Expires:200911251400;Remove:200911251400;231710 FPUS73 KMPX 251156 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 556 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-251400- ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS- FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-KANDIYOHI- LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON- NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY- STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...ALEXANDRIA...BENSON... CAMBRIDGE...FAIRMONT...HUTCHINSON...MANKATO...MILACA...MINNEAPOLIS... MONTEVIDEO...NEW ULM...OWATONNA...RED WING...REDWOOD FALLS... ST CLOUD...ST PAUL...ST PETER...STILLWATER...WILLMAR 556 AM CST WED NOV 25 2009 .NOW... LIGHT SNOW IS FALLING IN MULTIPLE BANDS ACROSS MOST OF THE WEST HALF OF MINNESOTA. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WEST WITH LITTLE ACCUMULATION...AND SPREAD INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND MIX WITH RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING. A BAND OF RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE LEADING EDGE WILL MOVE TO LADYSMITH...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE AND AUGUSTA BY AROUND 800 AM. THE TRAILING EDGE WILL FOLLOW BY 1000 AM. A WIDE SPREAD TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS MORNING...UP TO A QUARTER INCH OF RAIN SOUTH OF I-94...FROM MENOMONIE TO EAU CLAIRE...AND AUGUSTA. $$