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

Albert Lea, Albert Lea Municipal Airport (KAEL)

Lat: 43.68°NLon: 93.37°WElev: 1260ft.

Freezing Fog

23°F

-5°C

Humidity	100%
Wind Speed	NW 3 mph
Barometer	29.66 in
Dewpoint	23°F (-5°C)
Visibility	0.50 mi
Last update	9 Dec 7:55 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

Wells MN

Winter Storm Watch December 9, 09:00pm until December 10, 12:00pm

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Winter Storm Watch

Today
High: 37 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Rain and
Breezy
Tonight
Low: 19 °F
Rain/Snow
Likely and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Wednesday
High: 22 °F⇓
Mostly Cloudy
and Windy
then Slight
Chance Snow
and Blustery
Wednesday Night
Low: 7 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Thursday
High: 19 °F
Chance Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
Friday
High: 13 °F⇓
Slight Chance
Snow then
Mostly Cloudy
Friday Night
Low: -8 °F
Mostly Cloudy
then Slight
Chance Snow
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Chance Snow

Detailed Forecast

Today

Rain, mainly after 3pm. High near 37. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight

Rain likely before midnight, then snow likely. Patchy blowing snow between 1am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Windy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northwest 25 to 30 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 22 by 11am, then falling to around 17 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph.

Wednesday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.

Thursday

A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 19. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the evening. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 13 by 8am, then falling to around 4 during the remainder of the day. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday

A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near 1. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -16. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 7. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday

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