Snow Advisory

     I love a forecast that begins with the word snow.  We had our cold weather last week and two days off of school.  They called them Snow Days but they were really just Cold Days.  With thermometers holding steady at twenty below and windchills in the negative 50’s the school administration made a wise decision to cancel school, twice.  Maybe this forecast will bring us more than what they expect and we’ll have another real Snow Day…

SNOW WILL DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ALL OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN…CREATING
HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS THROUGH LATE EVENING.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL VARY FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE
AREA FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN…ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM SARONA…TO
HAYWARD…TO PORT WING. AREAS FROM HINCKLEY…TO THE TWIN PORTS
AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA…ARE EXPECTED TO
RECEIVE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW…WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS NEAR 5 INCHES.

THE SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES…REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS
THAN ONE MILE. PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
ROADS BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND
LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.