Heavy Rain and Mountain Snow Lingers in California; Winter Storm Impacting the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S.

An atmospheric river will wind down through today across California with lingering heavy rainfall, heavy mountain snow, and gusty winds. A wintry mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow will cause hazardous travel conditions for the Great Lakes into the northern Mid-Atlantic and southern New England today through Saturday morning. Areas of tree damage and power outages are possible. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Mankato, Mankato Regional Airport (KMKT)

Lat: 44.22°NLon: 93.92°WElev: 1020ft.

Unknown Precip Fog/Mist

33°F

1°C

Humidity	100%
Wind Speed	S 15 G 20 mph
Barometer	29.77 in (1009.5 mb)
Dewpoint	33°F (1°C)
Visibility	1.00 mi
Wind Chill	23°F (-5°C)
Last update	27 Dec 5:56 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Le Sueur MN

Winter Storm Watch December 28, 06:00am until December 29, 12:00pm

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 06:39am until December 27, 12:00pm

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Winter Storm Watch

Dense Fog Advisory

Dense Fog Advisory December 27, 06:39am until December 27, 12:00pm
NOW until 12:00pm Sat
Dense Fog Advisory
Today
High: 45 °F
Areas Dense
Fog
Tonight
Low: 24 °F
Patchy Fog
then Chance
Rain and
Patchy Fog
Sunday
High: 35 °F⇓
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Sunday Night
Low: 4 °F
Snow Likely
and Areas
Blowing Snow
Monday
High: 10 °F
Blustery.
Patchy
Blowing Snow
then Mostly
Sunny
Monday Night
Low: 0 °F
Mostly Clear
Tuesday
High: 31 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Tuesday Night
Low: 12 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

Today

Areas of dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 45. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog before 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 24. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Sunday

Rain likely before 7am, then freezing rain likely, possibly mixed with snow between 7am and 8am, then snow after 8am. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy blowing snow after 11am. Temperature falling to around 14 by 5pm. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Sunday Night

Snow likely, mainly before 3am. Areas of blowing snow. Cloudy, with a low around 4. Wind chill values as low as -16. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday

Patchy blowing snow before noon. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 10. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 0. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Tuesday

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 15. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around -4. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

New Year's Day

Sunny and cold, with a high near 5. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around -9. West wind around 5 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 14. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.