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

Albert Lea, Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL)

Lat: 43.68°NLon: 93.37°WElev: 1260ft.

Overcast

26°F

-3°C

Humidity	96%
Wind Speed	S 12 mph
Barometer	29.55 in
Dewpoint	25°F (-4°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	15°F (-9°C)
Last update	9 Dec 12:15 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles E Hollandale MN

Winter Storm Watch December 9, 09:00pm until December 10, 12:00pm

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Winter Storm Watch

This Afternoon
High: 35 °F
Wintry Mix
and Breezy
Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Drizzle and
Windy then
Snow Likely
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 23 °F⇓
Cloudy and
Blustery
Wednesday Night
Low: 7 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 18 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 13 °F⇓
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy
and Blustery
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow before 5pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow. High near 35. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight

Drizzle before midnight, then snow likely. Patchy blowing snow between midnight and 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Windy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 30 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday

Cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 23 by 11am, then falling to around 18 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. 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 18. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night

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

Friday

A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 13 by 9am, then falling to around 4 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -9. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 1. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -15. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 6. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 20. South wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.