Comming to Minneaplolis for C-MAS....Dont Bother...Stay AWAY

[rsmith6621]

Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
655 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CONTINUES...

.A MAJOR STORM SYSTEM PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW...POTENTIALLY NEAR
RECORD IN SOME LOCATIONS...AND HAVING CONSIDERABLE IMPACTS ON
HOLIDAY GROUND AND AIR TRAVEL...CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.
WHILE PRECIPITATION IS LIGHT THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...DO
NOT BE DECEIVED INTO THINKING THE STORM IS DONE AS HEAVY SNOWFALL
WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

THE FIRST WAVE OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL LAST NIGHT AND EARLY
THIS MORNING PRODUCED SNOW AMOUNTS OF FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES ACROSS
MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES AND
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. SLIGHTLY LOWER AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES WERE REPORTED OR ESTIMATED IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THE INTENSITY OF THE SNOWFALL WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LIGHT THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON BUT LIKELY BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 2 TO 5 PM. AN
ADDITIONAL ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY EARLY
EVENING. BRIEF PERIODS OF SLEET AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR DRIZZLE
ARE POSSIBLE...NAMELY IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

AS THE CENTER OF THE MAJOR STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHWARD FROM
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...WIDESPREAD ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
RAPIDLY DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE SNOWFALL WILL
BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. SNOWFALL
RATES ARE LIKELY TO PERIODICALLY APPROACH OR EXCEED ONE INCH PER
HOUR. THIS WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BUT SNOW SHOULD BE THE MAIN TYPE
OF PRECIPITATION. THE SNOW WILL VERY GRADUALLY DECREASE IN
INTENSITY LATE CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON INTO CHRISTMAS NIGHT ACROSS THE
AREA. EVENT SNOWFALL TOTALS...INCLUDING LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS
MORNING...WILL BE VERY HIGH DUE TO THE LONG LASTING NATURE OF THE
SNOWFALL. THESE ARE EXPECTED TO BE 16 TO 22 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...WITH AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 18 INCHES
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE FROM THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
THROUGH TONIGHT. THESE WILL INCREASE AND TURN MORE NORTHERLY AS
THE CENTER OF THE SYSTEM APPROACHES BY CHRISTMAS MORNING. BLOWING
SNOW IS MOST PROBABLE IN WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FROM TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS NIGHT.

AGAIN...TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE HIGHLY LIKELY TO EXCEED ONE FOOT
OVER THE AREA IN FAR WESTERN WISCONSIN AND ALL OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SCATTERED AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 INCHES ARE
PROBABLE. THIS EVENT MAY BECOME COMPARABLE TO THE HALLOWEEN SNOW
STORM OF 1991. GIVEN THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...HOLIDAY ROAD AND
AIR TRAVEL WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED.


ITS GOING DOWNHILL HERE QUICK......

[fishnfla]

1. fuckin' obama n/t

[MineralMan]

2. Yah, you betcha.

I'm about to head out the door to shovel and snowblow. It's not that ugly right now, but tonight's snow is going to be hard on folks who don't remove last night's snow.

On a bright note, though, the paper delivery guy showed up at the usual time, driving his rear wheel drive Dodge, so it can't be impassible.

Minnesotans can deal with this. Foreigners to Minnesota may not enjoy it, though.

[rurallib]

3. All I can say is better you than us

[MiniMe]

4. We got 2 feet of the stuff last weekend

Have fun.

[Bitwit1234]

5. Bachmann is from the Minneapolis area do you

think she might get snowed in til the end of her term. Oh well it could happen. Hey let's PRAY for that. But then it didn't work for Coburns tea bags guess it wouldn't work for us Minnesotans.

[LiberalFighter]

6. You should invite as many people as possible to Minnesota for Christmas.

1) They can help remove the snow.
2) They can help warm up Minnesota with their body heat.
3) They will help the residents forget the snow when the people are buying goods.

[Juneboarder]

7. High 30's in San Diego...

And we're freaking out and can't stop talking about the dreaded black ice. Freakin' wimps!! :)

[begin_within]

10. People here have no clue how to drive in the rain or bad weather.

[MuseRider]

8. Looking bad here too.

Up to 13 inches expected, they keep moving it up with winds 45-50 MPH. Temps dropping from 31 at about 8:30 to 27 right now with sleet blowing across the ice on the pond. Roads getting slick since we have had rain the last 24 hours. Do NOT drive through Eastern Kansas today. Blizzard Warning is coming this afternoon. Tomorrow afternoon should be OK but not today.

I know a mere 13 inches must seem like nothing to you but we are mostly used to 2-4 and sometimes 6. It has been a while since we have had double digit snow where I am. I just hope the trees don't come down over the 1/4 mile driveway. I hate having to chop our way out. :) Be Merry whatever may come.

[Occulus]

9. What are the chances of this hitting SW Michigan?

I stayed home from work because of snow when we got hit so hard a couple weeks ago, and I really don't want to be snowed in again, especially on Christmas Day...

[SoCalDem]

11. As a mother, the BEST gift I could receive, would be a phone call

saying it's too dangerous to drive, so they are not coming.. If I had weather interference, or my kids did, I would much rather they stayed home and ate frozen pizza, cooked in the microwave, than to spend Christmas day making funeral arrangements or getting to a hospital.

[Jackpine Radical]

12. I remember overhearing a conversation on the street in Duluth one time.

It was early April & the Twin Ports had just been nailed by one of those sideways snow storms off the lake. If you've ever lived there, you know the kind I mean.

Anyway, there were these two guys on the street. The first one is trying to dig his car out of a drift that had buried it, and he turns to the second guy and says, "Migod,how long do winters last around here?" The second guy, without missing a beat, replies, "I dunno. I only been here 18 months myself."