Winter Storm Watch For Parts of Mid West

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
1:57 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007
MAJOR SNOW AND ICE STORM EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

POLAR HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDWEST ON FRIDAY, BRINGING A FRESH
SURGE OF COLDER AIR ON NORTHWEST WINDS INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. MEANWHILE, A
DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS WILL SPREAD COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF
MOISTURE OVER THIS COLD DOME SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. PRECIPITATION
WILL START AS SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN CHANGE TO SLEET AND
EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING IS POSSIBLE ON TOP OF SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW, PERHAPS EXCEEDING ONE HALF INCH OF ICE.

TEMPERATURES WILL FINALLY RISE ABOVE FREEZING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
OR EARLY SUNDAY AS THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF TO LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE.

MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...FOND DU LAC...
SHEBOYGAN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...WISCONSIN DELLS...BEAVER DAM...
WEST BEND...PORT WASHINGTON...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...JEFFERSON...
LAKE MILLS...WAUKESHA...BROOKFIELD...MILWAUKEE...DARLINGTON...
MONROE...JANESVILLE...BELOIT...ELKHORN...LAKE GENEVA...RACINE...
KENOSHA

1:57 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007
WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SATURDAY
NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BEFORE THE
PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SLEET AND THEN EVENTUALLY FREEZING RAIN. HIGHEST
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE FOND DU LAC AND SHEBOYGAN AREAS WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS TOWARD THE ILLINOIS BORDER.

OF MORE CONCERN IS THE AMOUNT OF GLAZE THAT COULD ACCUMULATE ON TOP OF THE
SNOW BY SATURDAY NIGHT. CURRENT INDICATES ARE THAT WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATIONS
OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, TOTALING ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH, WILL FALL
ON TOP OF THE SNOW. NEEDLESS TO SAY, TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD BECOME VERY
DIFFICULT. THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS TO DAMAGE TREES AND
POWERLINES ALSO NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED.

ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD LIKELY BE HIGHEST AWAY FROM THE WARMER SHORES OF
LAKE MICHIGAN.

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.

CRAVEN