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

Owatonna Degner Regional Airport (KOWA)

Lat: 44.12°NLon: 93.26°WElev: 1129ft.

Mostly Cloudy

27°F

-3°C

Humidity	96%
Wind Speed	S 12 mph
Barometer	29.56 in
Dewpoint	26°F (-3°C)
Visibility	9.00 mi
Wind Chill	16°F (-9°C)
Last update	9 Dec 11:55 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Owatonna MN

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

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Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon
High: 35 °F
Wintry Mix
and Breezy
Tonight
Low: 19 °F
Drizzle/Snow
and Windy
then Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 24 °F⇓
Cloudy and
Blustery then
Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 6 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 17 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 3 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 12 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: -1 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Rain, snow, and freezing rain before 5pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow. High near 35. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight

Drizzle and snow, becoming all snow after midnight. Patchy blowing snow between midnight and 5am. Low around 19. Windy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 30 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday

Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light west northwest after midnight.

Thursday

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

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the evening. 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 9am, then falling to around 4 during the remainder of the day. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

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

Saturday

A 30 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 -16. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 6. West 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 19. South wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.