A snowy Saturday will deliver journey troubles for a lot of Western Wisconsin

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Holiday journey continues into this weekend with Thanksgiving now within the rearview mirror. After accumulating snow earlier within the week, Mother Nature appears to have extra methods up her sleeve for this weekend as one other strengthening low strain system will monitor to our south. With a reasonably lengthy length snow occasion more likely to deliver a number of inches of accumulating snow and impacts to journey, a 13 First Alert Weather Day has been issued for Saturday.

Quiet situations will persist a lot of tonight as the vanguard of snow works by Western/Southern Minnesota and Northern Iowa. We anticipate snow showers to reach over Southeast Minnesota late tonight and the La Crosse space by dawn. Snow can be on the fluffy/drier facet of issues, and winds received’t be almost as breezy as our final system. Snow will steadily arrive into the Chippewa Valley by late morning and farther north by early afternoon. Roads can be snow coated and slippery, together with diminished visibility. Blowing snow can be restricted as winds received’t be too robust, largely 8-15 mph, with maybe some gusts in extra of 20 mph. The National Weather Service has issued winter storm watches and winter climate advisories for a lot of the viewing space. All of those alerts can be in impact from 3am Saturday till 6am Sunday.

Total snow accumulations will fluctuate drastically from south to north, primarily based on the monitor of the low. Totals over a half foot can be seemingly close to and south of the I-90 hall. The Chippewa Valley can be within the 3-6″ vary with decrease quantities farther north.

Plan accordingly, as this can be a lighter, extra powdery snow with widespread sub-freezing temperatures. Light to reasonable depth is anticipated within the Chippewa Valley, with some heavier snow at occasions in southern areas, the place driving situations will seemingly be the worst. For the newest data on this winter storm and different climate data, tune into our often scheduled newscasts, our climate web page right here on the web site, or the 13 First Alert Weather app.

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