Heavy Precipitation in the West; Wintry Mix in the North; Fire Weather in the High Plains

Pacific moisture will continue to bring locally heavy coastal/lower elevation rain and heavy mountain snow to the West Coast and portions of the Intermountain West through Monday. A wintry mix will create hazardous travel across the northern Plains and Upper Midwest into early Monday. Dry, gusty winds are resulting in elevated to critical fire weather in the south/central High Plains. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Minneapolis - Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM)

Lat: 44.83°NLon: 93.47°WElev: 906ft.

Fog/Mist

24°F

-4°C

Humidity	96%
Wind Speed	Calm
Barometer	29.75 in (1008.7 mb)
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	6.00 mi
Last update	5 Jan 6:53 am CST

More Information:

Local Forecast Office More Local Wx 3 Day History Hourly Weather Forecast

Extended Forecast for

Waconia MN

Winter Weather Advisory January 5, 09:00pm until January 6, 12:00pm

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Winter Weather Advisory

Today
High: 34 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Tonight
Low: 29 °F
Chance
Rain/Freezing
Rain and
Patchy Fog
Tuesday
High: 33 °F
Slight Chance
Freezing Rain
and Patchy
Fog then
Partly Sunny
Tuesday Night
Low: 22 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Wednesday
High: 37 °F
Mostly Sunny
Wednesday Night
Low: 25 °F
Partly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 36 °F
Partly Sunny
Thursday Night
Low: 24 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Wintry
Mix
Friday
High: 34 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight

A slight chance of rain before 8pm, then a chance of freezing rain. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 29. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Tuesday

A slight chance of freezing rain before 7am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. West northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Thursday

Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night

A slight chance of freezing rain between midnight and 2am, then a slight chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.