BLIZZARD WATCH MONDAY-TUESDAY (March 30 & 31, 2009)

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL
DRAW CONSIDERABLE MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE AREA LATE THIS WEEKEND AND THEN COMBINE THE MOISTURE WITH COLD CANADIAN AIR SUNDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SNOWFALL
AMOUNT OF 6 TO 9 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS. THIS SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS
UP TO 40 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY SNOW COULD RESULT IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-023-290230-
/O.CON.KABR.BZ.A.0004.090330T1200Z-090331T1200Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON...
MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE
1027 AM CDT SAT MAR 28 2009

...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
TUESDAY MORNING...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY MONDAY MORNING...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY MORNING. THIS SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...WHICH WOULD CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND...OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.

nascargirl

Yes!

Hopefully your enthuiasim is contagious ApplianceJunk. When I read Nascargirls post the thought that went through my mind was OK, here we go again. Batten down the hatches and hold on. There are those of us who are getting weary of all this snow and cold and are ready for spring. Till then we just have to keep on trudging through the slush.

In the meantime I will keep looking for the day when the sun breaks through the clouds and it is spring again !

I'm ready for Spring too, but there is not much you can do about the weather.

Kind of nice out today, must be the calm before the storm.

A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE REGION...

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL
MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT AND
PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY ON
TUESDAY. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO STRENGTHEN AS
IT MOVES INTO THE PLAINS...AND WILL DRAW AMPLE MOISTURE NORTHWARD AS IT DOES.
AS THE MOISTURE INTERACTS WITH THE COLD AIR IN PLACE...SNOW WILL
DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG
THE
HIGHWAY 12 AND INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDORS. 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW
IS POSSIBLE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS LIKELY. ALONG WITH THE SNOW...EAST WINDS
FROM 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND
VISIBILITIES WILL BE SEVERELY
IMPACTED.

MNZ039-046-SDZ008-021-023-300415-
/O.UPG.KABR.BZ.A.0004.090330T1200Z-090401T0000Z/
/O.EXB.KABR.BZ.W.0004.090330T1800Z-090401T0000Z/
TRAVERSE-BIG
STONE-ROBERTS-GRANT-DEUEL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WHEATON...ORTONVILLE...SISSETON...MILBANK...CLEAR LAKE 312 PM CDT
SUN MAR 29 2009

BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM MONDAY TO 7 PM
CDT TUESDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP MONDAY MORNING...AND HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE HEAVY AT
TIMES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
THIS SYSTEM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE STRONG NORTHEAST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...WHICH WOULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A BLIZZARD WARNING
MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL
LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT
TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

Lovely......where IS spring?

nascargirl