MAJOR WINTER STORM

***MAJOR WINTER STORM TO POUND THE AREA***


The NWS has issued a winter storm warning for my whole forecast area....

Low pressure is forecasted to move from the OK panhandle Northeast to Northern IL,Southern WI...All models seem to have locked onto this track..However with the low deepen fast as it forecasted to do this may push the low a tad more North...So thinking as of right now to run with a widespread 6 to 9 inches of snow through out the whole forecast area....Places that could see 9 to 12 inches or slightly more are in two different areas...First one would run through ST.Croix County over to Dunn County and into Chippewa County....Or South of line from New Richmond to Wheeler to around the Chippewa Falls area.....The second area likely to see 9 to 12 or slightly more inches are Barron,Polk,Sawyer,and Washburn Counties....Or points north of a line from Luck to Cumberland,Rice Lake over to Ladysmith.Most of the heavy snow should fall from late Tuesday night through around the noon hour...One big player on the forecasted snowfall amounts will be if any thunderstorms get going down South..If so this should rob some of the moisture flow Northwards,hence lowering the snowfall amounts....Have not changed anything else with the ongoing forecast....Winds will become a problem,so left that in tack..See below for all that info..Will try to get to a detailed forecast tonight,or early tomorrow morning..Also see below for precautionary statement...