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

Minneapolis - Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM)

Lat: 44.83°NLon: 93.47°WElev: 906ft.

Fog/Mist

25°F

-4°C

Humidity	92%
Wind Speed	S 6 mph
Barometer	29.60 in (1003.6 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	5.00 mi
Wind Chill	18°F (-8°C)
Last update	9 Dec 10:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

4 Miles WSW Chaska MN

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

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Winter Weather Advisory

Today
High: 34 °F
Wintry Mix
Tonight
Low: 19 °F
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 23 °F⇓
Patchy
Blowing Snow
then Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 6 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 17 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 3 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 11 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 0 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

A chance of snow before 1pm, then snow and freezing rain between 1pm and 5pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow after 5pm. High near 34. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight

Drizzle and snow before 10pm, then a chance of drizzle, snow, and freezing rain between 10pm and 11pm, then snow likely after 11pm. Patchy blowing snow after 9pm. Low around 19. Blustery, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming north northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday

Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by 5pm. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. 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 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. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 11 by 10am, then falling to around 2 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 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

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

Sunday

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

Sunday Night

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

Monday

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