So far this winter it hasn't been for us. However, it has arrived with a vengeance.
temp dewpoint humidity wind pressure
Duluth International Airport 13:55 Light Snow Blowing Snow and Breezy 31 27 85 E 24 G 46 29.46
Sky Harbor Airport 14:34 Unknown Precip and Windy 32 30 93 NE 37 G 51 29.50
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
MNZ037-010200-
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CARLTON/SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DULUTH...CLOQUET
218 PM CST WED FEB 29 2012
...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING...
* LOCATION AND TIMING...UNINTERUPTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE AND
WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ENTIRE DULUTH AREA DURING THE REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING.
* LOCATION...SUSTAINED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN DULUTH...ALONG AND NEAR THE LAKESHORE...
DULUTH RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND SUBURBS...RIDGES SURROUNDING THE
DULUTHE AREA...INCLUDING THE SHOPPING MALLS IN THE DULUTH AREA
AND ALSO ALL AREAS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS AROUND THE DULUTH
AIRPORT. CONDITIONS ARE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND DULUTH
ROADS AND BRIDGES. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
BECOME ESTABLISHED ACROSS INLAND AREAS WELL TO THE WEST AND WELL
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF DULUTH.
* TIMING...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS...FALLING...AND BLOWING SNOW
DECREASING LATER TONIGHT.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY...WINDS WILL CONTINUE...UNINTERUPTED...45 MPH
WITH FREQUENT 55 MPH GUSTS AND VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN 50 TO
100 FEET AND FREQUENTLY LESS IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW AROUND
THE DULUTH AREA. ELEVATED ROADS AND LAKESHORE AREAS AROUND
DULUTH HAVE AND ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO REPORT SUSTAINED
WINDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH WITH FREQUENT GUSTS OF 65 TO 70 MPH. WINDS
HAVE NOT SUBSIDED NOTICABLY DURING THE DAY...SOME WIND INSTRUMENTS
HAVE APPARENTLY BEEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL WINDS. THERE HAVE
BEEN UNOFFICIAL AND UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF SOME VERY STRONG
WINDS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE LAKE SHORE. SEE STORM REPORTS FOR
EXACT TIMES AND FIGURES WITHIN THESE RANGES.
* IMPACTS...THIS BLIZZARD IS VERY DANGEROUS. DO NOT GO OUT. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO DRIVE. POWER IS OUT ACROSS A NUMBER OF AREAS AROUND
DULUTH...ESPECIALLY ACROSS MUCH OF DOWNTOWN DULUTH AND THE MORE
POPULATED RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS AREAS. VISIBILITIES WILL
REMAIN WELL BELOW 1/4 MILE IN HEAVY FALLING AND BLOWING
SNOW...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE 35 MPH FOR MORE
THAN THREE HOURS. LARGE VOLUMES OF SNOW WILL BE MOVED BY STRONG
WINDS AND BUILD UP ON ROADS. IN EXPOSED AREAS...WINDS HAVE
GUSTED AS HIGH AS 68 MPH...AND SUCH GUSTS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED
ON ANY OF THE ROADS IN THE DULUTH AREA...THIS INCLUDES
INTERSTATE 35 AND ROUTE 53 AND ROUTE 61.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE AND LIFE-THREATENING WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS
AND FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUSLY LOW
VISIBILITY AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. IF YOU CHOOSE TO TRAVEL...YOU MAY BE RISKING YOUR
LIFE. BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY BECOME STRANDED AND THAT IT COULD
TAKE MANY HOURS FOR HELP TO ARRIVE. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN
YOUR VEHICLE...INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER. LET
SOMEONE KNOW YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE AND EXPECTED ARRIVAL TIME AND HAVE
A WORKING CELL PHONE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU BECOME
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND USE IT AS A SHELTER. MANY
DEATHS OCCUR IN BLIZZARDS WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR VEHICLES TRYING
TO SEEK HELP.
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