RSS FeedsIssued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
000 FPUS73 KMPX 241012 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 412 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 MNZ041>043-047>051-054>059-064-065-073-241215- BENTON-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-MEEKER-MORRISON-POPE- REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO... REDWOOD FALLS...ST CLOUD...WILLMAR 412 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .NOW... A THICK PEA SOUP FOG HAS EXPANDED IN AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS WESTERN AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA SINCE 200 AM. THE THICKEST FOG IS OCCURRING BETWEEN ST CLOUD AND FERGUS FALLS...AND BETWEEN OLIVIA AND WILLMAR UP NORTH TO PARK RAPIDS. THIS INCLUDES PLACES LIKE WADENA AND LONG PRAIRIE...SAUK CENTRE... GLENWOOD...ALEXANDRIA...ELBOW LAKE AND DETROIT LAKES. ALSO PLACES LIKE TRACY IN THE SOUTHWEST...ALBERT LEA...AUSTIN AND ROCHESTER IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST. VISIBILITY IS REDUCED TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO LAST ALL NIGHT AND MAY EXPAND IN COVERAGE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION IN FOGGY AREAS. THESE ARE DANGEROUS CONDITIONS FOR MULTI CAR PILE UPS. SLOW DOWN...AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. $$ MNZ044-045-052-053-060>063-066>070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014- 023-024-026-241215- ANOKA-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MILLE LACS- NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEELE- WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT... HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS...NEW ULM...OWATONNA... RED WING...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER 412 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .NOW... A WIDE AREA OF STEADY LIGHT RAIN AND SCATTERED HEAVY SHOWERS AND EVEN AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM...IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHERN THIRD AND EASTERN QUARTER OF MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A THICK BLANKET OF DENSE FOG IS OVERSPREADING WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THAT WAY BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN. THE RAIN KEEPS MOVING NORTH ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA...IOWA...AND SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO AND ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN...THEN INTO CANADA...WITH NO END IN SIGHT. THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WERE OCCURRING EARLIER THIS MORNING...IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND IT HAS SINCE ENDED. A WIDESPREAD TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. UP TO A HALF INCH COULD FALL OVERNIGHT AROUND FAIRMONT...ST JAMES... NEW ULM...SPRINGFIELD...WINDOM AND WORTHINGTON. $$
