More Info On This Upcoming Winter Storm

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
117 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...ARCTIC BLAST OF WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT TRACKS
FROM THE PLAINS STATES UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS
TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE FINER DETAILS REMAIN DIFFICULT
TO PIN DOWN...WE DO EXPECT SNOW AND COLD TO IMPACT THE REGION.
VERY COLD AIR WAS CURRENTLY INVADING THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WHERE
TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN 20 TO 30 DEGREES SINCE THIS MORNING
BEHIND A STRONG COLD FRONT. AS THIS SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND
APPROACHES THE AREA...IT WILL DRAW IN THIS COLD AIR...LEADING TO
SNOW DEVELOPMENT BY TUESDAY MORNING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT
TIMES...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE. AND THERE COULD
ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. WINDS
WILL ALSO BECOME VERY STRONG AND GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS AND OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. FINALLY...WHILE THE DAY MAY
DAWN WITH TEMPERATURES QUITE MILD FOR JANUARY...THE COLD AIR WILL
QUICKLY MOVE IN...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE DAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND COLD
WILL SEND WIND CHILL VALUES DOWN TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY
LATE IN THE DAY.
THIS POTENT COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD...AND THE TIME
OF DAY FOR THE CHANGING WEATHER...COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. THOSE
LEAVING THE HOUSE WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S MAY NOT BE PREPARED
FOR THE EXTREME COLD THAT WILL BE SEEN LATER IN THE DAY. BE SURE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION ON THIS DEVELOPING
SITUATION. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE ISSUED LATER AS THE
DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
117 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BY MID-DAY. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE AREA AS THE
FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
FINALLY... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE
FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
117 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE AREA AS
THE FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
FINALLY... GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE
FRONT...WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
MW
.A ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL BLAST SOUTHEASTWARD OVER THE AREA
TONIGHT...BRINGING A STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW OF BITTERLY COLD
AIR...AND AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TUESDAY.
BEADLE-KINGSBURY-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-BON HOMME-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HURON...DE SMET...ARLINGTON...
LAKE PRESTON...GREGORY...BURKE...WESSINGTON SPRINGS...ALPENA...
WOONSOCKET...HOWARD...CHAMBERLAIN...KIMBALL...PLANKINTON...
WHITE LAKE...STICKNEY...MITCHELL...ALEXANDRIA...EMERY...WAGNER...
PLATTE...LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT...
PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...TYNDALL...SCOTLAND...
SPRINGFIELD...AVON...TABOR
316 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BRING WIND
CHILLS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. BLOWING SNOW SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP IN
ASSOCIATION WITH UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
LYON-SIOUX-LINCOLN-MURRAY-NOBLES-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-BROOKINGS-
LAKE-MOODY-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-TURNER-YANKTON-CLAY-UNION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...ORANGE CITY...SIOUX CENTER...TYLER...HENDRICKS...
LAKE BENTON...IVANHOE...MARSHALL...SLAYTON...FULDA...
WORTHINGTON...PIPESTONE...LUVERNE...WAKEFIELD...PONCA...ALLEN...
BROOKINGS...MADISON...FLANDREAU...SALEM...CANISTOTA...
BRIDGEWATER...MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKER...CENTERVILLE...
MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR..CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...
HARRISBURG...YANKTON...VERMILLION...NORTH SIOUX CITY...
BERESFORD...ELK POINT...ALCESTER...JEFFERSON
316 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 9 PM CST
TUESDAY.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BRING WIND
CHILLS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. BLOWING SNOW SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP IN OPEN AREAS IN
ASSOCIATION WITH UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-BUENA VISTA-
WOODBURY-IDA-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-DAKOTA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK...SHELDON...HARTLEY...SANBORN...SPENCER...LE MARS...
CHEROKEE...STORM LAKE...SIOUX CITY...IDA GROVE...HOLSTEIN...
BATTLE CREEK...WINDOM...MOUNTAIN LAKE...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD...
SOUTH SIOUX CITY
316 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 40 MPH WILL BRING WIND
CHILLS DROPPING TO 20 BELOW TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH TUESDAY.
BLOWING SNOW SHOULD ALSO DEVELOP IN OPEN AREAS IN ASSOCIATION
WITH UP TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...VERY STRONG WINDS AND SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...
.A STRONG ARCTIC FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON THURSDAY.
STRONG LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AND MOVE RAPIDLY
TO THE NORTHEAST. THE RESULTANT SNOW...VERY STRONG WINDS ON THE
BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED TO
CAUSE SERIOUS TRAVEL PROBLEMS.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD
328 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 8 PM CST TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA SHORTLY
AFTER SUNRISE. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW. THERE IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS MAY BE SEEN IN RURAL AREAS.
THE SNOW WILL END BY EARLY EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING TUESDAY
NIGHT.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF
MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION.
CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-
JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-
BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....
FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...
ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...
HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH..CARTHAGE...MACOMB...
MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
328 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM CST
TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE
MORNING HOURS. VERY STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50
MPH WILL COMBINE WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW TO CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A VERY
REAL POSSIBILITY THAT WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY BE SEEN IN RURAL
AREAS.
THE SNOW WILL END BY MID EVENING WITH WINDS DIMINISHING LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE ONE-HALF
MILE OR LESS DUE TO STRONG WINDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL AND ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH
YOUR DESTINATION.
...ARCTIC BLAST OF WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY...
.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO GATHER STRENGTH AS IT TRACKS
FROM THE PLAINS STATES UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT INTO
TUESDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM LOOKS LIKE IT COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUS
WEATHER CONDITIONS TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE EXACT
DETAILS REMAIN DIFFICULT TO PIN DOWN...SNOW AND COLD WILL IMPACT
THE REGION.
VERY COLD AIR WAS CURRENTLY INVADING THE NORTHERN PLAINS...WHERE
TEMPERATURES HAVE FALLEN OVER 40 DEGREES DURING THE DAY BEHIND A
STRONG COLD FRONT. IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA...TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR
40 AT SUNRISE. AS OF 3 PM...READINGS HAD FALLEN INTO THE SINGLE
DIGITS BELOW ZERO. AND TEMPERATURES WERE NEAR 25 BELOW IN SOUTHERN
SASKATCHEWAN. THIS FRONT AND COLD AIR WILL ARRIVE TUESDAY MORNING.
AS THE STORM SYSTEM STRENGTHENS AND APPROACHES THE AREA...IT WILL
DRAW IN THIS COLD AIR...LEADING TO SNOW DEVELOPMENT BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WITH ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 6
INCHES POSSIBLE. AND THERE COULD ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET
AS THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS. WINDS WILL ALSO BECOME VERY STRONG
AND GUSTY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER
40 MPH. THIS WILL RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WITH
BLIZZARD-LIKE CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS AND OVER
HIGHER TERRAIN. FINALLY...WHILE THE DAY MAY DAWN WITH TEMPERATURES
QUITE MILD FOR JANUARY...THE COLD AIR WILL QUICKLY MOVE IN...WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THE
DAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND COLD WILL SEND WIND CHILL VALUES
DOWN TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY LATE IN THE DAY.
THIS POTENT COMBINATION OF SNOW...WIND...AND COLD...AND THE TIME
OF DAY FOR THE CHANGING WEATHER...COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS. THOSE
LEAVING THE HOUSE IN THE MORNING WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S MAY
NOT BE PREPARED FOR THE EXTREME COLD THAT WILL BE SEEN LATER IN
THE DAY. BE SURE TO MONITOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION
ON THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION. WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES WILL BE
ISSUED LATER AS THE DETAILS BECOME MORE CLEAR.
MITCHELL-HOWARD-FLOYD-CHICKASAW-WABASHA-DODGE-OLMSTED-MOWER-
FILLMORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHARLES CITY...ROCHESTER...AUSTIN
345 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BY MID-DAY. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE AREA AS THE
FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
FINALLY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE FRONT...
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
WINNESHIEK-ALLAMAKEE-FAYETTE-CLAYTON-WINONA-HOUSTON-TAYLOR-CLARK-
BUFFALO-TREMPEALEAU-JACKSON-LA CROSSE-MONROE-JUNEAU-ADAMS-VERNON-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DECORAH...WAUKON...OELWEIN...WINONA...
MEDFORD...NEILLSVILLE...BLACK RIVER FALLS...LA CROSSE...
SPARTA/TOMAH...MAUSTON...VIROQUA...PRAIRIE DU CHIEN...
RICHLAND CENTER...PLATTEVILLE
345 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING
THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
A STRONG WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINING A THREAT FOR SNOW...STRONG WINDS...AND
EXTREME COLD. TUESDAY WILL START OUT MILD FOR JANUARY...WITH
TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S. BUT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
DURING THE MORNING...WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING RAPIDLY INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS BY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL ALSO FALL ON THE AREA AS THE
FRONT PASSES...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE.
FINALLY...GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE SEEN BEHIND THE FRONT...
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH OR MORE. THIS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR BLIZZARD-LIKE
CONDITIONS...AS WELL AS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR BLOWING CONDITIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
$$
MW
...WINTRY BLAST EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY...
.AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL COME BARRELING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
REGION TONIGHT BRINGING SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES...SCATTERED
SNOW SHOWERS AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES. THE COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH ALONG AND NORFOLK TO WAYNE LINE BY
MIDNIGHT.
KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...
NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK
332 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 1 PM CST
TUESDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE TO
BELOW ZERO BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING AS AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT
PUSHES ACROSS THE REGION EARLY TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BEHIND THIS
FRONT...WHICH WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 BELOW TO 30
BELOW ZERO FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TUESDAY. IN
ADDITION...SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY MORNING. ALTHOUGH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE MOSTLY AN
INCH OR LESS...THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
AND LOCALLY POOR VISIBILITIES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT TO BRING STRONG WINDS AND COLD
TEMPERATURES WITH THE THREAT OF SOME SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...
.A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLOW INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS EVENING REACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH AS
VERY COLD AIR BLASTS ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY AND A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY.
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT COULD REACH 2 OR 3 INCHES IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE BLOWING WITH SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS
POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 30 BELOW IN WESTERN MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EVENING. EVEN COLDER WIND
CHILLS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT.
MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-
HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-
RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...
CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE...
ST. PAUL...STILLWATER...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...WASECA...OWATONNA...
ALBERT LEA...AMERY...BALSAM LAKE...RICE LAKE...BARRON...
LADYSMITH...HUDSON...NEW RICHMOND...RIVER FALLS...PRESCOTT...
MENOMONIE...BOYCEVILLE...DURAND...PEPIN...CHIPPEWA FALLS...
BLOOMER...EAU CLAIRE...ALTOONA
259 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLOW INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS EVENING REACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH AS
VERY COLD AIR BLASTS ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY AND A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY.
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA BUT COULD REACH 2 OR 3 INCHES IN WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN INTO SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW
WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE BLOWING WITH SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS
POSSIBLE. WIND CHILLS WILL REACH 30 BELOW IN WESTERN MINNESOTA BY
TUESDAY MORNING WITH 20 TO 25 BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN BY EVENING. EVEN COLDER WIND
CHILLS LIE AHEAD FOR TUESDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...
LITTLE FALLS...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...ST. CLOUD...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...
ST. JAMES...MANKATO...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH
259 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PLOW INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS EVENING REACHING WESTERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY MORNING.
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL GUST TO 30 TO 40 MPH AS
VERY COLD AIR BLASTS ACROSS THE AREA. BEHIND THE FRONT
TEMPERATURES WILL FALL QUICKLY AND A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY.
SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS ACROSS WESTERN
AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ANY NEWLY FALLEN SNOW WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE
BLOWING WITH SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS POSSIBLE. WIND
CHILLS WILL REACH 30 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING...WITH EVEN COLDER
WIND CHILLS TUESDAY NIGHT.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON
AND NIGHT...
.A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA TONIGHT.
A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN FROM
WEST TO EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON ON
TUESDAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 60 MPH BY
EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD AND
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO
A BLIZZARD WARNING IF CONFIDENCE FOR HEAVIER SNOW AND GUARANTEED
1/4 VISIBILITIES INCREASE.
IN ADDITION...AS ARCTIC AIR POURS INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE SINGLE DIGITS
AND EVENTUALLY BELOW ZERO. COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS...WIND
CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON.
MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE...
JANESVILLE...BELOIT
349 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY...
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM TUESDAY TO
12 PM CST WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
A POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH SOUTHERN
WISCONSIN FROM WEST TO EAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON. A SECONDARY LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL THEN FORM ALONG THE COLD FRONT DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON ON TUESDAY...PRODUCING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY MORNING WILL INCREASE TO
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 60 MPH BY
EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW THAT FALLS...PRODUCING NEAR BLIZZARD AND
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. BECAUSE CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THIS WINTER STORM WATCH MAY BE UPGRADED TO
A BLIZZARD WARNING IF CONFIDENCE FOR HEAVIER SNOW AND GUARANTEED
1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES INCREASE.
THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH ARCTIC TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW
ZERO TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALSO LEAD TO WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO
30 BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN HEAVY SNOW...AND/OR SLEET...
AND/OR FREEZING RAIN MAY COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO CAUSE MAJOR
IMPACTS TO COMMERCE AND SOCIETY. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD
AIR TEMPERATURES...AND WINDS OF 10 MPH OR GREATER...WILL CREATE
HAZARDOUS WIND CHILL VALUES OF BETWEEN 20 BELOW TO 34 BELOW ZERO
FOR 3 HOURS OR LONGER. THESE CONDITIONS WILL RESULT IN FROST
BITE...AND COULD LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA... IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT
TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...WEAR SEVERAL LAYERS OF
CLOTHING. IF CLOTHES BECOME WET...THEY SHOULD BE CHANGED FOR DRY
ONES.
...STRONG WIND AND PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT NORTHERN
IOWA ON TUESDAY...
.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL DROP TEMPERATURES ALL DAY. SNOWFALL
WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT BUT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE NOT
EXPECTED TO BE MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO. THE LARGER PROBLEM WILL
BE STRONG WIND BLOWING THE SNOW AROUND AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES.
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY...POCAHONTAS...
HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY..SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA...
GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...DENISON...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...
BOONE...AMES...MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO
350 PM CST MON JAN 28 2008
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
THE PASSING OF A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE A NORTHWEST WIND AT 20 TO
35 MPH WITH GUSTS ABOVE 40 MPH AT TIMES. THE WIND COMBINED WITH
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF NEW SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITIES TO BE
REDUCED AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. IN ADDITION TO
THIS...TEMPERATURES WILL TUMBLE FROM THE 20S IN THE MORNING TO
NEAR ZERO BY THE EVENING COMMUTE.
A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.