Storm rages north; wind & cold kick in

A major winter storm is still hammering northern Minnesota. As cold backwash wraps around the back side of the storm, additional snow, wind and blowing snow will make for difficult travel well into Wednesday morning.

Highway 61 in Duluth tunnels looks slick.

Check out these snow totals and wind reports from northern Minnesota.

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN

253 PM CST TUE NOV 30 2010

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

..REMARKS..

0253 PM HEAVY SNOW 5 NW DULUTH 46.83N 92.19W

11/30/2010 M8.1 INCH ST. LOUIS MN OFFICIAL NWS OBS

MEASURED AT THE DULUTH AIRPORT AT NWS OFFICE. STILL

SNOWING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW.

0317 PM HEAVY SNOW PROCTOR 46.74N 92.23W

11/30/2010 M9.5 INCH ST. LOUIS MN TRAINED SPOTTER

STORM TOTAL...ALSO CURRENTLY 1/2 MILE VISIBILITY.

0100 PM HEAVY SNOW CLOQUET 46.73N 92.49W

11/30/2010 M7.0 INCH CARLTON MN TRAINED SPOTTER

1240 PM NON-TSTM WND GST SILVER BAY 47.29N 91.28W

11/30/2010 M49.00 MPH LAKE MN OTHER FEDERAL

MARINE OBSERVATION

1037 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 S DULUTH 46.75N 92.12W

11/30/2010 M48.00 MPH ST. LOUIS MN MESONET

MEASURED ON THE BLATNIK BRIDGE. INSTRUMENT ABOUT 100 FT

ABOVE WATER SURFACE.

1052 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 3 N FRENCH RIVER 46.94N 91.90W

11/30/2010 M40.00 MPH ST. LOUIS MN MESONET

1054 AM NON-TSTM WND GST DULUTH 46.78N 92.12W

11/30/2010 M46.00 MPH ST. LOUIS MN OTHER FEDERAL

MEASURED AT DULUTH WATER LEVEL OBSERVING NETWORK MARINE

OBSERVATION.

1210 PM NON-TSTM WND GST KNIFE RIVER 46.95N 91.78W

11/30/2010 M47.00 MPH LAKE MN MESONET

Pretty intense stuff in the Northland Tuesday at the storm's peak.

Red River Valley:

In the Red River Valley gusty winds are sending a drier powdery snow airborne. Blowing snow and reduced visibility is the result. Visibilities in Grand Forks have been near .50 miles in blowing snow.

Expect treacherous travel across most of northern Minnesota into early Wednesday as the storm finally begins to pull away to the east.

Lightning Strikes Twice: (or in this case tornadoes)

On the southern end of our winter storm, tornadoes skipped through parts of the deep south.

Monday, for the second time this year, tornadoes struck Yazoo City, Mississippi. The twister did significant damage.

Just this year an EF4 tornado hit Yazoo City on April 24th. That twister killed 4 people and injured dozens in Yazoo City. In total, 10 fatalities occurred along the 149-mile tornado track that day... with 700 homes heavily damaged or destroyed.

We'll enjoy a quieter but colder (December!) weather pattern the rest of this week. Highs will be in the 20s, lows teen south, near zero north. Temps may moderate to near 30 in the south Friday.

I'm keeping an eye on another potential snowmaker this weekend. More on that later.

Stay warm!

PH