A 94-year-old Pine City man who fell while retrieving his mail was discovered in his driveway unconscious, but breathing. He died in a hospital two days later.
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A 94-year-old Pine City man who fell while retrieving his mail was discovered in his driveway unconscious, but breathing. He died in a hospital two days later. The official cause of death was hypothermia. The high temperature that day at Rush City, MN was 23F.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jan 11, 12:02 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1202 PM CST MON JAN 11 2010
.AVIATION...18Z TAFS
MOST OF THE MVFR CEILINGS HAVE THINNED OR SCATTERED OUT ACROSS
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA...WITH SOME BROKEN CLOUDS STILL OVER PARTS OF
THE ARROWHEAD. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF BROKEN MVFR CEILINGS
FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. MVFR CEILINGS WERE MORE WIDESPREAD OVER
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN PARTIALLY DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS BLOWING OVER
LAKE SUPERIOR. THERE WERE ALSO SOME SNOW SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY
ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE. THESE CLOUDS AND SNOW SHOWERS WILL DIMINISH
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN
FROM THE WEST.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL SUBSIDE TODAY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST EITHER
LATE TONIGHT OR ON TUESDAY. VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD PREVAIL FOR MOST
SITES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 958 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010/
UPDATE...
UPDATED MORNING GRIDS TO INC POPS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE
SUPERIOR. GRAVITY WAVE FEATURED SNOW BAND HAS DEVELOPED FROM
CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE BAYFIELD
PENINSULA. MODEL X SECTIONS INDICATE LOW LEVEL OMEGA FIELD AND
MOISTURE REMAINS IN LEE OF NORTH SHORE TERRAIN THROUGH AROUND
18Z. DRY AIR ADVECTING IN FROM THE NORTH WILL PUT AN END TO LAKE
INDUCED SNOW SHOWERS AFTER 18Z...AND HAVE CUT BACK POPS
SIGNIFICANTLY AFTER THIS TIME. THROUGH NOON TODAY...WE EXPECT ONLY
AN INCH TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE...INCLUDING
THE GOGEBIC RANGE OF ASHLAND AND IRON COUNTIES. WEBCAMS IN THE
HURLEY AREA INDICATE SNOW SHOWERS HERE HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY
SOMEWHAT OVER THE LAST HOUR. OTW...FORECAST IN GREAT SHAPE AND
HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO MAX T'S TODAY.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 806 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010/
AVIATION.../12Z TAF ISSUANCE/
MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS
MORNING...BUT THE CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY BREAK UP AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON...AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NW. LOCALIZED
IFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NW WI FOR A TIME THIS
MORNING AS WELL. BY MID TO LATE MORNING...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE
THE RULE.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 421 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010/
DISCUSSION...CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE RESIDING
OVER THE CEN GRT LAKES AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO NE ND/WRN MN.
NO CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FCST...SHORT TERM GRIDS ON TRACK. CONTINUED
TO GO BLW GUIDANCE FOR OVERNIGHT LOWS...ESPECIALLY IN THE IRON
RANGE/ARROWHEAD AREAS. CLR SKIES AND CALM WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR
STRONG RADIATIONAL COOLING. A SW TO W LLJ PUSHES E OVER THE FA
THROUGH THE DAY TUES WITH 925 MB WINDS INCREASING OUT OF THE W AT
40KT BY 21-00Z. THE NAM/GFS/ECM ARE ALL IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT 850
MB TEMPS WARM RAPIDLY INTO THE 5-8 C RANGE THROUGH THIS TIME. WENT
CLOSEST TO NAM FOR DAYTIME TEMPS TUES WITH THE WARMEST TEMPS
EXPECTED ALONG THE SHORES OF LK SUPERIOR DUE TO A WRLY FLOW AND
ADIABATIC HEATING.
EXTENDED...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. STRONG WAA WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SOME CLOUDS
WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA DUE TO THE WAA...BUT IT SHOULD REMAIN
DRY FOR THE MOST PART. THE NORTHLAND SHOULD BE IN THE WARM SECTOR OF
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES.
TEMPERATURES SHOULD GRADUALLY RISE THROUGH THE 20S AND INTO THE
30S...WITH THE WARMEST TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WITH CONSIDERABLE
SUNSHINE. WILL FINALLY BE ABLE TO GET RID OF A LOT OF ICE ON THE
ROADS AND SIDEWALKS FROM THE PREVIOUS STORM. THE BIG QUESTION IS
WHETHER THE MELTING WILL RESULT IN THE FORMATION OF STRATUS AND
POSSIBLY SOME DZ/FZDZ ACROSS THE AREA. THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR
MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK INDICATE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME MOISTURE
TRAPPING UNDER THE STRENGTHENING INVERSION...BUT NOT COMPLETELY
BUYING INTO IT YET. A COOL FRONT WILL DROP THROUGH THE REGION FROM
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...AS A COUPLE SHORTWAVES DROP INTO THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKES...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD STILL BE ABOVE NORMAL.
OVERALL...IT LOOKS LIKE A WARM AND FAIRLY QUIET PERIOD WITH PACIFIC
AIR DOMINATING THE ENTIRE NORTHERN STATES AND EVEN MUCH OF SOUTHERN
CANADA.
AVIATION...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA EARLY
THIS MORNING...BUT THE CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY BREAK UP AS THE
MORNING WEARS ON...AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN FROM THE NW. LOCALIZED IFR
CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NW WI FOR A TIME THIS MORNING AS
WELL. BY MID TO LATE MORNING...VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD BE THE RULE.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1126 PM CST SUN JAN 10 2010/
AVIATION...01/11/06Z ISSUANCE...
VFR WITH BKN-OVC WITH ISOLATED MVFR IN SNOW SHOWERS WILL IMPROVE
TO VFR CLEAR ACROSS NORTHEASTERN MN MONDAY MORNING. MVFR WITH OVC
CLOUDS AND SCATTERED IFR IN SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH ISOLATED LIFR IN SNOW SHOWERS ALONG
THE COAST FROM BAYFIELD PENINSULA ON EAST OVERNIGHT AND EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTHWESTERN WI WILL IMPROVE TO
VFR CLEAR LATE MONDAY MORNING.
&&
.POINT TEMPS/POPS...
DLH 21 2 29 16 / 10 0 0 0
INL 14 -6 29 13 / 10 0 0 0
BRD 19 4 29 14 / 10 0 0 0
HYR 22 -6 28 15 / 20 0 0 0
ASX 23 1 30 17 / 40 10 0 0
&&
.DLH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
LS...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR LSZ121-
146>148.
&&
MELDE/LONKAHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 805 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010 MNZ010>012-018>021-025-026-033>038-WIZ001>004-006>009-121415- 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- 805 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT UP TO A COUPLE INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING FOR THE SNOWBELT OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...MAINLY THE GOGEBIC RANGE IN IRON COUNTY FROM GURNEY TO GILE AND MONTREAL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. LSZ121-140>148-121415- 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- 805 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE NEARSHORE WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LONKA MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB ADDRESS: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DULUTH (ALL LOWER CASE)
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
A 94-year-old Pine City man who fell while retrieving his mail was discovered in his driveway unconscious, but breathing. He died in a hospital two days later. The official cause of death was hypothermia. The high temperature that day at Rush City, MN was 23F.
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