Monday, December 07, 2009

Well, Well, Looks Like Winter May Well Be Here To Stay, & I Still Have Horse Fence Issues

The following is from our local NOAA office, in Duluth, MN.
...LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST
THIS EVENING...

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A LAKE EFFECT SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATING LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE GOGEBIC RANGE. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH THE NEXT ROUND OF ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED TO BEGIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AFFECTING ASHLAND AND HURLEY.

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING OVER THE GOGEBIC RANGE...ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 77 CORRIDOR FROM MELLEN TO HURLEY. IT WILL ALSO IMPACT AREAS OF HIGHWAY 2. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WITH THE SECOND STORM ARE EXPECTED TO BE AT LEAST 8 TO 12 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 16 INCHES...FROM TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

* NORTHEAST TO NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE WINDS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT COULD CREATE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

* ROAD CONDITIONS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE RAPIDLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. DANGEROUS ROAD AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.

* STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS THAT MAY AFFECT SOME POWER LINES AND AREA ROADS. IN ADDITION...COLD ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION AS THE STORM DEPARTS... WITH WIND CHILL VALUES DROPPING INTO THE TEENS AND 20S BELOW ZERO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.




Teens & 20s below? WTF? Yes, my loyal four readers, you may begin to feel sorry for me tomorrow afternoon.

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