Evening snow northeastern Minn.; storm totals
Most of Minnesota will have just light snow this evening, but heavier show is expected over parts of northeastern Minnesota.
A winter weather advisory is in effect until midnight for the Duluth area:
Here are some details on that advisory, from the Duluth office of the National Weather Service:
MNZ037-120600-
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CARLTON/SOUTH ST. LOUIS-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DULUTH
318 PM CST SUN DEC 11 2016
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...THE HEAD OF THE LAKES...INCLUDING DULUTH...
CLOQUET...FRENCH RIVER...CROMWELL AND MOOSE LAKE.
* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES.
* WINDS...EAST 10 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST.
* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...PERSISTENT SNOW WILL CAUSE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY
ROADS IN THE DULUTH AREA...AS WELL IN THE SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT ACCUMULATING SNOW
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED
ROADS AND REDUCED VISIBILITY...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
318 PM CST SUN DEC 11 2016
...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHLAND...
.SNOW CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHLAND THIS AFTERNOON...AND WE
EXPECT IT TO PERSIST INTO THE EVENING AS WELL. THE HEAVIEST SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL FALL ACROSS THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...
WHERE 5 TO 9 INCHES OF TOTAL SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
TRAVEL ACROSS HIGHWAY 61 AND IN THE DULUTH AREA IS EXPECTED TO BE
DIFFICULT THIS EVENING DUE TO THE FALLING SNOW AND SLICK ROADS.
IF YOU MUST DRIVE ACROSS THE NORTHLAND OVERNIGHT...BE SURE TO
ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY.
Along the north shore of Lake Superior, there is a winter storm warning in effect until midnight for snow and hazardous driving.
Here are details on the warning, from the Duluth office of the National Weather Service::
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SOUTHERN LAKE/NORTH SHORE-SOUTHERN COOK/NORTH SHORE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...GRAND MARAIS
318 PM CST SUN DEC 11 2016
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
* LOCATIONS...THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR...INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF TWO HARBORS...SILVER BAY...GRAND MARAIS...LUTSEN AND
GRAND PORTAGE.
* TIMING...LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 9 INCHES...WITH THE GREATEST SNOW
ACCUMULATION IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN ADJACENT TO LAKE SUPERIOR.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH.
* VISIBILITIES...AS LOW AS A QUARTER MILE AT TIMES.
* IMPACTS...THE HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING...ALONG
WITH SNOW COVERED AND VERY SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS HEAVY SNOW
ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED... AND THAT SNOWFALL RATES OF ONE
INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER CAN BE EXPECTED AT TIMES. EXPECT SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL...EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO
REACH YOUR DESTINATION.
You can see updated winter storm information on our severe weather live blog.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation has current road conditions.
Snow totals
The Saturday afternoon through noon Sunday snow total was 6.7 inches at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport:
Some other snow totals, courtesy of the Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service:
Public Information Statement…Corrected
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
122 PM CST Sun Dec 11 2016
…Area Snowfall Reports as of 1 PM CDT…
Location Amount Time/Date Provider
Redwood Falls 12.1 in 0630 AM 12/11 COOP
Montgomery 11.0 in 1000 AM 12/11
Sacred Heart 10.0 in 1045 AM 12/11
Granite Falls 10.0 in 0930 AM 12/11
Canby 10.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COOP
1 E Faribault 9.5 in 1030 AM 12/11
3 NE Morristown 9.5 in 1100 AM 12/11
Pine Island 9.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
1 N Northfield 9.0 in 1030 AM 12/11
Le Center 5NNW 9.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
New Prague 9.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Faribault 8.8 in 0700 AM 12/11 COOP
NWS Chanhassen 8.7 in 1200 PM 12/11 Official NWS
Winthrop 8.5 in 0758 AM 12/11
1 SW Shakopee 8.5 in 0930 AM 12/11
Canby 8.5 in 0930 AM 12/11
Montgomery 3ENE 8.5 in 0600 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
New Ulm 8.5 in 0830 AM 12/11
2 W New Prague 8.3 in 0945 AM 12/11
Burnsville 3ENE 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Montevideo 1SW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COOP
1 N St. Peter 8.0 in 0930 AM 12/11
Kenyon 8.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
Madison 8.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
Zumbrota 8.0 in 0620 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Red Wing 3SE 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Green Isle 1WNW 8.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Vesta 8.0 in 1234 PM 12/11
Eden Prairie 8.0 in 1100 AM 12/11
Northfield 8.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Nerstrand 4E 7.6 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Chanhassen 2SE 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Mound 7.5 in 1030 AM 12/11
Farmington 7.5 in 1000 AM 12/11
Victoria 2ENE 7.5 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Waconia 7.3 in 1100 AM 12/11
1 WSW Victoria 7.3 in 0930 AM 12/11
Edina 2 ENE 7.2 in 1000 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Eden Prairie 3SE 7.1 in 0908 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
1 W Delano 7.0 in 1100 AM 12/11
Savage 7.0 in 0848 AM 12/11
3 WSW St. Paul 7.0 in 1100 AM 12/11
Glencoe 3NW 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 E Bloomington 7.0 in 1045 AM 12/11
2 NE Eden Prairie 7.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Owatonna 7.0 in 0845 AM 12/11
Lucan 7.0 in 0744 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 NW Lakeville 7.0 in 1012 AM 12/11
3 NNW Richfield 7.0 in 1115 AM 12/11
Northfield 7.0 in 0345 AM 12/11
2 WNW Mendota Heights 7.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Minneapolis 2 SSE 7.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Inver Grove Heights 1ENE 7.0 in 0730 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Farmington 2SE 6.9 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
New Ulm 3SE 6.8 in 0655 AM 12/11 COOP
Watertown 6.7 in 0845 AM 12/11
Minneapolis St. Paul Airport 6.7 in 1200 PM 12/11 Official NWS
Maple Plain 6.7 in 1115 AM 12/11
Edina 1SW 6.7 in 0858 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Crow Rvr South Fork 6.7 in 0800 AM 12/11 UCOOP
Willmar 5N 6.6 in 0600 AM 12/11 COOP
St. Peter 6.5 in 0140 AM 12/11
Maple Grove 6.5 in 1015 AM 12/11
Burnsville 6.5 in 1000 AM 12/11
Richfield 2NNW 6.5 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Watertown 6.5 in 0745 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
St. Peter 6WSW 6.5 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
1 SE Edina 6.5 in 1100 AM 12/11
Winsted 6.5 in 1200 PM 12/11
Minneapolis 3 SE 6.4 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 WNW St. Paul 6.3 in 1100 AM 12/11
Red Wing 6.2 in 0800 AM 12/11 COOP
Inver Grove Height 1 WSW 6.2 in 0745 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Rosemount 6.1 in 0730 AM 12/11
Cosmos 6.1 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 ESE Apple Valley 6.1 in 0730 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Goodhue 6.1 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Darwin 6.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Bloomington 1 ESE 6.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Lakeville 2WSW 6.0 in 0822 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Apple Valley 3ESE 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
1 SE St. Louis Park 6.0 in 0100 PM 12/11
Stillwater 2 SW 6.0 in 0600 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Mankato 6.0 in 0630 AM 12/11
Red Wing 6.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
Rosemount 3WNW 6.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Eagan 1NW 5.8 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Golden Valley 5.8 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Plymouth 5.8 in 1000 AM 12/11
Mounds View 5.8 in 1015 AM 12/11
Chaska 5.8 in 0615 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 NE Montrose 5.8 in 1030 AM 12/11
Chaska 2NW 5.8 in 0600 AM 12/11 COOP
St. Paul 5.8 in 0830 AM 12/11
Long Lake 5.7 in 0830 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Plymouth 2ENE 5.7 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Maple Grove 1N 5.7 in 1045 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
2 N St. Paul 5.6 in 1000 AM 12/11
Prior Lake 1WSW 5.6 in 0730 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Bricelyn 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/11 COOP
Carver 1W 5.5 in 0656 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
3 W St. Paul 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/11
River Falls 1SW 5.5 in 0730 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
St. Louis Park 5.5 in 0830 AM 12/11
Cornell 4 W 5.5 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Minneapolis 2 ESE 5.5 in 0900 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Lakeville 2NNE 5.5 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Lakeland 2WNW 5.5 in 1000 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Owatonna 5.5 in 0624 AM 12/11
Menomonie 5.5 in 0900 AM 12/11
Owatonna 5.4 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Stillwater 2 SW 5.4 in 0800 AM 12/11 COOP
Woodbury 5.3 in 0930 AM 12/11
Coon Rapids 1 SW 5.3 in 1000 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Osseo 1 W 5.3 in 0830 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
North St Paul 1NNW 5.3 in 1130 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Golden Valley 5.3 in 0741 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Saint Louis Park 2ESE 5.3 in 0645 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
New Hope 1.9 S 5.2 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
River Falls 1S 5.1 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Glencoe 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Comfrey 5.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Woodbury 5.0 in 0730 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Roberts 5.0 in 1100 AM 12/11 COOP
Durand 5.0 in 0950 AM 12/11
Woodbury 5.0 in 0600 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Albert Lea 5.0 in 1000 AM 12/11
Plymouth 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
Stillwater 1NE 5.0 in 0829 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Boyceville 5.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Veseli 1W 5.0 in 0500 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Springfield 1NW 5.0 in 0700 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Osseo 1 NW 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/11 COCORAHS
Lakeville 5.0 in 0800 AM 12/11
Sherburn 3WSW 5.0 in 0730 AM 12/11 COOP
Sherburn 5.0 in 1100 AM 12/11
White Bear Lake 5.0 in 0830 AM 12/11
Richfield 5.0 in 0745 AM 12/11
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