Periods of rain, freezing drizzle, and fog impacted travel conditions overnight Christmas into the early morning of December 26th. The freezing precipitation resulted in light icing, primarily in areas north of I-94, with various reports noting anywhere from a glaze to a few hundredths of ice accumulation.
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The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Periods of rain, freezing drizzle, and fog impacted travel conditions overnight Christmas into the early morning of December 26th. The freezing precipitation resulted in light icing, primarily in areas north of I-94, with various reports noting anywhere from a glaze to a few hundredths of ice accumulation. The worst travel conditions from the freezing precipitation were mainly in the first few hours of the day after midnight.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The AWOS at L O Simenstad Municipal Airport reported a few hours of freezing drizzle. CoCoRaHS observers reported freezing drizzle 2 miles southwest of Frederic and 3 miles northwest of Turtle Lake.
The AWOS at Rice Lake Regional-Carl's Field reported multiple hours of freezing drizzle. CoCoRaHS observers reported freezing drizzle produced a glaze of ice accumulation 7 miles northwest of Rice Lake and 2 miles southeast of Chetek.
CoCoRaHS observers reported that freezing drizzle 4 miles southwest of Knapp produced a glaze of ice accumulation on flat surfaces.
CoCoRaHS observers reported that heavy freezing fog 5 miles southwest of Spring Valley produced a thin layer of ice accumulation.
The AWOS at Menomonie Municipal Airport-Score Field reported multiple hours of freezing drizzle. CoCoRaHS observers reported two tenths of an inch of ice accumulation in Menomonie.
The AWOS at Rusk County Airport reported multiple hours of freezing drizzle. A CoCoRaHS observer reported that freezing drizzle produced a very slippery glaze of ice.
The ASOS at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport reported multiple hours of freezing drizzle. A CoCoRaHS observer reported a thin layer of ice accumulation on their snowboard in one mile east of Chippewa Falls.
The ASOS at Chippewa Valley Regional Airport reported multiple hours of freezing drizzle. CoCoRaHS observers reported that a glaze of ice had created very slippery conditions 5 miles northwest of Eleva and 3 miles south of Eau Claire.
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