3:24 PM Saturday, March 5, 2022
A winter storm will continue to affect parts of the Northland tonight into Sunday morning with the greatest impacts remaining over northwest Wisconsin into a portion of far eastern Minnesota. These areas will get another round of freezing rain and sleet with additional ice accumulations of up to a quarter inch through this evening, and then will see a transition to snow occur later tonight with several inches of snow accumulation possible by daybreak on Sunday.
Travel will continue to suck tonight into at least Sunday morning from eastern Minnesota to the Twin Ports and in all of northwest Wisconsin due to the freezing rain and eventually some snow.
For Duluth and Superior — Fog and freezing mist with a light glaze of ice through about mid-evening this will be followed by some light snow late tonight through early Sunday morning, but the main impacts and heaviest precipitation with this storm are expected to remain southeast of the Twin Ports tonight.
Another round of freezing rain and sleet is likely this evening across far eastern Minnesota into much of northwest Wisconsin.
An additional 0.05″ to 0.25″ of ice accumulation is possible tonight along and southeast of a line from Hinckley to Solon Springs to Ashland.
This ice will be on top of what fell Saturday morning which was a significant amount of ice in parts of northwest Wisconsin with a few reports of >0.25″ of ice accumulation.
The risk for additional power outages and tree damage continues into tonight mainly over northwest Wisconsin due to the ongoing ice storm.
Snowfall forecast has changed for tonight.
Here is my updated snowfall forecast thru 9 AM Sunday.
I’ve lowered amounts from 2-4″ to 1-2″ in Duluth and Superior, but there is a chance we may not even get an inch of snow in the Twin Ports tonight.
The highest snow amounts look to be over much of northwest Wisconsin into a portion of far eastern Minnesota, with snow totals in those areas ranging from 2-4″ but locally higher amounts are possible.
Will see another round of mixed freezing rain and sleet move NE across eastern Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin this evening with a changeover to snow occurring from west to east by mid to late this evening. Precipitation tapers off before 9 AM Sunday.
European model simulated radar forecast thru 9 AM Sunday.
Snow in blue
Mixed precip (Freezing Rain, Freezing Drizzle and Sleet) in orange and pink
Rain in green
A look at the early March storm lifting NE out of the Central Plains into the upper Midwest late today on Goes-16 satellite imagery.
Water vapor loop
Visible loop
20s in northern Minnesota, 70s in central Illinois this afternoon!
A risk for severe thunderstorms capable of producing large hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes continues through this evening on the south/east or warmer side of the area of low pressure causing the wintry mix of precip in the Northland.
We still could get a thunderstorm in parts of northwest Wisconsin this evening, but those chances aren’t as high as they were 24 hours ago with lower amounts of elevated CAPE than what the computer models had been showing this far north for today.
Local Storm Reports for Saturday, March 5, 2022
12:23 PM: Freezing Rain — 0.30 inch. Mellen, WI (Ashland County) A few large branches were down due to ice loading.
12:21 PM: Freezing Rain — 4 NNW New Post, WI (Sawyer County) Numerous small branches down at location due to ice loading.
12:17 PM: Freezing Rain — 0.17 inch. Mason, WI (Bayfield County)
11:55 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.14 inch. Duluth Airport (St. Louis County)
11:53 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.20 inch. Ashland, WI (Ashland County)
11:53 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.41 inch. Hayward, WI (Sawyer County)
11:05 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.20 inch. Cable, WI (Bayfield County)
10:49 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.10 inch. 4 NW Minong, WI (Washburn County)
10:14 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.38 inch. 2 W Hayward, WI (Sawyer County) Numerous small branches broken due to ice loading.
9:49 AM: Ice Storm — Spooner, WI (Washburn County) Numerous trees and branches reported down in Spooner.
9:17 AM: Ice Storm — Shell Lake, WI (Washburn County) A large tree in spotter yard has split in half and one side has fallen to the ground barely missing the house due to ice accumulation.
9:00 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.13 inch. 4 SE Danbury, WI (Burnett County)
8:05 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.25 inch. 3 NNW Northwoods Beach, WI (Sawyer County)
7:58 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.13 inch. 4 NE Moquah, WI (Ashland County)
7:38 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.38 inch. 10 W Ashland, WI (Bayfield County)
7:01 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.25 inch. 2 E Sarona, WI (Washburn County) Power had flickered a few times.
6:27 AM: Freezing Rain — 0.13 inch. 3 N Webster, WI (Burnett County)
Snowfall Reports from Saturday morning, March 5, 2022
4 WNW Red Cliff, WI: 2.0″
3 SW Bayfield, WI: 2.0″
1 SSE Cornucopia, WI: 1.7″
2 SW Bayfield, WI: 1.5″
3 ENE Grand Marais, MN: 1.5″
5 S Herbster, WI: 1.5″
4 NE Hovland, MN: 1.5″
Port Wing, WI: 1.3″
2 WNW Washburn, WI: 1.3″
1 N Washburn, WI: 1.0″
Thanks for reading!
Tim
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