SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI 415 AM CST FRI JAN 2 2015 ...SNOW THIS WEEKEND...THEN BITTERLY COLD NEXT WEEK... A STORM SYSTEM CROSSING THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW TO THE AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING. EXACT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS REMAIN DIFFICULT TO FORECAST AT THIS TIME. AS OF EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...IT APPEARED THAT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WOULD FALL IN EAST-CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THOUGH MOST OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY RECEIVE AT LEAST AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS THE SNOW TAPERS OFF SUNDAY MORNING... RESULTING IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW...AND PROLONGING TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES .BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL INVADE THE AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE DEPARTING STORM. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN FALLING LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.AND PROBABLY CONTINUE TO FALL DURING THE DAY SUNDAY.READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP WELL BELOW ZERO SUNDAY NIGHT FOR MANY LOCATIONS...AND MAY NOT EVEN BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK TO ZERO DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. EVEN THOUGH WINDS WILL HAVE DIMINISHED SOME BY THIS TIME...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND COLD WILL STILL LIKELY RESULT IN DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR ANYONE OUTDOORS WITHOUT APPROPRIATE CLOTHING. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS THIS WEEKEND SHOULD CLOSELY MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THE WEEKEND SNOW...AND THE DANGEROUS COLD POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK. $$
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 14:49:22 +0000
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