7:41 PM Tuesday, March 29, 2022
A messy mixture of precipitation is likely in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin later this evening through Wednesday morning with some areas of lingering wet snow or mixed precipitation continuing into Wednesday afternoon.
For Duluth — A mix of rain, sleet and wet snow developing ~9-10 PM tonight. Precipitation switches over to mostly wet snow or sleet Overnight through Wednesday morning with patchy freezing rain also possible. Lingering wet snow or drizzle at times into Wednesday afternoon. Total snow and sleet accumulations of up to 2 inches possible through Wednesday morning.
Simulated radar forecast through 7 PM Wednesday
Snow (blue)
Rain (green)
Wintry Mix (purple and pink)
Here’s my updated snow and sleet accumulation forecast for late tonight through Wednesday.
Parts of northwest Wisconsin could see anywhere from 0.05 to 0.25″ of ice accumulation overnight tonight through Wednesday morning, with a light glaze of ice possible in parts of far eastern Minnesota north to Duluth and Superior.
A look at our messy system moving in later tonight as it lifts NE out of the Central Plains per water vapor imagery.
Goes-16 water vapor from Tuesday, March 29, 2022.
An area of low pressure over southeastern Nebraska early this evening will track NE through Thursday, with the area of low pressure reaching the border of Lake Michigan-Lake Huron and Lower Michigan by around daybreak on Thursday.
Two strong mid and upper-level troughs early this evening, one is digging SE into the Northern Plains while the other heads NE out of the Central Plains.
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for parts of northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin from late tonight through late Wednesday morning in northwest Wisconsin, and through mid-afternoon Wednesday in northeast Minnesota.
Travel could be a bit tricky in the Northland late tonight through Wednesday morning with snow/slush covered roads in parts of the Northland, but as temperatures warm above freezing travel conditions should improve by Wednesday afternoon.
Highs on Wednesday are forecast to be in the mid to upper 30s in northeast Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin.
There is a potential of a few strong to severe thunderstorms across southern Minnesota tonight with the primary severe hazard being large hail up to quarter size.
An isolated thunderstorm is also possible as far north as southern portions of the Northland tonight as we see some elevated CAPE (instability) lift north out of southern Minnesota, but severe weather is not expected in our area tonight, and the greatest potential for a thunderstorm is south of Duluth tonight.
Thanks for reading!
Tim
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