Beware of rapidly deteriorating road conditions. Accidents are already happening. Minneapolis and St. Paul look set to get 7 to 9 inches by Saturday morning. Swaths of southern Minnesota may see more than 12 inches.
Today’s snow will crush the Twin Cities’ current Dec. 10 record of 2 inches. It’s possible the statewide record of 14.2 inches for this date could also fall. Sunshine returns just in time for the weekend.
Winter storm warnings are up from the Twin Cities south into Iowa and east into Wisconsin. The precise storm track is still in flux but a major winter storm will impact most of southern Minnesota from the Twin Cities south and east Friday.
Computer models are showing a major winter storm Friday into Friday night from southern Minnesota through the Twin Cities metro area and on into Wisconsin. That has prompted winter storm warnings. We have the details.
Winter storm watches are now winter storm warnings. Expect plowable snow east-northeastward across southern Minnesota and into much of Wisconsin Friday into Friday night.
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