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

Mankato, Mankato Regional Airport (KMKT)

Lat: 44.22°NLon: 93.92°WElev: 1020ft.

Unknown Precip

31°F

-1°C

Humidity	92%
Wind Speed	SE 13 mph
Barometer	29.34 in (994.9 mb)
Dewpoint	29°F (-2°C)
Visibility	7.00 mi
Wind Chill	21°F (-6°C)
Last update	9 Dec 3:56 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles NNW Eagle Lake MN

Winter Weather Advisory December 9, 09:00pm until December 10, 06:00am

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Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon
High: 33 °F
Rain
Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Drizzle/Snow
Likely and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 23 °F⇓
Slight Chance
Snow and
Blustery
Wednesday Night
Low: 6 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 20 °F
Slight Chance
Snow then
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 10 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 16 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy and
Blustery
Friday Night
Low: -5 °F
Cloudy then
Slight Chance
Snow
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Rain. Steady temperature around 33. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight

Drizzle and snow likely, becoming all snow after midnight. Patchy blowing snow between midnight and 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Windy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west northwest 25 to 30 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday

A slight chance of snow between 8am and 4pm. 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. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Thursday

A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Light southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 10. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 16 by 10am, then falling to around 8 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph.

Friday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around -5. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 50 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 -16. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

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

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -6. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. South southwest wind around 10 mph.