In Minnesota, high winds will be a bigger threat than snow
CBS Minnesota’s director of meteorology says there might be an additional half-inch of snow for parts of the state before noon Saturday, but the bigger threat will be high winds.
Winds have already started kicking up on the western side of the state, with gusts in excess of 48 miles per hour measured in Worthington and Marshall,CBS Minnesota reports. Those winds will sweep eastward toward the rest of the state on Saturday.
********** Temperatures are also expected to drop starting mid-morning. By the dinner hour, temperatures will be in the single digits. Factoring in winds, it could feel significantly colder than that.
Blowing snow will be a problem all day Saturday, according to Augustyniak , which is why much of the western edge of the state, along with the south central swath, remain under a blizzard warning for the time being. The rest of the state is under a winter storm warning until 6 pm
In the metro area, snow totals hovered in the neighborhood of 5 to 6 inches. Some areas in the Arrowhead region of the state could still see another inch or two on Saturday.
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Some states in southern New England could get up to 6 inches of snow
In southern New England, the storm could bring the first significant snowfall of the year, with up to half a foot expected in many areas of Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
Parts of New York state could get up to a foot of snow.
– The Associated Press
Ice, heavy snow and blizzard conditions expected
TheThe National Weather Service saidearly Saturday the ” sprawling “winter storm is expected to continue producing blizzard conditions in the eastern Dakotas, northern Iowa, and western and southern Minnesota.
“Areas of moderate to heavy snow are expected over much of the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast,” it said . “To the south of the snow, a wintry mix including some ice accumulations, will impact portions of the northern Mid-Atlantic with slicktravel. “
The weather service said the storm will move into the Great Lakes on Saturday, then into northern New York state and New England on Sunday.
It will “produce a widespread foot print of heavy snows from the Upper Mississippi Valley, across the Great Lakes, northern NY State into central to northern New England with snow totals in the 6 – 27 “ range possible,” it said.
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Minnesota State Patrol reports crashes between 5 am and 9: 41 pm Friday
The Minnesota State Patrol reported 283 crashes statewide between 5 am and 9: 41 pm Friday,CBS Minnesota reports. Of those, 30 involved injuries, but none were fatal.
Additionally, 175 vehicles spun out or went off the road, and there were six jackknifed semi-trucks.
The snow storm entered the southwestern corner of Minnesota mid-morning on Friday, with snowfall rates of about an inch and hour. The flakes had slowed down in the Twin Cities metro area by nightfall, but CBS Minnesota meteorologist Chris Shaffer said there is still more left to the winter system.
The state is expecting heavy snow and powerful winds that will make travel hazardous across the state this weekend. Updated 9: AM
All flights in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport halted Friday night
The Federal Aviation Administration halted all flights in and out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport for hours Friday night due to a sprawling winter storm, which forced the closure of schools, universities and government offices as it moved across large sections of the Midwest.
The FAA lifted the stop at 9: pm, but by then hundreds of flights already were canceled Friday at at one of the nation’s busiest airports.
At 9 pm, the Chicago Department of Aviation was reporting nearly
“If there is travel you don’t need to make, consider postponing it, ” said meteorologist Ricky Castro.
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