Snow is Falling

How much will we get? Hopefully enough that it will stick around for a white Christmas.

Northern Cook / Northern Lake, Southern Cook / North Shore, Cook County

Winter Storm Warning issued December 16 at 3:36AM CST until December 16 at 9:00PM CST by NWS Duluth
Issued: Wednesday, Dec 16 at 03:36 am
Expires: Wednesday, Dec 16 at 09:00 pm
…MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL THROUGH THE DAY…
.AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING.
HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF THE MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD…IN FAR NORTHEAST
MINNESOTA. THE MAIN PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOW IN THE TWIN PORTS
REGION…IS EXPECTED DURING THE DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE PERIOD
TODAY…WITH SNOWFALL RATES OVER ONE INCH PER HOUR POSSIBLE AT
TIMES.
THE AREA OF HEAVY SNOW WILL SHIFT INTO THE MINNESOTA
ARROWHEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH RAIN IN
LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR WHERE
TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE FREEZING. THE MAIN PERIOD OF
ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY END THROUGH THE EVENING…WITH
LINGERING LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES PERSISTING OVER THE NEXT
FEW DAYS AS MUCH COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION.
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* LOCATIONS…MINNESOTA ARROWHEAD AND NORTH SHORE INCLUDING TWO
HARBORS…SILVER BAY…ISABELLA…EAGLE MOUNTAIN…AND GRAND
MARAIS.
* TIMING…LIGHT SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXPECT A PERIOD OF
HEAVY SNOW AROUND MID-MORNING…WITH A SECOND ROUND OF HEAVY
SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…6 TO 8 INCHES…LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR.
* WINDS…EAST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. HIGHER GUSTS
NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR THIS MORNING.
* VISIBILITIES…A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS…PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN
DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL…KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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