BULLSEYE: NWS Predicting Rice Co. To See Plenty Of Snow Saturday
While things can still change the National Weather Service this morning put out its probability map for seeing 4 + inches of new snow from a winter storm set to arrive on Saturday afternoon. That large area of red on the map below basically covers all of Rice County, LeSueur County, and Waseca County, meaning that there is a 70% chance or better of seeing the most snow, in this case, 4 + of new snowfall on Saturday into Saturday night.
In a post to social media, the Twin Cities National Weather Service stated:
A drama-free Christmas Day has been a meteorological treat statewide. Light snow is likely on Sunday. A major winter storm is possible beginning about Tuesday.
Weâll have a white Christmas after all.
A winter storm blasted through Minnesota Wednesday with winds as high as 70 mph and blowing snow that closed freeways, stranded motorists and grounded flights on one of the most anticipated air travel days since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
Late Wednesday, the snowfall began easing, but not the high winds. That means blowing snow will continue to re-cover roadways that may have been cleared by plows. Travel conditions will remain dangerous across Minnesota into early Thursday.
âCrews are making progress,â said Minnesota Department of Transportation spokesperson Anne Meyer. âIn terms of road conditions, some lanes are looking better than others, but this is the challenge when temperatures are as cold as it is today, our materials like salt and brine just don t work as well, it takes a little longer for them to active, so we ll be applying that and really be dealing with the slow process today as we try to get our
Updated 9:30 p.m.
Snowfall is beginning to ease in the greater Twin Cities area. But high winds will continue overnight. That means blowing snow will continue to re-cover roadways that may have been cleared by plows. Travel conditions will remain extremely dangerous across Minnesota into early Thursday morning.
Radar update: Still light snow and airborne blowing snow across Twin Cities. Back edge of snow moves east through Twin Cities by midnight. Winds continue overnight. #mnwxpic.twitter.com/njQLv8XLYT MPR Weather (@MPRweather) December 24, 2020
In the past two hours, wind gusts to 65 mph have been recorded in Grand Marais, and 68 mph in Redwood Falls.