Just in time for holiday travel.
The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a Winter Storm Watch for a large swath of Southwestern and Central Minnesota from Tuesday into Wednesday, creating a large impact on Thanksgiving travel plans across the Upper Midwest.
WCCO's Paul Douglas says everything is lining up for this to hit the metro. "Weather models are pretty consistent bringing a plowable snowfall into central and southern Minnesota from the PM hours Tuesday into Wednesday morning," said Paul. "It looks like 4-7 inches for the Twin Cities and most of southern Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin."
Paul adds:
Snow will develop across southern Minnesota late Tuesday afternoon and spread northeastward across central Minnesota and western Wisconsin Tuesday night. The snow may be heavy at times. Snow will end from west to east Wednesday morning, but blowing snow could continue into the afternoon.
As is normal with storms like these, the track can shift over the next two days impacting where the most snow falls. Stay with WCCO Radio and Meteoroligists Mike Lynch and Paul Douglas for the latest. Mike will have the latest update at 6:00a.m. Monday morning with Dave Lee. Paul with have further updates beginning at 3:00p.m. on WCCO.
WHATHeavy snow and blowing snow possible. Total snow accumulations of 6 or more inches are possible. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
WHEREPortions of central, south central, southwest and west central Minnesota.
WHENFrom Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning.
IMPACTSTravel could be very difficult. Patchy blowing snow could significantly reduce visibility. The hazardous conditions could greatly impact holiday travel Tuesday night and Wednesday.