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

26°F

-3°C

Humidity	88%
Wind Speed	S 8 mph
Barometer	29.55 in (1002.0 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	6.00 mi
Wind Chill	18°F (-8°C)
Last update	9 Dec 11:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Excelsior MN

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

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Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon
High: 33 °F
Wintry Mix
Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Drizzle/Snow
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: 15 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 0 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Snow and freezing rain before 5pm, then rain and snow. High near 33. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Tonight

Snow, possibly mixed with drizzle, becoming all snow after 11pm. Patchy blowing snow after 11pm. Low around 20. Blustery, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest 15 to 20 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Wednesday

Patchy blowing snow before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by 5pm. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. West wind around 5 mph.

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 falling to around 3 by 5pm. Northwest wind around 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. 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 wind around 10 mph.

Monday

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