Winter Wonderland

December 13th, 2005 | Comments (1) | Trackbacks (0) |


Snowy

From the National Weather Service:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
3:09 PM CST TUE DEC 13 2005

…WINTER STORM TO BRING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE REGION…

A WINTER STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE OVER SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN AND THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST REGION BY LATE TONIGHT… SPREADING SNOW INTO IOWA AND MINNESOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT. THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST INTO WISCONSIN WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE FOR THIS STORM SYSTEM TO WORK WITH. CURRENT FORECASTS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DECORAH…CHARLES CITY…OELWEIN… ROCHESTER…AUSTIN.

A HEAVY SNOW WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

I am supposed to drive to Chicago on Friday to spend a week hanging with Mike. Hopefully the weather permits me to.

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shoot. i am supposed to drive HOME from chicago. let’s hope the weather permits that. thanks for the heads up :)

Posted by Molly on December 13, 2005

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