Author: Derek McKay

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Major winter storm Saturday accumulation 12-17″ with near blizzard condtions. very cold single digits highs by Sunday Updated X1

Regional Weather view. Attention is turned to a storm that has the potential to be a major winter storm in the Upper Midwest. Significant accumulations of at least 6 inches is possible across most of the Upper Midwest including Central Wisconsin, Southern & Northern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Very heavy, major snowfall totals are possible …

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Arctic Air for Tuesday, Warming up with light snow again by Friday. Minor snow totals.

Regional Weather View. The Upper Midwest will be getting another taste of arctic air Tuesday as a high passes quickly through. It will be short lived though as warm air begins pushing North ahead of the next system. The next system to effect the Upper Midwest will hit Thursday which looks to bring mainly minor …

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Clipper System Report- West & Northwestern Wisconsin

Very wintry looking front yard Dec 4th with new landscape shrubs from last summer. A strong Alberta clipper system hit the Upper Midwest this weekend, with the edge of it effecting Western and Northwest Wisconsin. This system which was unusually strong for a clipper had a thin snow band that stretched from North Dakota though …

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Strong clipper system on the way Friday and Saturday sigificant snowfall accumulations possible in parts of the local area, then cold Sunday UpdatedX1

Regional weather view. A strong clipper system will cross the Upper Midwest and bring heavy snow to parts of the region, a large stripe where significant accumulations are likely in parts of Central Minnesota and Northeastern Iowa and far Western and Southern Wisconsin. Minor accumulations a likely north and south of this area. Arctic air …

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One mess of a system Tuesday. Some places got Moderate rain while others got up to 5″ of snow!

Heavy snow that fell right after we got moderate rain November 29th. We had one heck of a messy system in the area Monday and Tuesday, going from rain to snow. A strong winter storm system moved across the Upper Midwest bringing significant snows to Northern Minnesota while the warm side hit Western Wisconsin. The …

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Rain and Snow likely for Monday some places could get up to 6″ Also much colder and windy by Tuesday.

Regional View Yet another complex winter storm system is on the way for the Upper Midwest for this week. It appears to be following nearly the same path as the last one, bringing significant snowfall possibilities to Western and Northeastern Minnesota, and far Northwest Wisconsin a chance at significant snow. South of the Minor snowfall …

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A taste of January. Cold tempeture report.

Real Palm tree, last day uncovered November 24th A winter weather storm system spread arctic air behind it and gave us our first taste of January this weekend. The Temperature fell quickly from 32.F at my location Wednesday Night, to middle 6.F with in hours of the passing of the cold front. Daytime highs were …

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Snow Wednesday, Accumulating snow likely. Cold! Arctic Air comes down for Thanksgiving.

Regional View A Winter Storm system will cause travel difficulties as it moves through Northern Minnesota. The model did shift it north from where I saw it last weekend, but it will still bring significant snowfall to our north. Significant snowfall accumulations are possible in Northern Minnesota and Far Northwest Wisconsin. South of there for …

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Freezing Rain Sunday may cause problems and then cooler with minor snow accumulation Mon, turning Cold Tuesday

Regional View. An active weekend is setting up in the Upper Midwest, A system will spread a variety of weather causing problems with Freezing Rain and slick roads for Eastern MN and Northern WI, North of there in Minnesota, minor snow accumulations will be seen. South of both areas will mainly be a rain event …