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, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (KMSP)

Lat: 44.88°NLon: 93.23°WElev: 840ft.

Overcast

26°F

-3°C

Humidity	88%
Wind Speed	NW 6 mph
Barometer	29.70 in (1006.9 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	8.00 mi
Wind Chill	19°F (-7°C)
Last update	9 Dec 6:53 am CST

More Information:

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Extended Forecast for

2 Miles E Minneapolis MN

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

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Winter Weather Advisory

Today
High: 33 °F
Cloudy then
Wintry Mix
Tonight
Low: 20 °F
Rain/Snow and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 24 °F⇓
Mostly Cloudy
and Blustery
then Mostly
Cloudy
Wednesday Night
Low: 6 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 17 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 4 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 12 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Partly
Sunny
Friday Night
Low: -9 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Slight Chance
Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

Snow before 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 4pm and 5pm, then snow after 5pm. High near 33. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight

Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 10pm. Patchy blowing snow after 11pm. Low around 20. Blustery, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Wednesday

Mostly 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.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Thursday

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 4. 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 12 by 10am, then falling to around 4 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 -9. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -13. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

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

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -2. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday

Partly sunny, with a high near 20. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.