5:59 PM Friday, December 29, 2023
We’ve got some snow coming our way for Saturday into Sunday morning, but this won’t be a major snow event, but it will however continue the trend of past snowfalls we’ve seen this winter which have all been on the light side up to this point.
Top 3 calendar day snowfall events so far for the 2023-2024 snow season in Duluth.
- 1.2″ on October 30
- 1.1″ on December 17
- 0.7″ on December 9
Only 6.9″ of snow so far this season in Duluth. Normal snowfall to date is 34.4″. Snowfall deficit of -27.5″ thru 4 PM on December 29. We’ve received just 20% of our normal snowfall to date in Duluth.
Light snow and snow showers are likely in the Northland Saturday through early Sunday morning with lingering lake effect snow showers likely through the day Sunday along the South Shore of Lake Superior in northern Wisconsin.
Note — There could also be some patchy freezing drizzle around mainly Saturday morning.
Duluth area: Light snow and snow showers especially from late Saturday afternoon into early Sunday morning. 1 to 2 inches of snow possible, although I’m leaning more toward the lower end of that 1-2″ range.
Forecast temperatures and winds for Duluth: Highs Saturday around 30. Highs Sunday in the upper 20s. Lows Sunday morning around 20. North winds gusting to around 15 to 25 mph Saturday afternoon into Sunday morning.
NAM 3km model radar forecast valid 6 AM Saturday to 6 PM Sunday.
Here’s my snowfall forecast for Saturday through Sunday. Most of the accumulating snow looks to fall from late Saturday afternoon through Saturday night, lingering into Sunday morning in northwest Wisconsin especially near Lake Superior.
Not a big snow event, but there probably will be enough snow to cause some slippery travel conditions especially Saturday night into Sunday morning.
System which will affect the Northland this weekend was over central Manitoba late this afternoon and will see this surface and upper-level low track southeast reaching northeast Wisconsin (near Green Bay) by around 6 PM Saturday.
Water vapor loop of the image above.
Thanks for reading!
Tim
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