Thursday, January 12, 2012

Tanto tuono' ...

... che NEVICO'!!!
Gridavano tutti "Al Lupo! Al Lupo!" a partire da ieri sera.
Doveva cominciare questa mattina alle 5am e continuare per un giorno intero... abbondante!
Ma stamattina alle 10:30am eravamo ancora paradossalmente a fare i complementari alla nuvoletta di Fantozziana memoria (che ridere); un ciambellone di 200 miglia di diametro di bianca, farinosa, orizzontale, frizzante e spumeggiosa neve... e noi in 10 miglia quadrate con cielo terso, bermuda, infradito, caipiroska e Ray Ban!
Ma finalmente all'incirca alle 12:40pm... ECCOLA!!!

Qui di seguito il bollettino di allerta meteo:

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY.

* TIMING... STEADY AND MODERATE SNOW THROUGH 9 PM... THEN EVENTUALLY WINDING DOWN LATER TONIGHT. ENHANCED SNOWFALL RATES EXPECTED BETWEEN 1 PM AND 7 PM.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS... 4 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN NOON AND 6 PM... 5 TO 7 INCHES STORM TOTAL.

* WINDS... NORTH TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

* IMPACTS... ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. PERIODS OF HEAVIER SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE THE VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME TREACHEROUS... ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

More Information
... SNOWY AND BLUSTERY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.SNOW ACROSS SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS PEAKING IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM NOW THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WHILE IT WILL CONTINUE TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL WISCONSIN... SPECIFICALLY WEST OF A FOND DU LAC TO MADISON TO MONROE LINE... SNOWFALL RATES WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHTER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

BETWEEN NOON AND MIDNIGHT... SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WEST OF GREEN LAKE... MADISON AND MONROE... 3 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN MADISON AND WAUKESHA INCLUDING FOND DU LAC AND JANESVILLE... AND 4 TO 5 INCHES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN FROM SHEBOYGAN TO MILWAUKEE TO LAKE GENEVA AND KENOSHA. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN HEAVIER SNOWBANDS... ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FROM LATE LAST NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WILL BE AROUND 5 TO 7 INCHES... WITH HIGHEST TOTALS IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN.

COLDER AIR IS NOW PLUNGING INTO THE AREA AND NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AFTER THE FIRST FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION... THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO BLOW AND DRIFT AROUND... LIKELY CAUSING TROUBLE ON AREA ROADS. SNOW MELTING ON INITIALLY WARM PAVEMENT WILL BEGIN TO FREEZE WITH THE FALLING TEMPERATURES... MAKING UNTREATED ROADS ESPECIALLY SLICK FOR A TIME.

LOOK FOR THE SNOW TO BEGIN TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS EVENING.

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