000
AWUS83 KFSD 222228
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-230500-

REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
428 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL STALL FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...WITH PERSISTENT CLOUD COVER
AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF THE BOUNDARY OVER IOWA AND
MINNESOTA. THE WESTERN PLAINS WILL SEE MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO START
THE NIGHT...WITH CLOUDS INCREASING AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH PUSHES
THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES OVERNIGHT. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE
FROM SEASONABLE 20S NORTHWEST...TO MILD 40S ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

STRONGER LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT...AS THE UPPER TROUGH INTENSIFIES AND DIGS INTO
THAT AREA. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES
TO THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT AND
TUESDAY WHEN WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS IOWA AND NEARBY
AREAS. THE WESTERN AREAS OF THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD COULD SEE A MIX
WITH LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES...BUT SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL VARY FROM THE UPPER
30S AND LOWER 40S WEST...TO THE LOWER 50S ACROSS IOWA AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA. BY TUESDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S
ARE LIKELY FOR MOST AREAS.

$$
 JH

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AWUS83 KMPX 222210
RWSMN
MNZ001>098-231100-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
410 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

IT WAS A MORE CLOUDY DAY ACROSS MANY PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA...OUTSIDE
OF THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST WHERE SPORADIC PEEKS OF SUN WERE
SEEN. BUT EVEN WITH LESS SUNSHINE...MINNESOTA CONTINUED TO
EXPERIENCE VERY MILD TEMPERATURES FOR LATE NOVEMBER. THIS MORNINGS
LOWS WERE NEAR OR EVEN WARMER THAN AVERAGE HIGHS FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR...WITH READINGS IN THE MID 30S NORTH TO LOWER 40S SOUTH.
AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHED THE MID 40S NORTH TO THE LOWER 60S SOUTH.
THESE WERE 15 TO 25 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. PATCHY DRIZZLE WAS
OBSERVED IN CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COMMUNITIES. WINDS WERE GENERALLY
LIGHT...OUTSIDE OF THE SOUTHEAST WHERE SOUTH WINDS WERE
BREEZY...GUSTING AT TIMES TO 25 MPH IN THE ROCHESTER AREA.

AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT SITS OVER MINNESOTA TONIGHT...SHOWERS
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FEATURE ACROSS SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN MINNESOTA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN A FEW HUNDREDS AND A
COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE...AND
FOG ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST...INCLUDING DULUTH. IN THE
WEST...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF
ACTIVE WEATHER. LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO A BALMY MID
40S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. SOME RECORD WARM LOW TEMPERATURES MAY BE
EXPERIENCED TONIGHT IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH.

AS THE FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS MINNESOTA ON MONDAY...MORE
OFF AND ON RAIN IS EXPECTED...SPREADING INTO WESTERN AND NORTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE MILD...WITH HIGHS
IN THE MID 40S NORTH TO MID 50S SOUTH.

AN ACTIVE MIDWEEK IS EXPECTED AS WE APPROACH THE HOLIDAY. A SERIES
OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL TRIGGER LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPMENT
ACROSS IOWA INTO THE GREAT LAKES FROM TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY. RAIN
IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY ACROSS THE STATE...SHIFTING INTO THE EAST ON
WEDNESDAY. IT IS LIKELY SOME OF THE RAIN WILL MIX WITH
SNOW...POSSIBLY TUESDAY NIGHT IN WESTERN MINNESOTA AND THEN ACROSS
THE STATE ON WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS DO APPEAR
POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY IN EASTERN AREAS OF THE STATE. STAY TUNED TO
THE FORECAST THROUGH THIS WEEK FOR MORE INFORMATION.

$$

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AWUS83 KARX 222130
RWSARX
IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-WIZ017-029-032>034-
041>044-053>055-061-230230-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
330 PM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

CLOUDS WERE SEEN ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION ON SUNDAY AS AN AIRMASS
OF WARM AND MOIST AIR PUSHED NORTH INTO THE AREA. SOME SCATTERED
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO OBSERVED...MAINLY FROM IOWA INTO THE
EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. LOCATIONS THAT DID
SEE RAINFALL...OBSERVED ONLY A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
WITH THE WARM AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...TEMPERATURES
REMAINED WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS RANGING FROM THE
MID 40S OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA TO THE LOW 60S IN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
IOWA.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF EASTERN WISCONSIN AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS...SKIES
WILL BE CLOUDY THROUGH THE NIGHT WHILE CHANCES FOR SOME SCATTERED
LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS IOWA AND INTO MINNESOTA AND
NORTHERN WISCONSIN. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN MILD TONIGHT WITH LOWS
ONLY FALLING INTO THE 40S REGION-WIDE.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
MONDAY. CLOUDS WILL AGAIN BE PLENTIFUL THROUGH THE DAY...BUT RAIN
CHANCES AHEAD OF THE PLAINS SYSTEM WILL BE CONFINED TO THE WESTERN
PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA. TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE WELL ABOVE
NORMAL WITH HIGHS RISING INTO THE 50S.

THEN LOOKING TO MONDAY NIGHT...THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
INTENSIFY AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST IOWA. RAIN CHANCES ASSOCIATED WITH
THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE ACROSS PORTIONS OF IOWA AND MINNESOTA WHILE
CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY OVER MUCH OF WISCONSIN AND ILLINOIS. LOOK
FOR LOWS TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S AND 40S.

$$

BROOKS

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AWUS83 KDLH 221733
RWSMN
MNZ001>098-222345-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1133 AM CST SUN NOV 22 2009

MILD TEMPERATURES WERE THE NORM ACROSS MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.
SOUTHERLY FLOW TRANSPORTED MOISTURE INTO THE STATE WHICH HAD
GENERATED MIST AND FOG. BY 1100 AM VISIBLE SATELLITE SHOWED A LOW
CLOUD DECK STRETCHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
STATE. OVERCAST SKIES WERE COMMON IN MINNESOTA WITH THE EXCEPTION
BEING THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER WHERE A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS WERE
REPORTED.

TWO WEATHER FEATURES WILL IMPACT THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS. A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN MINNESOTA
TODAY. IMPROVING SKY CONDITIONS WILL ONLY OCCUR IN NORTHWESTERN
MINNESOTA. TO THE EAST...EXPECT DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN
DEVELOPING EAST OF A LINE FROM ST. CLOUD TO ELY.

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRECIPITATION WILL FALL OVER EASTERN
MINNESOTA. EXPECT 0.01 TO 0.15 INCHES OF RAIN FROM HINCKLEY
THROUGH THE ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE. WINDS WILL REMAIN FROM THE
SOUTH TODAY HOWEVER DECREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

OVERNIGHT THE SECOND WEATHER FEATURE...A LARGE TROUGH OF LOW
PRESSURE...WILL DEVELOP AS IT CROSSES THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
THIS FEATURE WILL LIFT PRECIPITATION NORTH SPREADING A GOOD
CHANCE FOR RAIN TO ALL OF MINNESOTA MONDAY. AS THIS LOW DEVELOPS
IT  WILL WRAP UP AND SPIN THROUGH IOWA ON TUESDAY RESULTING IN
LINGERING UNSETTLED WEATHER INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. COOLER AIR WILL
BE DRAWN INTO THE REGION BEHIND THIS LOW WHICH WILL INCREASE THE
CHANCES FOR SNOW WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

HIGHS TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S NORTH TO MID 50S SOUTH.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 40S
SOUTHEAST. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL VARY FROM THE UPPER 30S NORTHWEST
TO LOWER 50S SOUTHEAST.

$$

SG