URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
351 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...ACCUMULATING SNOW TODAY INTO TONIGHT...
.WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TODAY
INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST DUE TO ENHANCEMENT FROM LAKE MICHIGAN.
1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW FELL OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES NEAR LAKE
MICHIGAN...TO 4 TO 6 INCHES FOR MADISON AND POINTS WEST.
A MAJOR CONCERN IS THE EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF WIDESPREAD BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. EAST TO NORTHEAST
WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING...WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE
NORTH AND STEADILY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS MAY
GUST TO NEAR 35 MPH AT TIMES OVER THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT...AND IN
THE RANGE OF 25 TO 30 MPH OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS.
THE SNOW IS VERY LIGHT AND DRY AND WILL BLOW AROUND VERY EASILY.
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR NEAR LAKE MICHIGAN TONIGHT.
ALL OF THIS IS THE RESULT OF A STRENGTHENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS ILLINOIS AND UP THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT.
THIS IS THE SAME STORM SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO POUND THE MID
ATLANTIC STATES WITH ANOTHER PUNISHING BLOW OF HEAVY SNOW.
THE SNOW WILL END BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BUT THE WINDS WILL NOT
DECREASE UNTIL LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-SAUK-COLUMBIA-IOWA-DANE-LAFAYETTE-GREEN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTELLO...BERLIN...BARABOO...PORTAGE...
WISCONSIN DELLS...DODGEVILLE...MADISON...DARLINGTON...MONROE
351 AM CST TUE FEB 9 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW TODAY INTO THIS EVENING...DIMINISHING AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE
TONIGHT.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS OF 10 MPH WILL SHIFT TO NORTHEAST BY EARLY
AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND A RELATIVELY DRY POWDERY
SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLUSTERY
NORTH WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT RESULTING IN CONTINUED TREACHEROUS
TRAVEL CONDITIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO
LESS THAN ONE HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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