SNOWFALL TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY TODAY...
.SNOW WILL BEGIN TO ACCUMULATE MORESO TODAY AND LIKELY HAVE
GREATER TRAVEL IMPACTS AS SNOWFALL RATES INCREASE DURING THIS
LONG DURATION EVENT. THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MODERATE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA BY MID TO LATE MORNING AND LAST THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GRADUALLY LIGHTENING IN INTENSITY
OVERNIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TEMPORARY HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN WEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
AS OF EARLY MONDAY MORNING...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SINCE SUNDAY OF
TWO TO FIVE INCHES HAVE BEEN MEASURED OR ESTIMATED ACROSS A LARGE
PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TODAY OF THREE TO FIVE
INCHES WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH ONE
TO TWO INCHES IN WESTERN WISCONSIN. THIS WILL LIKELY HAVE LARGE
IMPACTS ON THE EVENING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. TONIGHT WILL BRING
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO THREE INCHES. FURTHER
LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING. THE HIGHER GRAND
TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS STORM...EXPECTED BY MIDDAY
TUESDAY...WILL BE REALIZED FROM ALEXANDRIA SOUTHWARD TOWARDS
WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON...AND FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS THE MINNESOTA
RIVER VALLEY AND MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AMOUNTS IN THIS
AREA SINCE SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BETWEEN 8 AND 13 INCHES.
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WILL LIKELY SEE 5 TO 9 INCH
TOTALS FROM THE NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN IS
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FOUR TO SIX INCH TOTALS.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN FAR WESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY
WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH WILL SPREAD
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO THE
SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER IN WEST CENTRAL LOCATIONS...TO INCLUDE MADISON
AND GRANITE FALLS. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM TUESDAY
FOR ALEXANDRIA...LITCHFIELD...LITTLE FALLS...ST CLOUD...AND
WILLMAR. THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING LASTS THROUGH NOON ON
TUESDAY...INCLUDING A LARGE PORTION OF THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA...AS WELL AS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...INCLUDING ALBERT LEA...MANKATO...RED WING...AND
REDWOOD FALLS. THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDES A LARGE PORTION
OF THE INTERSTATE 35...90...AND 94 CORRIDORS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY
FOR PARTS OF FAR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN.
THIS INCLUDES THE FAR EASTERN TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...
CAMBRIDGE...MENOMONIE...NEW RICHMOND...AND MORA.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES FROM THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
MNZ060-062-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-081915-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100209T1800Z/
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...OLIVIA...
HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...BURNSVILLE...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...
RED WING...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...
BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
509 AM CST MON FEB 8 2010
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TUESDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TUESDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THIS MORNING LASTING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...WITH A GRADUAL TAPERING OVERNIGHT INTO
TUESDAY MORNING.
* MAIN IMPACT...DAYTIME SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES. STORM
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS BY TUESDAY MORNING...SINCE
SUNDAY...BETWEEN 6 AND 11 INCHES.
* OTHER IMPACTS...GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP RESULT IN AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING
VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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