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National Weather Service Declares Winter Weather Advisory

Snow could start falling in earnest Wednesday night.

The Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service on Monday declared a winter weather advisory for much of west central and central Minnesota, including St. Croix County.

Some parts of the region could see as much as six inches of snow fall between Tuesday morning and Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service.

In St. Croix County, the forecast calls for rain until Tuesday night, when sleet will start accumulating. Snow will begin Wednesday, and three to seven inches could fall Wednesday night. More snow is expected Thursday.

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The full winter weather advisory is as follows:

... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY...

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A MIX SLEET... FREEZING RAIN... AND SNOW... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM WEDNESDAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY.

* TIMING: PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX TONIGHT... BEFORE TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL SLOWLY TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT: UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS: 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET... OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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... A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY...

.A SINGLE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION FROM LATER THIS MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM EARLY TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY. SLEET OR RAIN WILL ALSO MIX IN AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FARTHER EAST INTO THE TWIN CITIES AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY A WINTRY MIX CAN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY.

PRECIPITATION WILL QUICKLY SPREAD INTO MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. SUB FREEZING SURFACE TEMPERATURE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL ALLOW FOR A SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MIX THIS MORNING... THAT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. THE SLEET AND RAIN MIX WILL SLOWLY MOVE TOWARD THE TWIN CITIES METRO THIS AFTERNOON... BEFORE QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THE TRANSITION TO SNOW WILL SLOWLY SPREAD EAST ON WEDNESDAY... WITH EASTERN MINNESOTA TRANSITIONING TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE A TRANSITION TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FINAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON HOW QUICKLY THE TRANSITION TO SNOW OCCURS.

 

 

 


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