WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
530 PM CST THU JAN 13 2011

WEATHER CONDITIONS AROUND MINNESOTA THIS MORNING CONSISTED OF CLOUDY
SKIES...SOUTHERLY WINDS AND TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS. DURING THE LATE MORNING...LIGHT SNOW SPREAD INTO NORTHERN
MINNESOTA AND A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW MOVED THROUGH THE SOUTHEASTERN
PORTION OF THE STATE...INCLUDING THE MINNEAPOLIS METRO AREA. IN
GENERAL THE HIGHEST OBSERVED SNOW TOTALS THIS AFTERNOON WERE
BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED SNOW FLURRIES REMAIN THIS
EVENING...ALL SNOW SHOULD END EARLY TONIGHT.

ANOTHER SLIGHTLY STRONGER SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE ON FRIDAY AND LINGER
INTO FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL AGAIN BE
MOSTLY IN THE ONE TO THREE INCH RANGE IN AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF
THE INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR...ALTHOUGH A FEW NORTHERN MINNESOTA
LOCALES COULD SEE ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. THE MAIN DIFFERENCE WITH
THIS SECOND CLIPPER WILL BE STRONGER WINDS...ALONG WITH A MORE
NOTABLE TEMPERATURE DECREASE.

BLOWING AND DRIFTING MAY BE A CONCERN ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...REGARDLESS OF THE
LIGHTER EXPECTED SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. THE BLOWING SNOW COULD LEAD TO
NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS IN PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY MORNING SHOULD BE WELL BELOW ZERO...WITH
HIGHS STRUGGLING TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON. WIND CHILL VALUES COULD APPROACH 30 BELOW ZERO ON
SATURDAY NIGHT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA.

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