICH WILL IMPACT THE REGION FROM FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SECOND ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER WILL ARRIVE BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO EARLY SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THIS SECOND WEATHER SYSTEM. COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE WATCH AREA BEFORE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES ON FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH SOME LINGERING LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD OCCUR FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE SNOW ARRIVES. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF SNOW BETWEEN 6 AND 10 INCHES IN THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY SATURDAY MORNING... BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY. MNZ041-047-048-055-310115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0010.101230T1706Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN AND SLEET WILL QUICKLY CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. SNOW WILL DIMINISH BY LATE EVENING WITH HEAVY SNOW MAKING A RETURN ON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LONG PRAIRIE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALSO...INCREASING NORTH WINDS THIS AFTERNOON MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY AGAIN CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ MNZ042-310115- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0010.101230T1706Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO HEAVY SNOW DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...AROUND 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. 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. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ MNZ054-056-064-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY... PARTICULARLY NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM APPLETON TO LONG PRAIRIE. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. ADDITIONAL SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET... FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS TEMPERATURES HOVER CLOSE TO THE FREEZING MARK TODAY. THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO MAINLY SNOW BY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ073-310115- /O.CON.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 1106 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE OR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN MAY MIX WITH WET SNOW LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THIS EVENING. HOWEVER... AFTER A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION TONIGHT... A MORE SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE AREA FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...LESS THAN IN INCH OF SNOW TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
056 WWUS43 KMPX 302053 WSWMPX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT WITH ADVISORIES ACROSS MUCH OF THE CENTRAL... ...ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR WEST CENTRAL INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT... .A QUICK BURST OF 5 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES AREAS WEST FROM STAPLES TO ALEXANDRIA TO BENSON. NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH MAY CAUSE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN THE MADISON AND CANBY AREAS. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE POSTED IN THIS AREA. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW MAY FALL FROM LITTLE FALLS TO WILLMAR TO MONTEVIDEO. AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM MORA TO BUFFALO TO HUTCHINSON. AS TEMPERATURES DROP THIS EVENING WET SURFACES WILL FREEZE CAUSING ICE TO REFORM. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE POSTED IN THIS AREA. THE MAIN PORTION OF THE WINTER STORM WILL LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY. SNOW WILL SPREAD BACK INTO WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BEFORE NOON AND ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE AFTERNOON. ANOTHER HALF FOOT OR BETTER OF SNOW IS LIKELY BY SATURDAY MORNING IN AREAS WEST FROM LITTLE FALLS TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL ALSO LEAD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING. WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL BEGIN AGAIN AT 9 AM FRIDAY. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. IT COULD BEGIN WITH A PERIOD OF SLEET. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ON FRIDAY WHICH WILL TURN TO LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BEGIN AT NOON FRIDAY. MNZ054-064-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0300Z/ /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MADISON...GRANITE FALLS 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. ANOTHER WINTER STORM WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. ANOTHER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY HIGH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ041-047-048-055-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-SWIFT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...BENSON 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR |SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW CAUSING POOR VISIBILITY. ANOTHER 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY HIGH. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW BLOWING SNOW COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ042-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WS.W.0010.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ TODD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LONG PRAIRIE 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING AGAIN BY NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ANOTHER 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ043-049-057-058-065-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ MORRISON-STEARNS-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...ST. CLOUD...WILLMAR... LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...RAIN...FREEZING FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW LATE HIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE A LULL IN PRECIPITATION FROM LATE THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY MORNING BEFORE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW RETURNS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL. && $$ MNZ056-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ CHIPPEWA- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...MONTEVIDEO 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS EVENING. A PERIOD OF SLEET IS POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL BEGIN AGAIN AROUND NOON FRIDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW AND UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING. 6 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY.. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND ICE COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL AT TIMES TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ MNZ073-310500- /O.UPG.KMPX.WS.A.0009.101231T1500Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KMPX.WS.W.0011.101231T1500Z-110101T1800Z/ REDWOOD- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...REDWOOD FALLS 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...HEAVY SNOW BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. BLOWING SNOW DEVELOPING FRIDAY EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW TODAY. 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT... WHICH COULD LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ MNZ044-045-050>052-059-066-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KMPX.WW.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-101231T0600Z/ MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-WRIGHT-MCLEOD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...MONTICELLO...HUTCHINSON 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT RAIN... SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. * MAIN IMPACT...AN INCH OF SNOW AND A THIN GLAZE OF INCH ICE ACCUMULATION ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND THIS EVENING. * OTHER IMPACTS...THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AT TIMES TODAY. ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES MAY BE ABOVE FREEZING... GROUND TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW FREEZING MAY CREATE UNANTICIPATED SLICK SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ MNZ053-060>063-067>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTER CITY...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE... BURNSVILLE...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT... RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND SLEET...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW BEGINNING BY NOON FRIDAY WHICH COULD BEGIN AS A PERIOD OF SLEET. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ WIZ014>016-023>028-310500- /O.NEW.KMPX.WW.Y.0025.101231T1800Z-110101T1200Z/ POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE... BARRON...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN... CHIPPEWA FALLS...BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA 253 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY NOON CHANGING TO SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT...ICY ROADS FOLLOWED BY AN INCH OR SO OF SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm watch went out at Dec 29, 4:24 AM CST, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 4:24 AM CST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
424 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010
.DISCUSSION...
DEFINITELY A TRICKY FORECAST COMING UP. STILL RATHER QUIET TODAY
WITH A WEAK SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH IN THE WESTERLY FLOW BUT
WITH A GENERAL WARM ADVECTION PATTERN CONTINUING OVER THE AREA
THROUGH THE DAY. WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER TODAY THE HIGH TEMPS
SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. THE SIGNIFICANT DIGGING TROUGH NOW
ENTERING THE NORTHWEST COAST WITH A 140 KNOT 250 MB JET FORECAST
LATER TODAY. THE FIRST WAVE FROM THE LARGE SCALE TROUGH IS STILL
FORECAST TO AFFECT THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. STRONG LOW
LEVEL MOISTURE TRANSPORT WILL AID IN LOW CLOUD AND FOG
DEVELOPMENT LATE TONIGHT WITH DRIZZLE DEVELOPING INITIALLY. THERE
IS UNCERTAINTY IN THE FREEZING PRECIP SCENARIO WITH TEMPS NOT
DROPPING THAT MUCH TONIGHT. THE SREF PLUMES OVER MUCH OF
SOUTHERN MN DO NOT SHOW MANY MEMBERS WITH FREEZING PRECIP.
A FEW OF THE ANALOGS FROM THE UPCOMING SYSTEM HAVE SHOWN FREEZING
PRECIP OVER SOUTHERN MN. THE INTERESTING PART OF THE ANALOGS WAS
THAT THE EXTENT OF THE SNOW COVER WAS MUCH LESS THAN WHAT WE HAVE
NOW. WILL STILL GO WITH THE MAIN PART OF THE FREEZING RAIN IN THE
MORNING...BUT BETTER FORCING OVER WEST CENTRAL MN COMBINED WITH
THE TROUGH/COLD FRONT PASSAGE...WILL ARGUE FOR A A CONTINUATION OF
MIXED PRECIP TYPE ALONG WITH A CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. WILL GO AHEAD
WITH A SMALL WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY FOR A
START. THE FREEZING PRECIP POTENTIAL CAN BE EVALUATED FOR AREAS
FARTHER EAST LATER TODAY.
THE FIRST WAVE WILL EXIT THE AREA LATER THURSDAY WITH THE
TROUGH/COLD FRONT MOVING AT LEAST THROUGH MN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. ALL
OF THE MODELS INCLUDING THE ECMWF...DROP SFC TEMPS CONSIDERABLY.
THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLY A BETTER CHANCE OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AHEAD OF THE MAJOR
PART OF THE TROUGH LIFTING OUT WITH DECENT SFC CYCLOGENESIS. STILL
SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THE ULTIMATE PATH OF THE LOW...BUT THE GFS
ENSEMBLE NOW HAS BETTER CLUSTER MOVING UP THROUGH SE MN. THIS
SHOULD GIVE A GOOD CHANCE OF HEAVY SNOW TO THE WEST PARS OF THE
CWA. WILL START WITH THE SAME AREA OF WEST CENTRAL IN A WATCH AS
THE THURSDAY SYSTEM...BUT WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A NEED FOR
EXPANSION LATE TODAY. LOOKS TO BE SOME WIND WITH THIS AS WELL WITH
A GOOD SIGNAL ON THE SREF WIND PROBS AND SOME DEEPENING. THE ABOVE
MENTIONED ANALOGS SHOW A GENERAL AREA OF WEST CENTRAL INTO
NORTHERN MN AS A MEAN HEAVY SNOW POTENTIAL.
&&
.AVIATION.../06Z TAF ISSUANCE/
OVERNIGHT...GENLY VFR WEATHER CONDS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.
MID AND HIGH CLOUDS PREVAILING OVER THE TAF SITES. STRONG TO
MODERATE SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL AIRFLOW AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE AREA OVER
THE WESTERN CONUS...WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE ROCKIES DURING THE DAY
ON WEDNESDAY. SFC TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO WARM WELL INTO THE 30S AND
40S OVER THE BARE FIELDS ADJACENT TO DEEP SNOW PACK OVER IOWA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MOISTURE FROM THE MELTING SNOW...WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP A LAYER OF LOW CLOUDS BETWEEN 1000-2500 FEET AGL LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEDNESDAY. CONDS WILL LOWER TO MVFR TO IFR
CONDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY MORNING OVER MUCH OF THE UPPER
MIDWEST. SOME PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE OR DRIZZLE DEVELOPING
LATE IN THE DAY AND EVENING. SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 10 TO 20
KNOTS. POTENTIAL FOR LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR WITH 40-50 KNOT LOW LEVEL
JET OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST.
KMSP...VFR CONDS WITH MID/HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS OVERNIGHT INTO WED.
LLWS POTENTIAL THERE WITH LLJ MOVING/DEVELOPING OVER AREA. WILL
MENTION THIS 06Z-13Z PERIOD. MAIN WEATHER COMES IN AFTER 00Z THU
WITH MVFR CIGS AND POTENTIAL FOR SOME -DZ/-FZDZ AROUND 22Z-24Z UTC
WEDNESDAY TIMEFRAME.
&&
.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-
YELLOW MEDICINE.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
FOR CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
YELLOW MEDICINE.
WI...NONE.
&&
JPR/JVMHazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 12:06 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 524 PM CST TUE DEC 28 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 291100- 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- 524 PM CST TUE DEC 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM ARRIVES LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BRING TWO ROUNDS OF WINTER WEATHER TO MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WISCONSIN. THE FIRST ROUND OF WEATHER WILL COME FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES ON WEDNESDAY AND ADVANCE INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM IS RELATIVELY WARM AND MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN ON THURSDAY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS COULD TOP OUT BETWEEN A TENTH AND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...ESPECIALLY OVER PARTS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE SHOULD BE A BRIEF LULL THURSDAY NIGHT...WHEN THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES LIGHTER AND CHANGES OVER TO DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. THE SECOND ROUND OF WEATHER WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND MUCH BETTER CHANCES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW IN MINNESOTA ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A LOT OF ENERGY WITH THIS SECOND DISTURBANCE...BUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS MORE UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW DOES APPEAR POSSIBLE BEFORE DIMINISHING FRIDAY EVENING. THE CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FROM WEST TO EAST ON FRIDAY...WITH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THE LAST TO SEE THE CHANGE OVER. THIS SECOND ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH MAY CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 4:59 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Benton, Chippewa, Douglas, Isanti, Kanabec, Kandiyohi and 14 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 29, 11:33 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 15 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.