WEATHER ALERT....... A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE NORTHLAND FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. AN ALBERTA CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY AND MOVE OUT OF CANADA INTO MONTANA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY...THEN HEAD EAST INTO THE DAKOTAS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS CLIPPER SHOULD BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE OVER FAR NORTHERN MINNESOTA NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR 8 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW FOR PARTS OF KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ST LOUIS COUNTIES. THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...AROUND 8 INCHES OR MORE...WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. RECENT FORECASTS HAVE SHIFTED THE OVERALL SNOWFALL FARTHER NORTH...AND THE HEAVIEST SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM MIGHT FALL JUST NORTH OF THE BORDER IN ONTARIO. GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE COLD FRONT PASSAGE. THE WINDS AND FALLING SNOW COULD RESULT IN LOW VISIBILITY...ESPECIALLY IN MORE OPEN AREAS...AND CAUSE DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS. A WINTER STORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR FAR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PLEASE READ THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION AND STAY TUNED TO UPDATES ON THIS WINTER STORM. THE NORTHLAND CAN EXPECT A BITTER COLD SNAP FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE UPCOMING WEEK. THERE WILL LIKELY BE PERIODS OF DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THE COLDEST PERIOD APPEARS TO BE LATE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. MUCH OF THE NORTHLAND COULD SEE WIND CHILLS OF 35 TO 45 BELOW ZERO. THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 40 BELOW ZERO OR COLDER COULD LINGER INTO THE TIME KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL MONDAY MORNING.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 23:41:56 +0000
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