URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1100 AM CST MON DEC 4 2006
...LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW IN THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD...
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE JUST EAST OF GRAND MARAIS WAS CAUSING
NUMEROUS STRONG SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD. LOCAL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 6 INCHES HAVE ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED...WITH UP TO
9 INCHES EXPECTED IN SPOTS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE SYSTEM SHOULD
PULL OUT OF THE AREA BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON...BUT UNTIL
THEN...THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE RATHER HARD HITTING. HIGHWAY 61
AND THE GUNFLINT TRAIL ARE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY ACCORDING TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...SO BE SURE TO SLOW DOWN AND
ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.
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NORTHERN COOK/NORTHERN LAKE-SOUTHERN COOK/LAKESHORE-
1100 AM CST MON DEC 4 2006
...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A HEAVY SNOW
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON.
TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO REACH 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THE
TIP OF THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD...INCLUDING GRAND MARAIS...EAGLE
MOUNTAIN AND HOVLAND THROUGH 4 PM. THE SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY
AT TIMES... REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO AROUND A QUARTER MILE. IF YOU
PLAN TO TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHWAY 61...AND THE GUNFLINT TRAIL...BE READY
TO SLOW DOWN AND LET SOMEONE KNOW OF YOUR TRAVEL PLANS.
Looking good for NE Minnesota!