Wintry mix spreads across Minnesota

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Here’s an update on our feisty late November wintry storm across Minnesota. 

 continue for most of Minnesota into Wednesday morning. 

Snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour have dumped some impressive snowfall totals across central Minnesota. It is still snowing across much of central Minnesota. 

Here are some early snowfall totals as of 9 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Winds have gusted as high as 60 mph in South Dakota. A wind gust of 58.7 mph was clocked in Tracy, Minnesota at 6:55 p.m. A 58.7 mph wind gust was also clocked in Jackson, Minnesota at 8:55 p.m.

The storm is spinning through Minnesota overnight. Winds and snow will increase on the backside of the system as it moves by. Rain has just changed to snow as of 9 p.m. at my locations here at the Weather Lab in the southwest Twin Cities. 

NOAA’s latest (0Z) HRRR model run seems to have a good handle on the snow zone moving through overnight as the system pushes east. The forecast model loop below runs between 9 p.m. Tuesday and 9 a.m. Wednesday.

NOAA’s latest evening HRRR model snowfall output still favors a range of between 2 and 6 inches across the Twin Cities from far south to far north. Many locations in the heart of the Twin Cities may end up with 3 to 5 inches at the storms current pace. We’ll likely lose a the first inch from melting on contact until the snow accumulated given warm ground.

Wednesday morning’s rush hour will be windy and potentially icy slick with temperatures falling into the 20s.

Plan for some extra time Wednesday morning if you have to travel!

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Paul Huttner

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A feisty wintry storm is dumping wind-blown snow across much of Minnesota overnight into Wednesday morning. Weather conditions will gradually improve later Wednesday.

Storm update: Snowfall totals and high winds increasing into Wednesday morning.

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