It’s looking likely that most of the Northland including the Twin Ports will see our first big accumulating snowfall event this winter. The National Weather Service has the majority of the region under a Winter Storm Warning beginning at midnight tonight and lasting through Friday morning. A broad swath of moderate to heavy snow is expected for much of the region. Most of the snow will fall in 12 to 18 hours from early Thu AM through the afternoon. The snow is likely to be light and fluffy. This will make it much easier to remove the snow for snowblowers, plows, and shovels. It won’t be your back breaking snow.

Road conditions won’t be the greatest Thursday. Make sure to monitor road conditions before heading out and doing any traveling. Most of the region is likely going to see anywhere from 2-6” of snow. There will be less the farther you move north and more the farther you go south. Locally heavier amounts are expected around the Twin Ports, North Shore, and Bayfield Peninsula due to lake and terrain enhancement. There could be some localized pockets of 8” or more along the higher terrain with in about 15 miles of Lake Superior.

Please keep in mind that amounts will vary over short distances around the big lake. What’s even more interesting is how much snowfall we get. Should snowfall amounts exceed 6.6” at NWS Duluth, this will be the highest amount of snow that we have seen in one day since the Blue Blizzard of December 2022. This is remarkable. Warmer weather and quite conditions return for the weekend and Christmas Holiday.

TONIGHT
Snow likely, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a temperature falling to near 4 by 9pm, then rising to around 12 during the remainder of the night. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
THURSDAY
Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 20. Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
THURSDAY NIGHT
A 50 percent chance of snow before 3am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 4. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
FRIDAY
Sunny, with a high near 14. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
SATURDAY
Mostly sunny, with a high near 17. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.
SUNDAY
Partly sunny, with a high near 23. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
MONDAY
A chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
TUESDAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
CHRISTMAS DAY
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.