...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WATCH FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING
THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
* LOCATION...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN...INCLUDING DOUGLAS... BAYFIELD
...ASHLAND...IRON...BURNETT...PRICE...SAWYER...WASHBURN...AND
BURNETT COUNTIES.
* TIMING...WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY. LATE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY MORNING MAY BE THE PERIOD WHEN
THERE IS THE GREATEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...POSSIBLY MORE THAN 6 INCHES AND UP TO 8
INCHES. IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THE ASHLAND...PARK
FALLS...HAYWARD...HURLEY AND SPOONER AREAS HAVE THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR MORE THAN 6 INCHES.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...STRONG WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED...BUT VISIBILITY
COULD BE POOR IN THE AREAS WITH THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL RATES.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE DIFFICULT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND
THURSDAY MORNING.