Winter Weather Advisory for Monday

Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect from 12 AM Monday to 6 PM Monday for the brown shaded counties in the image to the left.

Snow will move in after midnight, with the most of it falling between midnight and early afternoon on Monday. 2-4″ can generally be expected in the advisory area, with lesser amounts outside of it. There could be some blowing and drifting as well, as the winds will be a bit blustery.

Some mixed precipitation may mix in with the snow in our northern Iowa counties, which would create some icy conditions and lower snowfall amounts.

Precipitation should taper off during the afternoon hours, with some light snow activity/flurries into Monday night.

Allow yourself extra time if you’re out and about on Monday.

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We’ve already broken the record for the most snowfall in a month here in Rochester with 37.8″ measured to this point, but Mother Nature doesn’t seem to be finished producing snow for us just yet.  Another storm system is taking aim on the region, likely affecting us Thursday into Friday morning before clearing out and leaving us dry for the actual holiday weekend.  The latest forecast data suggests that snow will start late tomorrow afternoon and continue through tomorrow night.  The heaviest snowfall is expected to be to our southwest and depending on how much of a drying influence we have from strong high pressure to our northeast, the Rochester area and locations to the east may also be getting in on the act.  Right now, it looks like Mason Ciy, Algona, and Mankato will receive three to five inches of accumulation while Rochester, Austin, Decorah, and Owatonna will expect one to three inches.  Winona and Lake City will likely receive only a dusting to an inch as they’ll be more influenced by the dry high pressure.  Of course, we’ll have to watch this storm a little extra closely as it may affect the travel plans for many people during the pre Christmas Day time period, including Christmas Eve Day (Friday.)  There is a chance that totals may be lower if that high pressure blocks the storm system from reaching farther to the east, but that will have to be something we monitor over the next 24 hours as we get a clearer idea of what will actually transpire.  At any rate, winds will be light during this storm system’s trek through our region, so blowing snow won’t be a concern as in the case of the blizzard that hit us on December 11th and 12th.  Things will likely dry out by Friday afternoon while the rest of the holiday weekend will feature bright sunshine but colder temperatures.

Snowfall outlook for the last two days leading up to Christmas.

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