3 potential precip events over the next 5 days for the Twin Cities area. Goto the Hazardous Weather Outlook at 3:38.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
636 PM CST FRI NOV 19 2010
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THE PATTERN IS VERY ACTIVE IN THE EXTENDED...WHERE THREE
DIFFERENT SYSTEMS COULD BRING WINTER WEATHER TO MINNESOTA AND
WISCONSIN. THE FIRST STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD LIGHT
PRECIPITATION ACROSS MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY
NIGHT AND SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL COME
AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND WILL LIKELY COME IN THE FORM OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE IN FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AS
TEMPERATURES WARM ON SUNDAY...THERE SHOULD BE A CHANGE OVER TO ALL
RAIN BY THE LATE MORNING. LIGHT SNOW IS MORE LIKELY IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.
THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BE A COLDER
SYSTEM AND COULD BRING A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW TO THE
AREA. THERE MAY ONLY BE A SHORT WINDOW OF CLEARING ON SUNDAY
BEFORE THIS SYSTEM MOVES IN EARLY MONDAY. THE SNOW SHOULD COME TO
AN END MONDAY EVENING. RIGHT NOW TUESDAY LOOKS COOL...CLOUDY...
AND MOSTLY DRY.
THE THIRD SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE EARLY WEDNESDAY AND LAST THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. THIS IS A VERY ENERGETIC SYSTEM AND ALSO LOOKS COLD
ENOUGH FOR ALL SNOW. HOWEVER...THE LOCATION OF THE BEST
ACCUMULATING SNOW IS STILL UNCERTAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE
MUCH COLDER DURING THIS PERIOD...WHICH WOULD YIELD A FLUFFY SNOW
WITH HIGH SNOW RATIOS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME WIND WITH THIS
SYSTEM AND THERE COULD BE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. THOSE WITH
THANKSGIVING TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
FORECAST. THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES OF THE SEASON SO FAR WILL BE
OBSERVED THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
For the Hazardous Weather Outlook (best part) go to 3:38.
MNweatherGuy 1 year ago