Wren’s Thursday Evening Forecast
Hold on to your seat, we’re about to get walloped with a nasty spring storm!
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES NORTH OF METRO FOR THURSDAY EVENING INTO EARLY FRIDAY, WITH 2″-4″ SNOW AND LIGHT ICING-0.2″ POSSIBLE, MAINLY FROM MARSHALL TO BUFFALO TO RICE LAKE AND NORTHWARD..FOR THOSE WHO SEE CLOSER TO 0.1″-0.2″ OF ICE, POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WITH STRONG WINDS LATE FRIDAY..GUSTS TO 50 MPH OVERNIGHT FRIDAY
SCTD. STORMS AND RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EARLY EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MN, ISOLATE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE, MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MN, CLOSER TO I-90..HAIL IS MAIN THREAT
**METRO SEES SCTD. RAIN & STORMS FRIDAY, CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX FRIDAY EARLY EVENING, OVER TO ALL SNOW MAINLY PAST 7-8PM, THEN 5″-8″+
INCHES POSSIBLE, THE HIGHER TOTALS LOOK TO BE ACROSS THE EAST AND NORTH METRO INTO WI)
IMPORTANT TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH THIS FORECAST, AS THERE IS STILL SIGNIFICANT VARIANCE AND DISAGREEMENT IN SNOW TOTALS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT.
SNOW TOTAL RANGES COULD STILL INCREASE, WITH HIGHER CONFIDENCE FOR THAT BY TOMORROW**
TONIGHT
Freezing Rain & Snow North (where Winter Weather Advisories are in place tonight)
Sctd. Rain/Mix At Times Metro
Sctd. Storms Possible, especially southern MN, where isolated severe t’storms possible
LOW: 35°
Winds: ENE 10-20 mph
FRIDAY
Sctd. Showers & T’storms, Isolated Strong to Severe
HIGH: 39°
Wind: ENE 15-30 mph
FRIDAY NIGHT
Heavy Snow At Times
5″-8″+ Possible across most of metro, higher totals mainly toward western WI
Very Wind
Colder Night
LOW: 23°
Wind: ENE 25-35 mph Gusts Near 50 mph
TWIN CITIES METRO AREA OUTLOOK:
SATURDAY…………37/22 Early AM snow, windy, blowing and drifting snow, becoming partly to mostly sunny
SUNDAY………50/30 Partly cloudy, iso. light rain showers (20%)
MONDAY………48/32 Partly cloudy
TUESDAY………43/29 Windy, stcd. storms, rain and wintry mix likely (70%)
WEDNESDAY……………39/22 Raw day, breezy, mainly snow, mix possible at times (50%)
THURSDAY………41/23 Breezy, partly sunny
The average low and high for the extended period is 33 and 51
Metro Area Climate Data for Tomorrow Average High….49
Average Low…..31
Record High……82 set in 1986
Record Low……-1 set in 1969
Sunrise Tomorrow:……6:56 a.m.
Sunset Tomorrow:……..7:39 p.m.
Meteorologist Wren Clair KSTP TV