Weather

  1. Tuesday, September 7
    Temp 57°F
    Feels Like 57°F
    Cloudy
    Humid 72%
    Wind W 25 mph
    Pres 29.84 in
    Cloud Cloudy
    Vis 52800 ft
  2. Wednesday, September 8
    High 69°F
    Low 42°F
    Chance of Light Rain showers
    Sunrise 06:48 am
    Sunset 07:37 pm
    Wind ESE 5 mph
  3. Thursday, September 9
    High 70°F
    Low 54°F
    Slight Chance Thunderstorms
    Sunrise 06:49 am
    Sunset 07:35 pm
    Wind ESE 11 mph
Wind Advisory
URGENT National Weather Service Bulletin - ...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON... Until 8pm Tue

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
335 AM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...VERY STRONG WINDS DEVELOPING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

.A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 3
PM ON TUESDAY FOR AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE ADVISORY IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS
TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA.

A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER NEBRASKA THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND THEN REACH LAKE SUPERIOR
ON TUESDAY. VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WILL
DEVELOP QUICKLY THIS EVENING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND FOR MUCH OF
TUESDAY BEFORE DIMINISHING. FREQUENT WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.

MNZ047-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-061645-
/O.NEW.KMPX.WI.Y.0010.100906T2300Z-100907T2000Z/
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MORRIS...MADISON...BENSON...
MONTEVIDEO...WILLMAR...GRANITE FALLS...OLIVIA...GAYLORD...
REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...
MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
335 AM CDT MON SEP 6 2010

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE ADVISORY COVERS WEST CENTRAL THROUGH
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
MORRIS TO MANKATO TO OWATONNA.

* TIMING...VERY STRONG WESTERLY WINDS DEVELOPING QUICKLY BETWEEN 6
PM AND 9 PM THIS EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
MUCH OF TUESDAY.

* WINDS...SUSTAINED SPEEDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* IMPACTS...DIFFICULT DRIVING MAY BE EXPERIENCED ON NORTH TO SOUTH
ORIENTATED ROADS...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS
THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH
PROFILE VEHICLES. USE EXTRA CAUTION.

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