Snow / Winter Weather Advisories...

The National Weather Service has issued Winter Weather Advisories all across the mid-section of the country over the past 24 hours for not only the possibility of heavy snows, but freezing rain and sleet. Quite the ice storm is expected over parts of Nebraska and Iowa today. It's already on-going over portions of Nebraska:



We here in the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains are certainly not excluded from this latest batch of wintry weather...

The Grand Forks NWS office has a Snow Advisory in effect for us until 6:00am Sunday:

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
430 AM CST SAT DEC 1 2007

...THE FIRST MAJOR SNOW EVENT OF THE SEASON IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT OF THE WINTER SEASON IS EXPECTED FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. SNOW WILL QUICKLY SPREAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES IN THE WAHPETON... FERGUS FALLS... AND PARK RAPIDS AREAS TO 3 TO 6 INCHES IN THE GRAND FORKS...AND BAUDETTE AREAS. EXPECT REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND ICY... SNOW COVERED ROADS. THE SNOW WILL RESULT FROM AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY SUNDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY.

...SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SUNDAY...

SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY 9 AM IN GRAND FORKS... MAYVILLE... COOPERSTOWN... WARREN AND CROOKSTON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES BY NOON... AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT. FALLING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL MAKE FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ...SO CARRY YOUR WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

I will continue to monitor the skies outside my window and will likely report back on my findings as the afternoon progresses. And, of course, may take some pictures as the snow starts to pile up.

Stay safe on the roads, folks! Wherever you may be...