HotSourSoop

ALT Blizzard Warning updated to include all of eastern Minnesota & western Wisconsin - including the Twin Cities Heaviest snow begins late tonight & continues through the overnight hours Snowfall rates of 1-2” per hour will create very low visibility & difficult, if not impossible, travel conditions Wind gusts increase to 40-50 mph Sunday morning, creating blizzard conditions even after snowfall rates begins to lighten up Major impacts from blowing & drifting snow continue into Monday as the storm departs

ALT Snowfall forecast remains on track with 12-18” likely within the heaviest band of snow Generally set up across the Twin Cities metro, eastwards towards Eau Claire, & westwards into western MN Localized amounts around 20” are possible within the heaviest band, most likely across western MN A wintry mix of sleet & snow will diminish amounts on the southern end of the system, but amounts of at least 4-6” are expected

ALT ALT: A National Weather Service graphic titled "Travel During Blizzards Is Dangerous." The top left of the graphic shows a snow-covered car, with a blizzard raging around them. The top right features a series of footprints in the snow.

ALT Travel will be difficult if not impossible with forecast snowfall amounts