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

New Ulm Municipal Airport (KULM)

Lat: 44.32°NLon: 94.5°WElev: 1001ft.

Fog/Mist

25°F

-4°C

Humidity	100%
Wind Speed	SW 3 mph
Barometer	29.69 in
Dewpoint	25°F (-4°C)
Visibility	3.00 mi
Last update	9 Dec 8:15 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles W Lafayette MN

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

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Winter Storm Watch

Today
High: 37 °F
Slight Chance
Freezing Rain
then Wintry
Mix
Tonight
Low: 16 °F
Rain/Snow
Likely and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 22 °F
Slight Chance
Snow and
Blustery
Wednesday Night
Low: 5 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 18 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 2 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 15 °F⇓
Blustery.
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Saturday
High: 0 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

Snow and freezing rain likely before 2pm, then rain, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 2pm and 3pm, then rain after 3pm. High near 37. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight

Rain likely before 11pm, then a chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow between midnight and 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 16. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the morning.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 2. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 1 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 0. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -17. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

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

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday

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