Good morning folks, are ya ready for the big one i am bring it on and lets see how many morons don't slow down for the roads. Today we can look for Snow. Steady temperature around 29. North northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible. Tonight we can look for Snow and areas of blowing snow. Low around 13. Wind chill values between -4 and 6. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 11 to 14 mph increasing to between 22 and 25 mph. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Current temp is 26.7 °F
Light Snow
Windchill: 27 °F
Humidity: 90%
Dew Point: 24 °F
Wind: 2.0 mph from the WNW
Wind Gust: 4.0 mph
Pressure: 28.47 in (Rising)
Visibility: 1.0 miles
UV: 0 out of 16
Pollen: .10 out of 12
Pollen Forecast new!
Clouds:
Overcast 500 ft
(Above Ground Level)
Elevation: 1404 ft
Winter Storm Warning.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
...SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY INTO TUESDAY...
.A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST
CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM
GRANITE FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS...FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR
THE REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM THIS
EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT...AS WARMER
TEMPERATURES WILL REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL.
IN THE WARNING AREA OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND PERSIST INTO
TUESDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES APPEAR
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM JUST WEST OF A LINE
FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO LITTLE FALLS. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
SNOWFALL...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
OCCASIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH A
TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURRING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. DURING THE
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD...LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE. AFTER THE SNOW BEGINS...IT WILL THEN CONTINUE THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE WESTERN PORTION OF
THE ADVISORY AREA WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 2 TO 5 INCHES FROM
MILACA...TO BUFFALO...TO REDWOOD FALLS. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE
EXPECTED TOWARD THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE TWIN
CITIES...WHERE TOTALS IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE ARE MORE LIKELY.
ADDITIONALLY...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH MAY ALSO FURTHER
REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.
MNZ041-047-048-054>056-064-300430-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0005.101129T2100Z-101201T0000Z/
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...MORRIS...GLENWOOD...
MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS
220 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 8 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH LEADING
TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...MEANS
SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. LARGE
AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST WHICH WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OR
DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT ...FOOD...WATER...AND CLOTHING INSIDE THE PASSENGER
COMPARTMENT FOR EASY ACCESS IN CASE YOU ARE LEFT STRANDED.
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Short Term Forecast.
SHORT TERM FORECAST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
238 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
MNZ041-042-047>049-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-292245-
BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MARTIN-POPE-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...FAIRMONT...
MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR
238 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
.NOW...
A LARGE OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF MINNESOTA
AND THE EASTERN DAKOTAS.
THE RAIN SNOW LINE IS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND WEST
OF BRAINERD...LITTLE FALLS...SAINT CLOUD...TO BUFFALO AND NEW ULM...
SAINT JAMES...AND FAIRMONT.
EXPECT PERIODS OF SNOW WEST OF THIS LINE OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF
MINNESOTA THE REST OF TODAY.
AN INCH OR TWO ACCUMULATION FROM...ALEXANDRIA...TO GLENWOOD...
BENSON...GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS.
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA...HEAVIER SNOW
BANDS ARE LOCATED OUT ACROSS THE WESTERN QUARTER OF MINNESOTA TOO...
NEAR CANBY...MADISON...APPLETON...MILAN...AND MORRIS...2 TO 4 INCH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE HERE. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL
BE A PROBLEM.
FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA MIXED PRECIPITATION CHANGING TO ALL
SNOW...SOME ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.
A STEADY RAIN IS FALLING ALONG I-35 FROM ALBERT LEA NORTHWARD ACROSS
EASTERN MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITY METRO...UP TOWARDS LAKE
MILLE LACS AND DULUTH.
EXPECT RAIN FOR WESTERN WISCONSIN...WITH A MIX OF OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
301815-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
1207 PM CST MON NOV 29 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH HEAVY SNOW BECOMING POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
TONIGHT. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
FROM MORRIS TO SAUKE CENTRE AND LITTLE FALLS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH TONIGHT...WHICH WILL RESULT IN
BLOWING AND DRIFTING AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
TO THE EAST ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE
TWIN CITIES...RAIN WILL MIX WITH SNOW THIS EVENING...AND THEN
TRANSITION TO SNOW TONIGHT. LESSER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE ONE TO
THREE INCH RANGE WILL BE MORE LIKELY...ALTHOUGH INCREASING
NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL NOT
OCCUR UNTIL CLOSER TO DAYBREAK TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
SNOW WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA ON TUESDAY. STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...AND CAUSE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING IN LOCATIONS WITH NEWLY FALLEN SNOW.
THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE REGION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS AND SNOWFALL OBSERVERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
hope your weather is awesome in your area.