Event: Winter Storm Watch Alert: ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW - TopicsExpress



          

Event: Winter Storm Watch Alert: ...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT... .A POTENT AUTUMN STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A LARGE SWATH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM THE MORRIS AND GRANITE FALLS AREAS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO...TO MUCH OF WESTERN WISCONSIN CAN EXPECT 8 TO 12 INCHES OF WET SNOW FROM SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY TUESDAY... MOST OF WHICH WILL FALL FROM EARLY MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE DAY MONDAY...INCLUDING BOTH THE MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. FURTHER INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...LESSER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...AND THIS INCLUDES THE NEW ULM...MANKATO AND OWATONNA AREAS. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CREATE BLOWING SNOW CONCERNS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON. EXPECT TRAVEL ON MONDAY TO BE HEAVILY IMPACTED...AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED LONGER AS MUCH COLDER AIR SURGING IN BEHIND THIS STORM MAY KEEP ICY PATCHES OF COMPACTED SNOW ON THE ROADS. ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL START LATE SUNDAY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...TAPERING OFF TUESDAY MORNING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL LATE MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...8 TO 12 INCHES. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY PRODUCE BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING...PARTICULARLY THE MONDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. THIS WILL BE A WET SNOW WHICH MAY BE DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL. Instructions: 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. Target Area: Barron Chippewa Dunn Eau Claire Pepin Pierce Polk Rusk St. Croix Forecast Office: NWS Minneapolis (Southern Minnesota)
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:10:38 +0000

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