The first major snowstorm of the season for the upper midwest is winding down over eastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin tonight. The low pressure center is located over north central Wisconsin as of midnight Saturday night. It laid down a band of heavy snow from westen Iowa across southwest MInnesota northeast through Minneapolis and Duluth grazing northwestern Wisconsin. The heaviest reported total as of this hour is the 14" at Emmetsburg, Iowa. Nearly a foot was tallied from there northeast through the Twin Cities. The storm center will continue to move northeast over night crossing Lake Superior on by Sunday night, and reaching James Bay in Canada by daybreak on Monday. Colder air is being wrapped around the departing low. The high temperature on Sunday will only be in the middle 40's. The pressure gradient is fairly tight so the wind will be fairly brisk tonight, and gradually subside on Sunday as the low pulls across Lake Superior. Weak high pressure will follow in behind the departing system on Monday, and the temperature will recover into the low 50's. Clouds will increase along with a slight chance of light rain showers on Monday night as a Clipper System drops southeast across the plains to near Kansas City by Tuesday morning.. Temperatures will not be quite as warm on Tuesday with the clouds and the threat of some light rain.
By Meteorologist
Eric Nefstead
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