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ABUS30 KDLH 041709
SWSMN 

MINNESOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1109 AM CST THU DEC 4 2003

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FAR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

LATE THIS MORNING A COLD FRONT WAS POISED TO ENTER NORTHWESTERN 
MINNESOTA WHERE LIGHT SNOW WAS FALLING. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY 
EAST ACROSS THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CLEAR THE EASTERN 
SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATE THIS EVENING. 

THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA WILL RECEIVE THE BRUNT OF THE SNOW 
AND WIND THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE COLD FRONT. SNOWFALL THIS AFTERNOON 
IS FORECAST TO RANGE FROM JUST A DUSTING IN THE FAR EAST TO A COUPLE 
OF INCHES ACROSS THE WEST. GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH WILL ALSO 
RESULT IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND 
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO ORTONVILLE...WHERE A 
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT. TEMPERATURES LATE THIS MORNING 
RANGED FROM THE MID 20S TO MID 30S AND WILL RISE VERY LITTLE MORE 
THIS AFTERNOON.

MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF SNOW IS FORECAST OVER THE REGION 
TONIGHT. SNOW FALLS TOTALS ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM LITTLE IF ANY 
FAR NORTHEAST TO AN INCH OR TWO IN THE TWIN CITIES...TO AROUND 4 
INCHES SOUTHWEST. WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SHOULD BE 
ANTICIPATED OVER MUCH OF WESTERN MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE 
EVENING. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 15 FAR NORTH TO THE UPPER 20S 
AROUND ROCHESTER.

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