Winter Storm: What to expect tonight!?!

Snow is Currently developing in Eastern North Dakota, and Northwestern Minnesota. We will be looking at snow continuing to develop with a little bit of mix precip within it before fully transitioning over to snow this evening. Winds out of the NW at 20-40 MPH gusting up to 50 will drastically reduce visibility throughout the area this evening and overnight into Friday morning. Wet roads from rain last night and today will begin to freeze as temperatures fall below 32 this evening and to a low of about 20 overnight. In combination with strong winds, Blowing snow, and slippery roadways, traveling will be very difficult to near impossible tonight into Friday morning.

We will continue to see blowing snow into Friday morning with winds still gusting to 45 MPH. Throughout the afternoon/evening of Friday conditions will begin to improve with winds gust calming to 20 from the NW. The red river valley will act as a line, with less snowfall to the West and more snow to the East. We are expecting between 1-3 inches of snow here in Fargo/Morehead going into Friday.

As of now (1/14/21  2:00pm) we remain in a winter weather advisory until 3:00pm Friday, with Blizzard warning to our south in Eastern SD, Southwestern MN, and into Iowa. 

 

Meteorologist

Justin Storm