I so incredibly wish I were making this up, but I’m not. A Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from Sunday night into Sunday afternoon for a good chunk of our area. This includes the Albert Lea, Fairmont, Clarion, Owatonna, Faribault, Cannon Falls areas, and points north and west (yes, the Twin Cities, too).
Light snow will spread into the area from west to east overnight, and is expected to continue to fall through the morning hours into the early afternoon. Temperatures will be cool enough for snow formation, but even in southern Minnesota, and northern Iowa, there’s enough warmer air hanging around nearby where we could easily see this morph into a rain/snow/slushy mix.
1-3″ of accumulating snow will be possible in the advisory area. But, here’s my digression about snowfalls this time of the year: 1) it won’t stick and 2) it will have a hard time sticking to the ground and especially well-traveled surfaces. Our ground is still way too warm to give any flakes that hit the ground a sufficient chances to stick around and pile up.
Now that you’re breathing calmly again, this is still our first bona fide snow threat for the season. Is it wacky? Yes, but not out of the question. Rochester typically sees its first snowfall of the year around the middle of the month. The earliest snowfall (Trace) fell back on September 14th in 1961. The earliest half inch fell October 1st in 1999. The earliest over 2″ whopper (3.9″) fell on October 6th in 1982.
Stay tuned to the NewsCenter tonight at 5 and also after the game. We’ll keep you updated on our Facebook page, too! Bottom line: don’t panic, but do expect to take some extra time driving around Monday.
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