Sabrina Ullman: Another round of snow starts tonight

A rain/snow mix has begun to enter Pine, Burnett, Washburn, and Sawyer Counties, moving in from the southern portion of Minnesota. The precipitation type will be just snow within the next few hours.

Expected snowfall accumulations have gone down a bit. We will still see under two inches for the Iron Range and areas north while most of the Northland is in the 3-6″ range. We’re just more likely to be on the lower end of that range. The possibility of locally higher amounts is still included close to Lake Superior.

Due to the decrease in expected snow, the National Weather Service has removed the Winter Storm Watch and replaced it with a Winter Weather Advisory.

This advisory will be in effect for Pine, Burnett, Washburn, and Sawyer Counties from 6 pm tonight until 3 pm Monday. For Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, and Carlton Counties as well as the southern portion of St. Louis and Lake Counties, the advisory will be in effect from 8 pm tonight until 6 pm Monday.

The timing for this round of snow is still on track, with snow expected to reach the Twin Ports by around 9 pm and slowly expanding north by 8 am Monday. For the most part, we will see the snow taper off in the late afternoon to evening hours. The South Shore will likely have lake-effect snow overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning.

Another round of snow is likely later this week, starting Wednesday or Thursday. Stay tuned for more updates on this- we could see this round lasting until the end of the week.

Tonight

Snow, mainly after midnight. Patchy blowing snow after 4am. Low around 26. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday

Snow, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow before 2pm. High near 34. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tuesday

Partly sunny, with a high near 32. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Wednesday

A 20 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday

A slight chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday

A chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow between 2pm and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Blustery, with a northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday

A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 26. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday

A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 27. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.