Nowcast: PM Drive snow, metro spinouts
Update: 4:40pm:
Light snow continues in much of eastern Minnesota including the Twin Cities, Rochester, I-35 south to Albert Lea, I-94 east into Wisconsin. Snow will begin to taper off in St. Cloud & Mankato as the system slides east in the next few hours.
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Roads are slick in spots, traffic is congested, and there are multiple crashes in the Twin Cities metro according to MNDOT.
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Current Incidents
Camera Description Details Location Impact Time
812 Crash on Mainline I-94 EB @ Hemlock Ln Right shoulder blocked Mon @ 16:15
414 Crash on Mainline I-494 EB Just cleared Mon @ 15:45
702 Stall on Mainline I-694 EB @ Main St Just cleared Mon @ 16:27
600 Crash on Mainline I-35 NB @ 205th St Left shoulder blocked Mon @ 16:11
Headlights glare on icy pavement in MNDOT traffic cam at I-35 at 205th street.
Use caution this evening as the snow begins to slide east, but leaves icy spots behind.
PH
Update 3:50pm:
A few spinouts now being reported by MNDOT in the metro.
Camera Description Details Location Impact Time
221 Crash on Mainline T.H.100 NB @ 36th Ave Right shoulder blocked Mon @ 15:25
419 Crash on Mainline I-494 WB @ Portland Ave Right shoulder blocked Mon @ 15:40
602 Crash on Mainline I-35 NB @ Co Rd 60 Left shoulder blocked Mon @ 15:37
Driver spunout into the median along I-35 near Co. Road 60
Original post 3:05pm:
Snow has arrived in eastern Minnesota and the metro just in time for Monday PM drive.
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The snow is generally light as expected, but may be just enough to cause some icy spots on frozen pavement into this evening. Accumulations should center on an inch of arctic fluff. Plan accordingly as you travel into this evening.
A weak clipper like system is spawning the snow band as it rotates around a larger "polar vortex" centered over Hudson Bay. Expect snow to end in Minnesota this evening as the system quickly slides east into Wisconsin.
The core of the codest air lies within the polar vortex just north of Minnesota. Note the big temperatures contrast today over the Midwest, with milder 30s in Iowa...and sub zero temperatures over northern Minnesota.
PH