Hazardous Weather Outlook
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
446 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-061300-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
446 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND CAUSE AT LEAST
PATCHY BLOWING SNOW ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY. SNOW
WILL OCCUR ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH
AROUND AN INCH OF ACCUMULATION EXPECTED.

THE WORST CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHERN VALLEY WHERE
WINDS WILL BE THE STRONGEST. A BRIEF PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. THIS
FALLING SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE A BRIEF PERIOD
OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. DURING PERIODS WITH NO FALLING
SNOW...THE MORE PRONE OPEN AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE THE SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY TWO...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED BY
THURSDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET MAY OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH
OF HIGHWAY TWO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A COLD FRONT...ALONG WITH SNOW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE BLOWING
SNOW...WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE TOWARD THE LIGHTER SIDE. THE
EXTENT OF THE BLOWING SNOW IS UNCERTAIN AT THIS POINT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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