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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
603 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009
...ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD...
.A PERSISTENT AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PARK ITSELF ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TODAY INTO FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE
OFF AND ON THROUGH AROUND NOON FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION ADDING UP TO AS MUCH AS 7 INCHES IN THE HIGHER
TERRAIN ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR. OTHER AREAS SHOULD GENERALLY
SEE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. ROAD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DETERIORATE ACROSS THE ARROWHEAD REGINTIL 12 PM CST FRIDAY.
SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE MINNESOTA
ARROWHEAD THROUGH NOON FRIDAY. LOCALIZED SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 5 TO
7 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ADJACENT TO LAKE
SUPERIOR. SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WILL SEE THE SNOW ACCUMULATION
INCLUDE ORR...CRANE LAKE...ELY...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...
FINLAND...GRAND MARAIS...GRAND PORTAGE AND THE GUNFLINT TRAIL.
THE SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES...
WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO A HALF INCH PER HOUR. SOME OF THE
HIGHWAYS THAT WILL BE VULNERABLE INCLUDE 53...1...169 AND 61.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS
AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
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