.A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED THIS EVENING FOR A SMALL PART OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE AREA AROUND FAIRMONT... BLUE EARTH... ST JAMES AND MANKATO. ONE OR TWO INCHES OF SNOW...ALONG WITH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 45 MPH...WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN OPEN COUNTRY... ESPECIALLY SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF MANKATO. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL QUICKLY DEVELOP BEHIND AN ARCTIC FRONT CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. TEMPERATURES WILL PLUMMET TONIGHT. COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS...DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILL VALUES OF 25 TO 35 BELOW WILL RESULT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. AN EVEN COLDER AIR MASS WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN WHERE WIND CHILLS AS LOW AS 40 BELOW ARE POSSIBLE...AND A WIND CHILL WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT. FINALLY...A POTENT CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL TRACK SOUTHEAST FROM MONTANA ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA AND IOWA MONDAY. A SHIELD OF SNOW TO THE NORTH OF THE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES AN HOUR. DESPITE IT BEING A SHORT DURATION EVENT...SEVERAL INCHES ARE LIKELY FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 00:38:09 +0000
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