Falling temperatures, blowing snow and dangerous travel conditions

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Our well-advertised blizzard delivered in spades Friday. Weather satellites can see the blizzard plume running more than 1,100 miles form Winnepeg to Ohio and beyond.

Highways in southern and western Minnesota were closed. Sustained 40 mph winds with 51 mph gusts whipped fluffy snow into a raging ground blizzard with visibility less than 1/4 mile to near zero at times.

And hurricane-force wind gusts over 70 mph along the North Shore in and around Grand Marais downed trees and created weather havoc.

 continue until 6 a.m. Saturday across much of the eastern Dakotas, western and southern Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan. 

Winter weather advisories and wind chill warnings cover the Twin Cities and much of the area. 

Including the cities of Minneapolis, Blaine, St Paul and Stillwater 

Please be smart and safe as we move through the overnight hours into Saturday morning. Travel conditions will still be very difficult Saturday until winds ease in the afternoon and road crews can clear roads.

Weather will improve Saturday afternoon into midday Sunday. 

A Clipper system will produce some snow Sunday afternoon and Sunday night. NOAA’s NAM 3 km model tracks the system between noon Sunday and midnight Monday.

The heaviest snowfall will favor southwest Minnesota, but it appears some accumulation is likely in the Twin Cities. It’s early but model suggests another plowable event is possible.

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Paul Huttner

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Winds gusted to 74 mph in Grand Marais Friday.

Blizzard rages: Roads shut, hurricane-force winds down trees on the North Shore

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