Expires:200911241700;Remove:200911241700;205055 FPUS73 KMPX 241454 NOWMPX SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 854 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 MNZ044-045-050>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093- WIZ014>016-023>028-241700- ANOKA-BARRON-BENTON-BLUE EARTH-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DUNN- EAU CLAIRE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC- LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-MILLE LACS-NICOLLET-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-RICE- RUSK-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST CROIX-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBERT LEA...CAMBRIDGE...CHIPPEWA FALLS... EAU CLAIRE...HUTCHINSON...LADYSMITH...MANKATO...MILACA... MINNEAPOLIS...OWATONNA...RED WING...RICE LAKE...ST PAUL...ST PETER... STILLWATER 854 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .NOW... A DIMINISHING AREA OF STEADY LIGHT RAIN...DRIZZLE...FOG...AND ISOLATED HEAVY SHOWERS IS FALLING ACROSS MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. A THICK BLANKET OF DENSE FOG IS DECREASING IN COVERAGE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA...IF YOU ARE TRAVELING THAT WAY BE PREPARED TO SLOW DOWN. THE STEADY RAIN IS MOVING NORTH OUT OF IOWA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A WIDESPREAD TENTH OF AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...BY NOON TODAY. UP TO A QUARTER INCH COULD FALL AROUND BLUE EARTH AND FAIRMONT. $$