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Small Craft Advisory 66, NWS Duluth, MN

December 8, 2012

NWS Duluth, MN issued this small craft advisory at Dec 8, 2012, 3:18 PM CST. It took effect at Dec 9, 2012, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 8, 2012, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 9, 2012, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 10, 2012, 4:00 PM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Dec 8, 2:48 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 8, 2:48 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 8, 5:22 AM CST, 9 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
522 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-091100-
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-
522 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE RAPIDLY OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT.

A WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MOST OF THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE BRAINERD LAKES
REGION AND DEVELOP ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR LATE
THIS EVENING...THEN RAPIDLY EXPANDING ACROSS THE REST OF THE
REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THE PERIOD OF HEAVIEST SNOW...LOWEST VISIBILITIES...AND MOST
RAPID SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HEAVIER SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY
EVENING ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
ANTICIPATED... WITH A BAND OF HIGHER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FROM THE
MILLE LACS LAKE TO SAINT CROIX RIVER VALLEY AREA...NORTH THROUGH
THE TWIN PORTS AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG
THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR OVER NORTHERN WISCONSIN SUNDAY
NIGHT AND MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN AND SNOWFALL SPOTTERS ARE REMINDED TO REPORT THEIR
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT THE STORM TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LSZ121-140>148-091100-
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-
522 AM CST SAT DEC 8 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF
WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS WESTERN LAKE
SUPERIOR OVERNIGHT...RESULTING IN BUILDING WAVES AND HAZARDOUS
CONDITIONS FOR SMALL CRAFT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED
LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

PERSISTENT GUSTY WINDS WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS FOR
SMALL CRAFT THROUGH MONDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED
THROUGH MONDAY.

GRANING

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS:
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH

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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.