Prolonged Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest; Snow and High Winds in the North-Central U.S.

A prolonged atmospheric river will continue impacting the Pacific Northwest with heavy rainfall which has lead to areas of urban and river flooding along with gusty winds into Thursday. A clipper will bring heavy snow, some mixed wintry precipitation, and gusty to high winds across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes into Thursday morning. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Minneapolis, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)

Lat: 44.88°NLon: 93.23°WElev: 840ft.

Overcast

26°F

-3°C

Humidity	88%
Wind Speed	W 6 mph
Barometer	29.69 in (1006.7 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	8.00 mi
Wind Chill	19°F (-7°C)
Last update	9 Dec 7:53 am CST

More Information:

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Extended Forecast for

Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport MN

Winter Weather Advisory December 9, 03:00pm until December 10, 06:00am

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Winter Weather Advisory

Today
High: 32 °F
Cloudy then
Wintry Mix
Tonight
Low: 21 °F
Rain/Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 24 °F⇓
Patchy
Blowing Snow
and Blustery
then Mostly
Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 5 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 17 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 4 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 12 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

Snow before 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 4pm and 5pm, then snow after 5pm. High near 32. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight

Rain, possibly mixed with snow before 7pm, then rain between 7pm and 10pm, then snow likely after 10pm. Patchy blowing snow after 10pm. Low around 21. Blustery, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday

Patchy blowing snow before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 18 by 5pm. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.

Thursday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. West wind 5 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 12 by 10am, then falling to around 5 during the remainder of the day. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -9. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 1. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -14. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 7. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 19. South wind around 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.