BLOWING SNOW AND BITTER COLD. .BLUSTERY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS...WIDESPREAD DRIFTING SNOW. AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF HIGHER WINDS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. WEST WINDS WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON. PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN ARE EXPECTED TO EXPERIENCE GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. THESE HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES AND RESTRICTED VISIBILITIES IN THE AREA FROM DODGEVILLE TO DARLINGTON... MONROE... MADISON AND JANESVILLE. HENCE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING IN THESE AREAS. THE ARCTIC FRONT WILL USHER BITTER COLD AIR INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. THE WINDS AND BITTER COLD WILL CONTINUE MONDAY AND TUESDAY...WITH THE DANGEROUS COLD CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. THE COLDEST PERIOD AND LOWEST WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL MOST AFFECT NORTH TO SOUTH ROADWAYS. SOME OF THESE ROADWAYS WILL BECOME BLOCKED BY SNOW IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY... ... WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM MONDAY TO NOON CST TUESDAY. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 PM CST MONDAY. * TIMING...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL TURN TO THE NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO 40 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL RESULT IN VISIBILITIES DECREASING TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES IN BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. LIGHT SNOW INTO THE EVENING WILL ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO LOWER VISIBILITIES. * WIND CHILL VALUES...FALLING TO 20 TO 35 BELOW TONIGHT AND MONDAY...WITH 35 TO 50 BELOW ZERO MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND FALLING WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE TREACHEROUS DRIVING AND DANGEROUS WEATHER CONDITIONS. BRIEF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED IN OPEN AND RURAL AREAS. NORTH TO SOUTH ORIENTATED ROADS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED BY THE BLOWING SNOW. THE BITTER COLD WIND CHILLS CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN IN 10 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTERMITTENTLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. && A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INTERMITTENTLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE. THESE CONDITIONS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD... AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. (KMKXdanectywius486454536) For more information go to: danecty.alertingsolutions
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 19:58:49 +0000
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