Messy Weather System Taking Aim at Minnesota

(KNSI) — The National Weather Service says a “multi-faceted late winter and early spring weather system will arrive Thursday.”

Forecasters say what kind of precipitation we see will depend on your location.

Everything is expected to start Thursday afternoon to the east of St. Cloud and spread west through the evening before pivoting to include southwestern Minnesota by Friday afternoon. It should all be done by early Saturday morning.

Most areas will start as snow and then transition to rain south to north, but the potential for ice Thursday evening and overnight exists near and northwest of a line from Redwood Falls to Hutchinson to Cambridge. The rain slowly switches back to snow from north to south Friday and finally turns to all snow by early Friday evening. The winds are expected to pick up around that time, so travelers could have a bit of a tough go Friday afternoon and evening due to reduced visibility. Winds could gust as high as 40 miles an hour at times creating areas of patchy blowing snow and slick roads.

There is a decent chance of seeing at least two inches of snow, but the temperature gradient could leave it all as rain.

It will be blustery through the daylight hours Saturday. Winds ease up Saturday night, and the area could see a high in the upper 40s on Sunday.

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