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Winter Storm to hit Wisconsin.
Posted by: FunnelVortex, 10:26 PM GMT on December 07, 2012 +0
The first winter storm of the season is aproaching the upper Missisipi Valley providing much-needed snowfall.



URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
308 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012

...FIRST WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...

.A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY SATURDAY NIGHT AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN ON
SUNDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING THE FIRST WIDESPREAD SNOW EVENT OF THE
WINTER SEASON. FOR MOST LOCATIONS...THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
DIMINISH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND WILL RESULT IN THE POSSIBILITY OF 4 TO
6 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF NORTH-
CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LOCATIONS WITHIN VILAS COUNTY MAY SEE LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS DUE TO ADDITIONAL LAKE EFFECT SNOW WHICH WILL BE
IMPACTING THE COUNTY THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

WIZ010-018-030-080500-
/O.NEW.KGRB.WS.A.0004.121209T0900Z-121210T0600Z/
ONEIDA-LINCOLN-MARATHON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RHINELANDER...TOMAHAWK...WAUSAU
308 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

* SNOW WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE SATURDAY NIGHT...AND
IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL
LIKELY FALL LATE SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

* TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY THE TIME
THE SNOW DIMINISHES SUNDAY EVENING.

* THE SNOW WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVELING CONDITIONS ON AREA
ROADWAYS AND IMPACT AIR TRAVEL ACROSS THE REGION.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
LATEST FORECASTS.

&&

$$


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Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREEN BAY WI
255 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012

WIZ005-010>013-018>022-030-031-035>040-045-048>05 0-073-074-082100-
VILAS-ONEIDA-FOREST-FLORENCE-NORTHERN MARINETTE-LINCOLN-LANGLADE-
MENOMINEE-NORTHERN OCONTO-DOOR-MARATHON-SHAWANO-WOOD-PORTAGE-
WAUPACA-OUTAGAMIE-BROWN-KEWAUNEE-WAUSHARA-WINNEBA GO-CALUMET-
MANITOWOC-SOUTHERN MARINETTE-SOUTHERN OCONTO-
255 PM CST FRI DEC 7 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

LIGHT SNOW WILL CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES AND SIDEWALKS TO
BECOME SLICK TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. MOST OF THE REGION SHOULD
SEE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
SOUTHERN KEWAUNEE AND MANITOWOC COUNTIES...AND LOWER AMOUNTS OVER
THE FAR NORTH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS LIKELY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...AND INTO MONDAY MORNING ACROSS
NORTHERN WISCONSIN.

A SIGNIFICANT STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING AN ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL
TO THE AREA...BEGINNING AS EARLY AS LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. INDICATIONS ARE THAT LOCATIONS
WITHIN PARTS OF CENTRAL AND MOST OF NORTH-CENTRAL WISCONSIN WILL
SEE ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST WINTER WEATHER HEADLINES FOR MORE INFORMATION.

THE REMAINING PARTS OF CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND ALSO ALL OF NORTHEAST
WISCONSIN WILL LIKELY SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WHICH WILL
SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT TRAVELING CONDITIONS BOTH BY LAND AND BY
AIR.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY ACROSS FAR NORTHERN
WISCONSIN BEFORE ENDING MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD THEIR SNOW MEASUREMENTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GREEN BAY LATE TONIGHT OR SATURDAY
MORNING.

$$


I am excited about this in particular due to the fact I have only recieved a trace of snow here in Centeral Wisconsin.

I will update you from under the storm.
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Snow on my way?
Posted by: FunnelVortex, 6:48 PM GMT on December 05, 2012 +0


.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL AND FAR NORTHEAST WISCONSIN. A MIX OF LIGHT
SNOW...SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN COULD CAUSE UNTREATED ROADS...BRIDGES
AND SIDEWALKS TO BECOME SLICK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS LOW PRESSURE
MOVES THROUGH THE WE...
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Waiting for my first blizzard of the season.
Posted by: FunnelVortex, 8:02 PM GMT on December 03, 2012 +2
I live in Wisconsin, and I am waiting for the first blizzard of the year.

Good blizzards around here can have well-defined circulation, high winds, and/or thundersnow with them.

I know what needs to come in play for a powerful Wisconsin blizzard.

First I need the jet stream to take a route across the plains to the lakes.

Second, I need a strong, southernly wind from the Gulf.

Third, I need a low to come out of t...
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Vertical Profile for Wundermap.
Posted by: FunnelVortex, 7:11 PM GMT on November 30, 2012 +0
I really want a vertical profile radar feature, kinda like what the guys on TWC use, for the Wundermap.

All that is avalible are those fancy, 200 dollar, radar programs. And I would just like to see basic vertical profile cuts until I can afford the software.

I think it would work just like the vertical cross section in Model Data. You make the cross section with two markers and view a 2D image of the cutaway.

Storms are not flat blo...
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