Winter storm warnings

This looks like it is turning into a big one here, lots of ice and wet heavy snow is really going to be nasty.
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Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010

...WINTRY MIX TO AFFECT PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY...

.LOW PRESSURE EVOLVING EAST OF THE ROCKIES TODAY WILL LIFT
NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SATURDAY. THIS WILL DRAW WARM
AND MOIST AIR INTO THE REGION LATER TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS
FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING AND SNOW ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN
MINNESOTA... WITH LESS SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO THE SOUTH AND
EAST WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM MORE DRAMATICALLY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET
TOWARD EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THEN DEVELOP
EASTWARD OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. ABOVE
FREEZING TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND SUB-FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A THREAT OF FREEZING RAIN TO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY ON SATURDAY... WITH A MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LIKELY GIVING WAY TO ALL RAIN ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOME SNOW AND SLEET COULD ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY.

COOLER AIR SHOULD BEGIN TO FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA FROM WEST TO
EAST SATURDAY NIGHT... ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY IN
HOW THINGS WILL UNFOLD BEYOND SATURDAY. WHEN COLDER AIR DOES
ARRIVE... IT WILL ALLOW PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW
ACROSS THE AREA.

A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA ROUGHLY WEST
OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO REDWOOD FALLS... FOR TONIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS
OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL
MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AND ROUGHLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO RICE
LAKE.

SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS ON THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR THAT WILL LIFT
INTO THE AREA WITH THIS STORM... MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO ASSESS
PRECISELY HOW MUCH SNOW AND ICE WILL OCCUR... AND EXACTLY WHEN
THE CHANGES IN PRECIPITATION TYPE WILL OCCUR. HOWEVER... THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING
AREA... WITH LESSER BUT STILL CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS EXPECTED IN THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AREA. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST
FORECASTS CONCERNING THIS STORM.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS...
GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
1150 AM CST FRI JAN 22 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SOME SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6
PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING... FREEZING RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SLEET WILL MOVE INTO THE
AREA BY THIS EVENING... AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO FREEZING
RAIN AND SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT... ICE ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF TWO TENTHS OF AN
INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS... PARTICULARLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE WEIGHT OF THE ICE
AND WET SNOW WILL POSSIBLY RESULT IN POWER OUTAGES DUE TO
DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

yea same here

it sucks out there. let the dog out and went for a ride! lot of ice and wind.

Supposed to be in the 40s here tomorrow and rain. Could screw up my ice fishing, but it's gonna get cold again after the weekend.

bassfisher wrote:

it sucks out there. let the dog out and went for a ride! lot of ice and wind.

Same here Adam, went out to see what things were doing and about went on my ass on the ramp, trees are making not good sounds with all the ice and wind.

Sorry that you're in a winter storm warning, Mike.... I sure hope you don't share that shit with me.... Today we're supposed to get a high of 41 degrees... So, hopefully ALL the snow will melt, other than the BIG piles that are all over the place from plowing the parking lots...

Today...Windy. Sunny in the morning...then partly cloudy with slight chance of showers early in the afternoon. Partly cloudy with chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the late afternoon. Highs in the upper 60s. Southeast winds 10 to 20 mph with higher gusts increasing to south 20 to 30 mph with gusts to near 35 mph in the afternoon. The chance of rain 40 percent.

Looks like we have better weather than u=all

sunny n warm here mike about 70 degrees ......oh crap thats the light on the celing an the furnace

Its been warm here but the cold wnater is making for alot of fog.

That is what we have right now is heavy fog, snow again for tonight there talking but 40mph winds by midnight.

We have had springlike weather for the last week but it's supposed to change starting tomorrow. Maybe a little snow by Thursday.

We're supposed to get 1-2 inches of snow tonight with wind gusts up to 40 MPH. Then, get up to another inch tomorrow..... Thanks, Mike.... Shut the damned door, will ya?????? LOLOL

Well i can send ya the Blizzard we are having right now, it really sucks i will tell ya that.

North Star wrote:

Well i can send ya the Blizzard we are having right now, it really sucks i will tell ya that.

Hell no! I don't want that shit for love nor money..... It's pneumonia weather here right now and that's bad enough...

Blizzard Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO THIS EVENING...

.A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. THE WARNING IS
MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA...TO LITCHFIELD...TO
OWATONNA. AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHERN ONTARIO
CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHEAST OVER CANADA OVER THE NEXT
DAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR 50
MPH WILL ACCOMPANY THE LIGHT SNOWFALL OVER WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE
QUARTER MILE...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN COUNTRY. THIS WILL
CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...WHICH COULD BE LIFE THREATENING
IF BECOMING STRANDED OR DISORIENTED.


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NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...
GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...REDWOOD FALLS...
NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...
FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
920 AM CST MON JAN 25 2010

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED
A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.


* TIMING...VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY TONIGHT.

* MAIN IMPACT...BLOWING SNOW LIMITING VISIBILITIES TO UNDER ONE
QUARTER MILE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...DRIVING WILL BE DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES SUCH AS PANEL TRUCKS AND SEMIS.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

We didn't get all the snow that they were calling for. We did, however get the wind they were calling for. I'm sure the snow is on it's way though... Guess we will just have to watch and see what transpires today and into the end of the week.

What a change from being in the 20's and 30's in the morning to being -6 degree in the morning and more than likely won't get much higher.