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.

Snow Freezing Fog

28°F

-2°C

Humidity	96%
Wind Speed	SE 12 mph
Barometer	29.26 in (991.9 mb)
Dewpoint	27°F (-3°C)
Visibility	0.50 mi
Wind Chill	18°F (-8°C)
Last update	9 Dec 5:53 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

Excelsior MN

Winter Weather Advisory until December 10, 06:00am

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Winter Weather Advisory

Winter Weather Advisory until December 10, 06:00am
NOW until 6:00am Wed
Winter Weather Advisory
Tonight
Low: 19 °F
Wintry Mix
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 22 °F⇓
Slight Chance
Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday Night
Low: 3 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 18 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 8 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 14 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
Friday Night
Low: -7 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 0 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

Tonight

Rain and snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all snow after 11pm. Patchy blowing snow after 9pm. Low around 19. Blustery, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north northwest 20 to 25 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Wednesday

A slight chance of snow between 8am and 2pm. Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight.

Thursday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 14 by 10am, then falling to around 8 during the remainder of the day. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -7. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -14. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 4. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -5. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 18. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.