Blizzard Warnings Across The Midwest Today

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
502 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...

STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTHEAST
TO CHICAGO BY MID-AFTERNOON TODAY BEFORE CROSSING LOWER MICHIGAN
TONIGHT. THE TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS LOW MEANS THERE WILL BE A
PARALYZING SNOW STORM IN PORTIONS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LIKELY.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY...HEAVY AT TIMES...NORTH OF A LINE FROM
MONROE TO MADISON TO WAUPUN. SNOW SOUTH OF THAT LINE WILL
EVENTUALLY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO RAIN DURING THE MORNING.

STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH BY THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SHOULD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY OF A QUARTER
MILE OR LESS. COLDER AIR WILL TURN THE HEAVY WET SNOW INTO A DRIER
SNOW THAT BECOMES MORE AND MORE PRONE TO SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND
DRIFTING.

IT APPEARS FAR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WILL SEE RAIN AS WARM AIR
WRAPS INTO THE AREA AROUND THE INTENSE LOW PRESSURE. THE CHANGE-
OVER TO SNOW WILL NOT OCCUR UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM MILWAUKEE TO RACINE AND KENOSHA. HOWEVER
SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL STILL FALL AT THE TAIL END OF THE
STORM...WITH GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES DUE TO THE STRONG AND
GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. THIS COULD IMPACT THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

[link to forecast.weather.gov]

[link to www.blizzard2012.com]

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
749 AM CST THU DEC 20 2012

...SNOWFALL CONTINUES...DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS OCCURRING...

.SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR HAVE RANGED FROM 3 TO 12 INCHES...WITH
THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND
NORTHEAST IOWA INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. WINDS ARE INCREASING
THIS MORNING LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PRODUCING
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. AVOID TRAVEL TODAY. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS ARE AVAILABLE BY DIALING 5 1 1.

[link to forecast.weather.gov]

dont worry i got umbrella

Let it snow,let snow,let it snoooowwwww.

It's pouring where I am. Going to turn to snow tonight.

^Will be stuck in my head all day now.

Northern Ontario..school busses have been cancelled...ahead of this storm

On stand by in case anything happens up here..meaning I have back up heat and cooking ready...

Thanks, keep us updated!

Thanks for the post! I live in southern Minnesota. Boss called me this morning to let me know most people at my work aren't coming in, so I could have the day off too :-). Snow day!

yup its wild.

I work in Des Moines, downtown. Pretty much all business is shut down, except mine of course, which is ran by some dumb tards in India.

Rained very heavily here in Northwest Indiana earlier this morning. It is supposed to turn into snow, and we might get lake effect snow on top of the regular snow.

hmmm

Thread: temperature spike...US weather map [EDIT: spike gone, readings normal now]

It's heavy stuff.
We got 7 inches so far.
30 miles South, only rain.

Shit...it's winter in the midwest!!!!!

OMGWTF!!!

Oh wait. It's winter. In the midwest known for awesome summer and winter storms for 200 years.

Go back to bed you loon.

Awesomness to the max!


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I live in Michigan by Grand Rapids, no snow yet.

Everything is closed.

I don't recall ever hearing of Malls, Hospitals, clinics, and Gov't. all shut down.

Long list of what's closed:

[link to www.wkow.com]

It's a big heavy snow, but really? Have we become pussified?

hmmm

A white Christmas for natureboy!

Here is a live vid feed from the DOT:

[link to video.channel3000.com]

It's snowy. LoL.

Yep, it's white!

We didn't get much snow at all last year. When we did, we would get an maybe inch, then it would turn to rain and melt it.

You going to go sleddin?

It's snowing in North East Missouri. Not too heavy, certainly not a blizzard, but coming down pretty good. Not an inch of accumulation yet and only supposed to get 3-5 inches tops.

The big news is 40 MPH winds in Western MO that's supposed to be moving this way later today.

AccuWeather.com‏@breakingweather

High winds from the blizzard have cut power to thousands of customers in the Kansas City area. [link to www.kcpl.com]

Thanks Luis!

Thread: weather.com is naming winter storms...greek mythology et al

December 20, 2012 – CUMBERLAND. Md — The first official day of winter Friday may bring a real taste of seasonal weather with several inches of snow, gusting winds and wind chill readings in the single-digit range. And, to no surprise, the higher elevations are expected to bear the brunt of the storm. AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Walker said Wednesday that a winter storm will be moving into the area Thursday afternoon. “The storm will be starting off with warmer temperatures and rain and then change into snow showers Thursday night and into Friday. There will be a few inches of snow and windy with some pretty cold air moving in,” said Walker, who has been a professional weather forecaster for 35 years. Six to 12 inches of snow could be expected in far Western Maryland and 3 to 6 inches in the lower elevations of the region. The National Weather Service posted a winter storm watch for Garrett County and extreme western Allegany County for the period from Thursday evening through Saturday afternoon. Tim Thomas, local observer of the National Weather Service, said, “This will be a wind-driven event and we will have snow showers but we don’t really expect any snow accumulations in Cumberland.” But for Frostburg and points west, the weather may be much worse. The forecast also calls for wind gusts from 40 to 50 mph, temperatures with high readings in the lower 30s and upper 20s. Wind-chill readings are expected to hover in the 8- to 12-degree range. “The coldest period will be Friday night into Saturday,” said Walker. To the east, precipitation will begin as rain before colder temperatures bring flurries and a possible ground covering of snow into the weekend. The winter storm watch indicates snow could be heavy at times. In Garrett County, public officials warned of possible power outages from the storm. “The National Weather Service has upgraded the weekend weather event to a potential blizzard warning. Extremely high winds and heavy snow accumulations are expected from Thursday night through much of the weekend,” said Brad Frantz, director of the county’s emergency management and 911 operations, Wednesday morning. “Significant power outages are a distinct possibility once again, especially with the many limbs and branches still hanging from Hurricane Sandy,” said Frantz. –Times News [link to theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com]