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.

Light Snow Freezing Fog

27°F

-3°C

Humidity	92%
Wind Speed	SE 13 mph
Barometer	29.40 in (996.8 mb)
Dewpoint	25°F (-4°C)
Visibility	0.50 mi
Wind Chill	16°F (-9°C)
Last update	9 Dec 2:53 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

Orono 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
This Afternoon
High: 33 °F
Wintry Mix
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: 17 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 7 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 14 °F⇓
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
Friday Night
Low: -7 °F
Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

Snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all snow after 4pm. High near 33. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight

Snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain, becoming all snow after 11pm. Patchy blowing snow after 9pm. Low around 19. Blustery, with a south wind 15 to 25 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 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday

A slight chance of snow between 8am and 2pm. Patchy blowing snow before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 16 by 5pm. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust 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 17. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west 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 7 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 around 10 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 3. 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 around 10 mph.