Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Watching Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Heavy lake effect snow will continue in the Great Lakes into Wednesday before another storm brings a widespread general snow followed by another round of heavy lake effect snow. A wide-ranging winter storm will produce great swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and treacherous freezing rain from the southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South starting Friday and shifting toward the East Coast through Sunday. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Benson Municipal Airport (KBBB)

Lat: 45.33°NLon: 95.65°WElev: 1030ft.

Light Snow Haze

14°F

-10°C

Humidity	79%
Wind Speed	S 6 mph
Barometer	30.05 in
Dewpoint	9°F (-13°C)
Visibility	2.00 mi
Wind Chill	5°F (-15°C)
Last update	20 Jan 3:55 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

Benson MN

Extreme Cold Watch January 22, 09:00pm until January 24, 12:00pm

Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 09:00am until January 21, 06:00pm

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Extreme Cold Watch

Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon
High: 14 °F
Chance Snow
Tonight
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 24 °F
Chance Snow
and Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday Night
Low: -3 °F
Patchy
Blowing Snow
and Blustery
then Partly
Cloudy
Thursday
High: 2 °F⇓
Cold
Thursday Night
Low: -23 °F
Mostly Clear
Friday
High: -12 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -22 °F
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: -4 °F
Cold

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 14. South wind around 5 mph.

Tonight

A 40 percent chance of snow between 8pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. South wind around 5 mph becoming west in the evening.

Wednesday

A 50 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Blustery, with a southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Patchy blowing snow before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around -3. Wind chill values as low as -17. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a temperature rising to near 2 by noon, then falling to around -6 during the remainder of the day. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around -23. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -12. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -22. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Saturday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -4. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -14. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west after midnight.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0. West wind 5 to 10 mph.