Winter Weather Advisory- It’s Not Over Yet

Winter Weather Advisory issued April 15 at 10:05AM CDT until April 16 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Duluth
Issued: Sunday, Apr 15 at 10:05 am
Expires: Sunday, Apr 15 at 07:00 pm

…ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND…
.A SPRING STORM SYSTEM WILL RAPIDLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHLAND
THIS AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL
TO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. BY THIS EVENING…COLDER AIR WILL
BEGIN TO TRANSITION THE RAIN TO SNOW ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA…WITH RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS THE REST OF
NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH ONE INCH PER
HOUR AT TIMES OVERNIGHT. THERE IS SOME CONCERN THAT A LOCALIZED
BAND OF EVEN HEAVIER SNOW WILL DEVELOP…BUT MOST AREAS SHOULD SEE
2 TO 5 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION. LOCAL ACCUMULATION OF UP
TO 7 INCHES IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. WHILE GROUND TEMPERATURES
ARE QUITE WARM…INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES WILL LIKELY WIN
OUT…RESULTING IN EVENTUAL SNOW ACCUMULATION.
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS
EVENING TO 10 AM CDT MONDAY…
* LOCATION…NEARLY ALL OF NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA…ROUGHLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM BRAINERD TO TWO HARBORS.
* TIMING…FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 10 AM MONDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS…WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 5 INCHES IS
EXPECTED…WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 7 INCHES.
* IMPACTS…RAIN WILL BE FALLING FOR THE MOST PART EARLY IN THE
EVENING…BUT WILL QUICKLY TRANSITION TO HEAVY…WET SNOW LATE
THIS EVENING. THE SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE RAPIDLY…WITH SNOWFALL RATES
OF AN INCH AN HOUR AT TIMES. WHILE THE GROUND IS WARM…THE RATE
OF SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN EVENTUAL ACCUMULATION.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY…AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.