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

Alexandria, Chandler Field (KAXN)

Lat: 45.87°NLon: 95.39°WElev: 1424ft.

A Few Clouds

7°F

-14°C

Humidity	73%
Wind Speed	SW 12 mph
Barometer	30.06 in (1021.9 mb)
Dewpoint	0°F (-18°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-9°F (-23°C)
Last update	20 Jan 12:53 pm CST

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Extended Forecast for

Farwell MN

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

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Extreme Cold Watch

This Afternoon
High: 11 °F
Chance Snow
Tonight
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
then Mostly
Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 20 °F
Chance Snow
and Blustery
Wednesday Night
Low: -4 °F
Patchy
Blowing Snow
and Blustery
then Mostly
Cloudy
Thursday
High: -2 °F⇓
Cold and
Blustery
Thursday Night
Low: -26 °F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: -15 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -24 °F
Partly Cloudy
Saturday
High: -7 °F
Cold

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 11. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Wednesday

A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 20. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night

Patchy blowing snow before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Wind chill values as low as -21. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a temperature rising to near -2 by 8am, then falling to around -10 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -26. North northwest wind around 15 mph.

Friday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -15. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -24. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Saturday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -7. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -18. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Sunday

Sunny and cold, with a high near -3. West southwest wind around 10 mph.