Winter Storm Warning

     It’s snowing and blowing on the Gunflint Trail already.  We shall see what the weekend brings.

Winter Storm Warning – Northern Cook, Northern Lake (Minnesota)

ISABELLA…HIBBING…TWO HARBORS…
GRAND MARAIS
423 AM CST SAT NOV 13 2010

…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM CST SUNDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 4 PM CST SUNDAY FOR THE IRON RANGE AND ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA.

* TIMING AND LOCATION: SNOW WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE MINNESOTA
ARROWHEAD AND IRON RANGE BY LATE THIS MORNING OR EARLY
AFTERNOON…RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING OVER INLAND LOCATIONS THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10
INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND EAST OF US HIGHWAY 53…
INLAND FROM LAKE SUPERIOR. THIS INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES ALONG
THE GUNFLINT TRAIL…ELY…FINLAND…VIRGINA…COTTON…AND
FLOODWOOD.

LOCATIONS ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR CAN EXPECT
MAINLY RAIN TODAY WITH LITTLE OR NO SNOW ACCUMULATION. SNOW WILL
INCREASE ALONG LAKE SUPERIOR LATER TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS WINDS
SWITCH OUT OF THE NORTH.

* MAIN IMPACT: TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND PERIODS OF WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION…THE
WEIGHT OF THE SNOW…COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS MAY BRING DOWN
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THIS WINTER STORM WARNING IS FOR HEAVY WET SNOW THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT. KEEP A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT IN YOUR VEHICLE…
INCLUDING A FLASHLIGHT…FOOD…AND WATER.