Alert archive / Wisconsin / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this winter storm warning at Dec 31, 2011, 4:48 AM CST for 4 counties in Wisconsin; Pine County, Minnesota. It took effect at Dec 31, 2011, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 hr. 22 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 31, 2011, 4:48 AM CST (10:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 31, 2011, 4:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 1, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 20 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
Counties Pine County, MN, Burnett County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Sawyer County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 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 31, 9:58 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 4 N Grantsburg, WI | |
| Dec 31, 10:09 PM CST | SNOW 2.4 | 1 Sw Hinckley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 10:23 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 18 E Hinckley, MN | |
| Dec 31, 10:33 PM CST | SNOW 2.3 | 5 Sw Bruno, MN | |
| Dec 31, 10:33 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Danbury, WI | |
| Jan 1, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Sarona, WI | SNOW DEPTH 5 INCHES. |
| Jan 1, 5:15 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Sw Cable, WI | REPORT FROM SEELEY. 8 INCHES SNOW DEPTH. |
| Jan 1, 5:16 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 4 N Grantsburg, WI | |
| Jan 1, 7:23 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 4 Ne Cloverland, WI | |
| Jan 1, 7:23 AM CST | SNOW 3.9 | 6 W Hayward, WI | |
| Jan 1, 7:30 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Exeland, WI | REPORT RELAYED FROM THE NWS MPX OFFICE. |
| Jan 1, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Webb Lake, WI | |
| Jan 1, 7:49 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 8 S Hayward, WI | |
| Jan 1, 8:08 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Bennett, WI | |
| Jan 1, 8:28 AM CST | SNOW 0.4 | 4 S Bruno, MN | |
| Jan 1, 8:29 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Askov, MN | |
| Jan 1, 8:41 AM CST | SNOW 2.8 | Maple, WI | |
| Jan 1, 10:02 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Winter, WI | |
| Jan 1, 10:08 AM CST | SNOW 3.4 | 2 Nw Stone Lake, WI | |
| Jan 1, 10:08 AM CST | SNOW 3.7 | Ssw Grantsburg, WI | |
| Jan 1, 10:08 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 9 Nne Hayward, WI | |
| Jan 1, 10:52 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Trade Lake, WI |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
898 WWUS43 KDLH 311048 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 448 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY WINDY AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR NEW YEARS WEEKEND... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A QUICK SHOT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS FOLLOWED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES... AND HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. WIZ002>004-311900- /O.UPG.KDLH.WS.A.0010.120101T0600Z-120103T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.W.0008.120101T0200Z-120103T0000Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY 448 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AND EARLY MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY MUCH HEAVIER STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2. * OTHER IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS... AND WET SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT MAY COMPACT AND FREEZE TO ICE ON ROADS. THUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS NEW YEARS EVE NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ038-WIZ001-006>008-311900- /O.NEW.KDLH.WS.W.0008.111231T2200Z-120101T1800Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...GRANTSBURG... SPOONER...HAYWARD 448 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING AND PERSIST INTO EARLY NEW YEARS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGERS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ020-021-034>037-311900- /O.NEW.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.111231T2200Z-120101T1600Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-CROW WING- NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 448 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO NEW YEARS DAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM BARNUM TO DULUTH AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ WIZ009-311900- /O.NEW.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.120101T0200Z-120101T2100Z/ PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PHILLIPS 448 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS RAIN OR A WINTRY MIX. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO NEW YEARS DAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCH STORM TOTALS ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS AFTER PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ MILLER/BERDES
2 follow-up statements
974 WWUS43 KDLH 311740 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1140 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY WINDY AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR NEW YEARS WEEKEND... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A QUICK SHOT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS FOLLOWED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES... AND HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. MNZ038-WIZ001-006>008-010145- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.111231T2200Z-120101T1800Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...GRANTSBURG... SPOONER...HAYWARD 1140 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY THIS EVENING THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGERS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WIZ002>004-010145- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.120101T0200Z-120103T0000Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY 1140 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY MUCH HEAVIER STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2. * OTHER IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS... AND WET SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT MAY COMPACT AND FREEZE TO ICE ON ROADS. THUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS NEW YEARS EVE NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ020-021-034>037-010145- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.111231T2200Z-120101T1600Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-CROW WING- NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 1140 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON..AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 5PM AND 8PM NEAR THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...AND BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM AROUND THE TWIN PORTS AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM BARNUM TO DULUTH AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ WIZ009-010145- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.120101T0200Z-120101T2100Z/ PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PHILLIPS 1140 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS RAIN OR A WINTRY MIX. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO NEW YEARS DAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCH STORM TOTALS ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS AFTER PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$
174 WWUS43 KDLH 312200 WSWDLH URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 400 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...SNOWFALL FOLLOWED BY WINDY AND MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES FOR NEW YEARS WEEKEND... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING A QUICK SHOT OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWS FOLLOWED BY VERY WINDY CONDITIONS...MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES... AND HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOWS IN NORTHERN WISCONSIN. MNZ038-WIZ001-006>008-010600- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120101T1800Z/ PINE-DOUGLAS-BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HINCKLEY...SUPERIOR...GRANTSBURG... SPOONER...HAYWARD 400 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BEGIN AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW. HEAVIEST SNOWFALL SHOULD OCCUR BETWEEN 6PM AND MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 5 TO 8 INCHES WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND SOME DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGERS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WIZ002>004-010600- /O.CON.KDLH.WS.W.0008.120101T0200Z-120103T0000Z/ BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHBURN...ASHLAND...HURLEY 400 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. LAKE EFFECT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: AVERAGE AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED. HOWEVER...LOCALLY MUCH HEAVIER STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND THE GOGEBIC RANGE FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT... REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND SEVERELY LIMITED VISIBILITY... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 2. * OTHER IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED IN OPEN AREAS... AND WET SNOW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE EVENT MAY COMPACT AND FREEZE TO ICE ON ROADS. THUS...TRAVEL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS NEW YEARS EVE NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW AND ICE COVERED ROADS...AND DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. DELAY TRAVEL IF POSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE... INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD... AND WATER. LET SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ MNZ020-021-034>037-010600- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.000000T0000Z-120101T1600Z/ SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-CROW WING- NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN-CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...GRAND MARAIS...BRAINERD... HILL CITY...AITKIN...DULUTH...CLOQUET 400 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON..AND CHANGE TO SNOW BY EARLY EVENING. SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 5PM AND 8PM NEAR THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...AND BETWEEN 6PM AND 9PM AROUND THE TWIN PORTS AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FROM BARNUM TO DULUTH AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 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 THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$ WIZ009-010600- /O.CON.KDLH.WW.Y.0044.120101T0200Z-120101T2100Z/ PRICE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PHILLIPS 400 PM CST SAT DEC 31 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST SUNDAY. * TIMING: PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS RAIN OR A WINTRY MIX. PRECIPITATION WILL THEN CHANGE TO SNOW OVERNIGHT AND PERSIST INTO NEW YEARS DAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 3 TO 5 INCH STORM TOTALS ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS AND VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH LATE TONIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY. VISIBILITY MAY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS AFTER PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO ALL SNOW. * MAIN IMPACT: FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITY...SLICK ROADS AND HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THAT ARE MORE EXPOSED TO THE WIND. ROADS MAY BE SLICK AND HAZARDOUS...SO ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 31, 4:12 AM CST, 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 31, 4:12 AM CST, 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
412 AM CST SAT DEC 31 2011
.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH NEW YEARS DAY...
COMPLICATED AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING WEATHER SCENARIO EXPECTED TO PLAY
OUT ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONITE AS STRENGTHENING TROF
CROSSING THE NORTHERN ROCKIES EMERGES ON TO THE PLAINS. GULF
MOISTURE IS CUT OFF FROM THIS SYSTEM..BUT ITS RAPID
MOVEMENT/AMPLIFICATION AND ASSOCIATED INTENSE FORCING FOR ASCENT
STILL EXPECTED TO RESULT IN A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM
ACROSS PARTS OF THE DLH CWA BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
CONTINUING INTO NEW YEARS DAY. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED IN A 5-7 HOUR PERIOD TONIGHT..DEVELOPING SOMEWHERE ALONG
THE I35 CORRIDOR AND PROGRESSING EAST. KMPX RADAR ALSO SUGGESTS
SOME FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE TODAY FROM LOW LEVEL STRATUS
DECK AS WARM ADVECTION AND LOW LEVEL ASCENT SLOWLY INCREASES.
FOR THE MAIN EVENT THE VARIOUS DETERMINISTIC MODEL RUNS AND
ENSEMBLES HAVE SEEMINGLY CONVERGED TOWARD THE SOLUTION SUGGESTED
BY THE NAM/SREF/GEM IN EARLIER RUNS. THIS BRINGS A BAND OF MAINLY
LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NRN MN TODAY..WITH RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF MODERATE
TO PERHAPS HEAVY SNOW SOMEWHERE ALONG OR JUST WEST OF THE I35
CORRIDOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING..WITH THIS THEN EVOLVING
INTO THE MAIN PRECIP BAND ACROSS NW WI AND EXTREME ERN MN
OVERNIGHT. ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS A 3-6 HOUR WINDOW OF VERY
STRONG FRONTOGENESIS FORCING FROM ROUGHLY THE MSP AREA NNEWD TO WRN
LK SUPERIOR. THUS..EVEN THOUGH WINDOW FOR PRECIP WILL BE PERHAPS
SHORTER THAN MANY WINTER STORMS..PRECIP RATES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
QUITE HEAVY FOR A 3-5 HOUR WINDOW. STILL..WE MUST EMPHASIZE THAT
THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT PLACEMENT OF THE
HEAVIEST SNOW. LONG WAVE PATTERN IS FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT TROF
AMPLIFICATION..AND THIS HAS BEEN DEPICTED BY MODEL RUNS TRENDING
SLIGHTLY SLOWER AND STRONGER WITH EACH SUCCESSIVE RUN OVER THE
PAST DAY OR SO.
AFTER CONSIDERABLE COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING WFOS/HPC..WE
HAVE HOISTED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ALL OF NW WISCONSIN EXCEPT
FOR PRICE COUNTY..AND ALSO PINE COUNTY IN ERN MN WITH WINTER WX
ADVISORIES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WARNING. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 6 INCHES IN THE WARNING AREA WITH SOME LOCAL
HIGHER AMOUNTS..AND WITH SUCH STRONG FGEN AND INSTABILITY INVOLVED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING..A NARROW BAND OF 8+ IS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION. SNOW RATIOS ARE LIKELY TO START OUT RATHER HEAVY AND
WET..BUT THEN TRANSITION TO MORE DENDRITES AND HIGHER RATIOS AS
ARCTIC AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN LATER TONIGHT. AS SUCH..SLUSHY OR
WET SNOW ACCUMS ARE LIKELY TO COMPACT ON ROADS AND THEN
FREEZE..FOLLOWED BY BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS TONIGHT AND NEW
YEARS DAY. THE TWIN PORTS WILL BE ON THE NW EDGE OF THE HEAVIER
SNOW AREA..SO LIKE A FEW STORMS LAST YEAR..A VERY SLIGHT DEVIATION
IN THE STORMS PATH TO THE NW OR SE COULD RESULT IN BIG CHANGES TO
SNOW ACCUMS IN THE POPULATION CENTER.
BIG STORY ON NEW YEARS WILL BE THE STRONG NW WINDS ON THE BACK
SIDE OF DEPARTING LOW..MUCH COLDER TEMPS AND LAKE EFFECT SNOWS
REALLY CRANKING UP ON THE SOUTH SHORE IN NW WI. WINDS FROM 20-25
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 ARE EXPECTED IN MOST AREAS..AND NW GALES CAN
BE EXPECTED OVER THE WATERS OF WRN LAKE SUPERIOR. HEAVY LAKE
EFFECT SNOWS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO MONDAY ACROSS THE
BAYFIELD PENINSULA AND GOGEBIC RANGE..AND IT WOULD NOT BE
SURPRISING TO SEE SOME STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UPWARDS OF A
FOOT AND A HALF BY MONDAY AFTERNOON IN THESE AREAS.
.LONG TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...
THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD WILL START OUT COLD AND WINDY WITH A
STRONG LONG WAVE TROUGH OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION PRODUCING
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS OUR CWA. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
AFFECT THE NORTHLAND SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY IN ASSOCIATION WITH A
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT ON THE WEST SIDE OF A DEPARTING SFC LOW.
THE NORTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH THE COLD TEMPS WILL CREATE LAKE
EFFECT SNOW ALONG THE SOUTHSHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR. WITH THIS LAKE
EFFECT SNOW BEING A CONTINUATION OF THE SYNOPTICALLY FORCED SNOW
FROM THE DEPARTING STORM SYSTEM...HAVE OPTED TO KEEP WARNING GOING
FOR BAYFIELD...ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS THE GOGEBIC RANGE ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 9 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE
BAYFIELD PENINSULA. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL KEEP
CONDITIONS MAINLY DRY MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. HOWEVER A CLIPPER
SYSTEM FROM SCNTL CANADA WILL DIG SEWD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW TO
OUR NRN AND ERN ZONES. A WARM UP IS THEN PROGGED BY THE ECMWF AND
GFS AS BOTH BUILD A RIDGE OVER THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BY FRIDAY ANOTHER POLAR COLD FRONT IS
PROGGED TO TRACK SEWD ACROSS THE REGION.
&&
.AVIATION...06Z TAF ISSUANCE...
A MIXED BAG OF FLIGHT CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING SEEN ACROSS
THE NORTHLAND LATE THIS EVENING. THERE IS AN AREA OF LOW IFR CIGS
THROUGH MUCH OF THE ARROWHEAD AND OVER WRN LAKE SUPERIOR. THERE
ARE TWO HOLES OF CLEAR SKIES...ONE JUST SOUTH OF INL TO HIB...THE
OTHER EAST OF HYR TO AROUND PBH. FROM DLH TO BRD THERE IS AN MVFR
DECK CURRENTLY ADVANCING TO THE NORTH. AT THE SAME TIME AN AREA OF
HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT SYSTEM ARE QUICKLY MOVING IN
FROM THE W/NW. CIGS WILL BE UP AND DOWN TONIGHT BETWEEN
IFR/MVFR/VFR DUE TO THE LACK OF CONTINUITY IN SKY CONDITIONS. WILL
BE VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A HANDLE ON. WENT WITH LOW-END MVFR
CIGS...AND A FEW TEMPOS FOR IFR THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. GIVEN THE
LIFR/IFR VSBYS/CIGS TO THE WEST/SW...THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT
CONDITIONS DETERIORATING QUICKLY. VERY LITTLE IMPROVEMENT TOMORROW
MORNING BEFORE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES IN AND DEVELOPS SNOW
SHOWERS ACROSS THE REGION. LLWS MAY BE A PROBLEM BTWN 16-22Z
TOMORROW AHEAD OF THE MAIN TROUGH AXIS. WINDS INCREASE OUT OF THE
NW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON SAT WITH BLSN POSSIBLE.
&&
.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 32 21 22 2 / 80 100 60 10
INL 27 19 19 -4 / 80 70 30 20
BRD 33 21 22 3 / 60 80 30 10
HYR 33 23 24 5 / 50 100 60 30
ASX 32 25 25 9 / 40 100 80 50
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM CST
SUNDAY FOR MNZ020-021-034>037.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY
FOR MNZ038.
WI...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST SUNDAY
FOR WIZ001-006>008.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST
SUNDAY FOR WIZ009.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST MONDAY
FOR WIZ002>004.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM CST SUNDAY
FOR LSZ121-140>148.
GALE WARNING FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO 6 AM CST MONDAY FOR LSZ121-
140>148.
&&
SHORT TERM...MILLER
LONG TERM...BERDES
AVIATION...TENTINGERHazardous weather outlook, Dec 30, 10:05 PM CST, 6 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1005 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-311130- KOOCHICHING-NORTHERN ST. LOUIS-NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE- NORTHERN ITASCA-CENTRAL ST. LOUIS-SOUTHERN LAKE/LAKESHORE- SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-NORTHERN CASS-SOUTHERN ITASCA- SOUTHERN CASS-CROW WING-NORTHERN AITKIN-SOUTHERN AITKIN- CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-PINE-DOUGLAS-BAYFIELD-ASHLAND-IRON- BURNETT-WASHBURN-SAWYER-PRICE- 1005 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE BORDERLAND SATURDAY MORNING...BECOMING WIDESPREAD AND MORE INTENSE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE NEW YEAR. A COUPLE INCHES OF ACCUMULATION CAN BE EXPECTED SOUTH OF LINE FROM CASS LAKE TO SIREN. HIGHER AMOUNTS...3 TO 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE NORTH OF THIS LINE. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN AROUND THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION SATURDAY MORNING. WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL USHER IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES AND ALSO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL CONDITIONS POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE SNOWBELT REGION OF NORTHERN WISCONSIN IN ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-311130- BAYFIELD TO OAK POINT WI-GRAND PORTAGE TO GRAND MARAIS MN- GRAND MARAIS TO TACONITE HARBOR MN- TACONITE HARBOR TO SILVER BAY HARBOR MN- SILVER BAY HARBOR TO TWO HARBORS MN-TWO HARBORS TO DULUTH MN- DULUTH MN TO PORT WING WI-PORT WING TO SAND ISLAND WI- SAND ISLAND TO BAYFIELD WI-OAK POINT TO SAXON HARBOR WI- 1005 PM CST FRI DEC 30 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN OUT OF THE NORTHWEST LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...REACHING GALE FORCE AT TIMES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE NEAR SHORE WATERS IN WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. A GALE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. CHECK THE LATEST MARINE WEATHER FORECAST FOR DETAILS. GRANING/TENTINGER MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 4:48 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DLH | Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Crow Wing, Lake, Saint Louis | 29 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.